Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach

Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach

Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach is a 20-year educator who has been a classroom teacher, technology coach, charter school principal, district administrator, university instructor, and digital learning presenter. She is owner and founder of 21st Century Collaborative, LLC, a digital learning advisory business. Through the Powerful Learning Practice Network, which she cofounded with Will Richardson, Sheryl works with schools and districts across the US, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, and Australia to help them re-envision their learning cultures and communities.

Sheryl is a sought-after presenter at national and international events, speaking on 21st century reform, teacher and educational leadership, community building, and educational issues impacting marginalized populations such as the homeless. She also serves on the New Media Consortium’s 2011 Horizon.K12 Advisory Board.

Sheryl earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in early childhood education from Valdosta State University. She is pursuing a doctorate in educational planning, policy, and leadership at the College of William & Mary.

Presentations by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach

• New Directions for Classroom Assessment
• PLCs in the 21st Century: Partnerships for Powerful Learning
• Diversifying Your Rolodex: Gender and the EdTech Space
• Introduction to 21st Century Learning: The Digital Natives Are Restless
• Leveraging the Wisdom of the Crowd: Collaborative Action Plans
• Keeping Up With the Net Generation
• Engaging Staff and Students: Creating Personal Learning Networks for Global Collaboration
• Overcoming Obstacles in a Connected World
• Connected Learning Communities: Learning and Leading in a Digital Age
• School Leadership: The 21st Century Administrator
• Creating Environments That Support Passion: The Role of Emerging Technologies in the Core Curriculum
• Schooling for the 21st Century: Unleashing Student Passion