Biographical/Introductory Information
Our Overnight
Planning System Speaker
Introduction
Proving that booting up is not
hard to do, OOPS: Our Overnight
Planning System is the collaborative result of innovative efforts to
provide encouragement, ideas, and staff development for colleagues in
public and private school classrooms.
Helen Teague is a 4th
generation native Californian. She holds Master of Education and Bachelor of
Business Administration degrees. Helen earned post-graduate certifications in
English, Business, Gifted all levels, Vocational education, and School
Administration. Helen taught students in public and private school in California
and Texas full-time for 15 years.
She has received two AISD {Abilene
Independent School District}
Innovative Teaching Grants, and curriculum grants from the Texas Association for Gifted and Talented
(TAGT) and the Texas Business Educators’ Association (TBEA). She
was named Carole Vermillion Scholar by TCEA.
She
is a frequent contributing speaker and writer across the country for school
districts, Classroom Connect, Texas Education Agency, and NECC. She is a member of the Texas Computer Educators' Association, Texas Association for Gifted and Talented
(TAGT). Her work has also been published in Connected Newsletter,
TechEdge,
Insight of the Day, Tempo, and Teaching Business
Education. Her most recent job assignment was dorm room interior decorator for
her college-aged daughter.
After
sitting side-by-side all semester in a graduate class Helen Teague and Mary
White finally looked up from their laptop video games and
met. They struck an instant rapport and
have been educational comrades ever since.
Mary
White is a 30-year teaching veteran now living in Tahlequah,
Oklahoma. Before moving to Oklahoma
she was the Technology Director for the Tuscola, Texas
School District. She manages a
husband and 5 children while attaining professional recognition as a United
States’ Nationally Certified Educator.
She has also achieved accolades as the Region XIV Teacher of the Year and the
Texas Association of Gifted & Talented Teacher of the Year. Mary holds certifications
in Elementary Education, Reading Specialist, and a Master of Education degree
in Gifted Education. Mary teaches the Technology in Education course at
Northeastern State University of Oklahoma while fulfilling fulltime teaching
duties as the K-8 gifted coordinator in the Ft Gibson school district in Oklahoma.
Helen
began OOPS:
Our Overnight Planning System ten
years ago while waiting for tech support to arrive. The mission of OOPS
is to equip educators with Just-In-Time strategies and solutions for the myriad
of demands placed on them every year. Staff development “Funshops” offer the latest research-based theory and
practice in technology, core-curriculum instruction, CATE, reading instruction,
GT update, and at-risk strategies. Funshops may be
half-day, full-day, multi-day, whole-group, cooperative teams, or classroom
lesson demonstration.
The
OOPS website at http://4oops.com, draws over 100,000
"hits" per month from educators who find activities, resources, tips,
and encouragement from colleagues who want to challenge kids everyday to
achieve their personal best.
OOPS
has a consortium of over 15 educational associates to make team training visits
a reality for many school districts. Technical and business support arranged
from Vicente Agor in San
Francisco and Willie Cumming in Santa
Monica, California. Please
contact us so that we may work together to create a life-long learning reality.
Helen
Teague, MEd.
OOPS: Our Overnight Planning System
2438 Industrial Blvd., #189
Abilene, Texas 79605
http://4oops.com
Email: helen@4oops.com
Last Update: October 3, 2005