Debra L. Meibaum
Program Associate
Debra Meibaum is a Program Associate with SEDL's Improving School Performance program. Ms. Meibaum's current work involves the planning and delivery of technical assistance and professional development in Mississippi, and assisting in providing these same services to other states served by the Southeast Comprehensive Center. Her specialty areas are No Child Left Behind (NCLB), school improvement, and the provision of professional development and technical assistance.
Contact Information
You may contact Debra L. Meibaum at 601-605-2221
- No Child Left Behind: Ms. Meibaum has 8 years of experience providing professional development and technical assistance on the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001. She has conducted more than 70 professional development activities to state departments of education, educational service centers, districts, and schools in understanding and implementing the specific requirements of NCLB. Ms. Meibaum also has provided NCLB technical assistance to the Mississippi Department of Education since 2002.
- School Improvement: Ms. Meibaum’s experience in school improvement includes providing professional development and technical assistance on effective schoolwide planning, school improvement plans, school support teams, and coordination of services. She also has done extensive reviews of related statutes, regulations, requirements, and guidance documents.
- Professional Development/Technical Assistance: Ms. Meibaum has 27 years of experience in providing professional development and technical assistance to educators on multiple educational topics, including Response to Intervention, English language learners, parental involvement, grant writing, exploring federal resources, peer coaching, team building, conducting needs assessment, best practices for instruction, school improvement, and NCLB. She has also facilitated sessions in designing and planning professional development as well as in writing professional development plans.
Prior to joining SEDL in May 1996, Ms. Meibaum worked at the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) for 13 years: 10 years in desegregation and bilingual education/ESL programs and 3 years in special education/speech pathology. She also worked for more than 7 years in the Mississippi and Louisiana public school systems.
In 2002, Ms. Meibaum received SEDL’s Hindsman Award for excellence in service to children. In 2000, she was selected to serve on the Policy Studies Associates’ Technical Working Group. In addition, from 2003 to 2004 she served on the MDE English Language Acquisition Practitioners Committee. Education
Ms. Meibaum holds a BA in elementary education and speech correction from Southeastern Louisiana University and an MAT in speech pathology from Tulane University. She also is certified in Mississippi as an elementary administration and special subject supervisor. SEDL Publications
- Rapid Response: Flex Quarter Schedules and Extended School Years (2011)
- Southeast Comprehensive Center eBulletin, Volume 5, Number 2: Increasing High School Graduation Rates and Improving College Enrollment for High-Need Students (2011)
- Constructing Foundations for Success: Implications of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel Report (2009)
- Rapid Response: Response to Intervention Progress Monitoring Resources for Grades K–12 (2009)
- Rapid Response: Statewide Uniform Grading Practices (2009)
- Rapid Response: Web-Based State Longitudinal Data Systems (2009)
- Rapid Response: Early Childhood Education Curricula and Programs for PreK Students (2008)
- Johnson-Gros, K., Smith, R., & Meibaum, D. (2008, June). RtI in a nutshell. Mississippi Rising Summer Conference 2008, Biloxi, MS.
- Meibaum, D. L. (2008, January). Making sense of adequate yearly progress. Alabama-Mississippi Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Conference, Meridian, MS.
- Meibaum, D. L. (2006, June). Exploring federal resources. Mississippi Department of Education’s Summer Conference, Oxford, MS.
- Meibaum, D. L. (2002, June). Writing a professional development plan. Alabama Department of Education Summer Conference, Mobile, AL.
