Bio « 21st Century Collaborative

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 consultant. Currently, she is in the dissertation phase of completing her doctorate in Educational Planning, Policy and Leadership at the College of William and Mary.

She is the owner and founder of 21st Century Collaborative, LLC, a digital learning consulting business through which she regularly delivers keynotes, workshops and supports nonprofits in their grant work.

Through the Powerful Learning Practice Network which she co-founded with Will Richardson, she works with schools and districts from across the US, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and Australia to re-envision their learning cultures and communities. http://plpnetwork.com.

Additionally, she is the co-founder of the K12Online Conference, a free, annual global gathering of educators, hosted on the Web and packed with cutting-edge ideas. In 2008, K12Online attracted more than 100,000 participants world-wide. Find out more at http://k12onlineconference.org.

Sheryl is a published writer and regular presenter at national and international events, speaking on topics of homelessness, teacher leadership, virtual community building, educational leadership and 21st Century reform.

Sheryl lives near the Atlantic Ocean and spends her spare time playing on the water with her four children and long haired dachshund Itchy.

Selected Clients:

Alabama Best Practices Center
Belize Ministry of Education
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development in Victoria, Australia
Center for Teaching Quality
Center for Teacher Leadership
Computelec in Australia
CORE in New Zealand
Department of Education in Western Australia
Erie 1 BOCES
Erie 2 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES
Ideas Lab in Melbourne, Australia
Intel Corporation
Miami-Dade Public Schools
Microsoft Partners in Education Network
Microsoft Global Virtual University
Monroe 2 – Orleans BOCES
National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth
National Center for Education Research and Technology
National Education Association
Neshaminy School Disctrict
Newport News Public Schools
New York City Public Schools
Orleans-Niagara BOCES
Project Hope
Rochester Teacher Association
School District of the Chathams
Standford Research Institute
Telecommunications User Association of New Zealand
The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research
Teachers for a New Era
Teacher Magazine
York Region District School Board
Virginia Association of Independent Schools
Virginia Community College System
Virginia Department of Education