Shirley Ann Smith

With a career in education spanning more than 40 years, Dr. Smith has been an elementary and middle school teacher as well as a university undergraduate and graduate instructor. She has led curriculum reform efforts at the state and national levels and created and produced digital resources including online courses, teleconferences, video modules, and virtual field trips used globally. She is a past Fulbright Specialist awardee in technology integration and a past fellow at NASA’s Digital Lab. Currently, she is an independent contractor advising schools how to improve teaching and learning using brain-based research. The greatest joy in her career has been the opportunity to visit teachers in their classrooms and reflect with the teacher on how that data can improve instruction. She has a Ph.D. in Elementary Education with a minor in Education Administration from the University of South Carolina-Columbia.