About Me

NAME: Bobbie Beasley

SCHOOL: Southside Elementary

POSITION: Reading Coach

SCHOOL PHONE: 256-442-1090

About Me

  My name is Bobbie Beasley.  I taught for 9 years in the classroom 
before becoming the ARI Reading Coach here at SSE. I previously 
taught 5th grade for three years at Mitchell Elementary before joining the 
faculty at Southside Elem.  I also taught 2nd grade for six years in both 
Anniston and Gadsden.  

  I am an alumna of Jacksonville State University, where I was a honored to 
be a member of the legendary Marching Ballerinas.  I am state certified in 
Elementary Education (grades 1-6).  I am considered Highly Qualified BOTH in 
Elementary Ed. and as a Reading Specialist.  I am currently doing graduate 
work in the area of Reading Specialist (grades PreK-12).
  
  My husband teaches math at Gadsden City High School, and we have 2 AMAZING 
daughters, ages 9 and 3.
  
  I absolutely love teaching and feel that I am doing exactly what God put 
me here to do.  I feel His ultimate plan was for me to be a mother and a 
teacher, and I am SO blessed He has allowed me to accomplish both.  

  Being a Reading Coach is the most challenging job I've ever had, yet it 
continues to be just as rewarding as it is challenging.  Having the chance 
to be of service to teachers with professional development opportunities, 
being able to assist one-on-one with struggling readers, and working with 
the faculty to collaborate on strategies to help ALL of "our" children 
succeed in the lifelong skill of reading is a lot of responsibility, yet it 
allows me to touch so many lives every single day.


**Mrs. Beasley is a proud member of both the International Reading 
Association and the Alabama Reading Association.