Profile
Phoebe Bailey
Teacher Center Coordinator
Southwest AR Ed Coop
Phoebe Bailey's desire to work with children led her to become an elementary school teacher after completing a B.S. and M.S. from Southern Arkansas University.
After 10 years in the classroom, she took a job at Southwest Arkansas Educational Cooperative where she is currently Teacher Center Coordinator. She now provides professional development for classroom teachers and administrators in all areas of curriculum. Phoebe is a trainer for Texas Instruments in the Technology for All Students Program (Tfas) and is a member of the SWAEC Technology Training Team where her focus is on data-driven decision making.
Phoebe is proud of her own growth in her use of technology since her first exposure to computers in college. She models classroom use of handheld technologies along with training teachers to use CRT and NRT scores to guide their curriculum.
Reading Educational Leadership from ASCD and Teaching Children Mathematics from NCTM keeps her current in her field and aids her in "helping teachers keep up with their students" in the technology realm. This practice also helps her insure that all her schools "have access to appropriate technologies." Her favorite web sites are www.education.ti.com and www.just4kids.org.
Phoebe is an experienced presenter, traveling to Canada to present at Texas Instrument's International Conference and Orlando to present at ASCD. She has also made presentations at the Arkansas Conference on Teaching and the Arkansas Math/Science Summer Professional Development Institute as well as presenting at the Smart Summer Conference.
Phoebe is a self-proclaimed "sports nut" and collects basketball cards. When she finds free time, she enjoys reading, traveling, and being with her niece and nephews.