Shirley Beckwith
Communications Associate
Shirley Beckwith is a Communications Associate with SEDL's Improving School Performance program.
Contact Information
You may contact Shirley Beckwith at 512-391-6505
Prior to joining the staff of SEDL's comprehensive centers in March, 2006, Ms. Beckwith worked for a different SEDL project, and she was responsible for updating and maintaining the online databases for the awardees of federal Smaller Learning Communities (SLC), Reading First, and Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) grants. For the SLC records, she monitored the creation of written profiles and supplied directory and demographic information. She also assisted with literature collection and entry into the Connection Collection online database of school-family-community publications.
Ms. Beckwith worked in the Zoology Department at the University of Texas (UT) as a research associate for more than 30 years. She later worked for several years at UT's LBJ School of Public Affairs as the coordinator and researcher for the Guide to Texas State Agencies. Prior to joining SEDL in December 2003, she worked briefly as a cataloger at the Texas Natural Resource and Conservation Commission library. She currently does volunteer work at the Texas Medical Association library and the American Botanical Council resource center.
EducationMs. Beckwith received a BS in Zoology and a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Texas at Austin. SEDL Publications
- Rapid Response: Eighth-Grade Technology Literacy Assessment (2009)
- Rapid Response: School Restructuring (2009)
- Working Systemically Online Survey (2009)
- Rapid Response: Summative Teacher Evaluation (2008)
- Working Systemically in Action: A Guide for Facilitators (2008)