Shannon Hobbs-Beckley

at Literacy Coaching

Shannon Hobbs-Beckley has been an educator for 22 years working in both international and US public school settings. Currently, she is the Director of Teaching and Learning at Graded American School of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

She has served in the roles of elementary principal, associate principal, Instructional Leadership and Professional Learning Coordinator, instructional coach, and classroom teacher. While working in US public schools, she lead the development and implementation of a district-wide instructional coaching program, supporting coaches and administrators in 40 schools.

In 2008, in tandem with Bonnie Campbell-Hill and Carrie Ekey, she began work as the co-facilitator of the NESA Literacy Coach Cohort, which later expanded to the CEESA region. She has also presented on coaching and leadership at conferences in South America and the United States.

She is a member of Learning Forward and former Executive Secretary for the Washington Affiliate. As an educator she has expertise and interest in adult learning, leadership, organizational and systems approaches to improvement, and literacy instruction.

Shannon holds a Master of Educational Leadership from the University of Washington - Bothell, a Master’s Degree in Teaching, Learning, and Assessment from Lesley University, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Interdisciplinary Child Development from Western Washington University.

When she is not working, she enjoys travelling, trying new things, cooking, reading, and spending time with her family.