Dr. Ellen N. Beattie

Educational Leader                    Scholar-Practitioner                              Coach

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Ellen N. Beattie Ph.D. is an educational leader, national presenter, and academic success coach. Her areas of expertise include neuroscience-based teaching and learning, online faculty and student success, student retention, and educational leadership. Her research focuses on the relationship between neuroscience, academic research on teaching and learning, and mindfulness. She enjoys intermingling research and practical experience to provide educational leaders, administrators, and faculty evidence-based practices they can employ immediately in their institutions. Let her drive your academic and professional success higher.

Dr. Beattie's Intention: To intermingle academic research from neuroscience, positive psychology, learning and cognition, and mindfulness to create engaging learning opportunities.

Supporting Learner Success

2019 Keynote Graduation Excerpt: "Within every celebrated ending, a new opportunity beckons. Allow this accomplishment to drive you forward. This is the first step in your new journey. Know that there is no straight line from where you are sitting today to where you are going. You may detour from your plan; you may get it wrong; you may miss big opportunities. Careers are less like ladders and more like jungle gyms. But from every experience you’ll learn."
Community College of Baltimore County Graduation, May 2017

Howard Community College Graduation, November 2018

Dr. Beattie's Professional Background

Dr. Ellen N. Beattie is an educational leader, college administrator, and national presenter. Her areas of expertise include neuroscience-based teaching and learning, online faculty and student success, student retention, and educational leadership. Her research focuses on the relationship between neuroscience, scholarly research on teaching and learning, and mindfulness. She enjoys intermingling research and practical experience to provide educational leaders, administrators, and faculty evidence-based practices to employ immediately within their institutions.
 
Administrative Career: Dr. Ellen Beattie currently serves Chief of Adult Instructional Services for the Maryland Department of Labor. In her role, she oversees Maryland’s adult literacy educational system, which includes 24 local partners offering basic literacy and English Language services in alignment with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Title II. Building educational systems that meet programmatic outcomes and student success have been the focus of her career. During her academic tenure, Dr. Beattie has held senior leadership positions, including Director of Academic Counseling and Student Retention, Director of Literacy, and Regional Director of Operations and Student Services for both public and private institutions of higher education. 

Teaching Career: Dr. Beattie has over 14 years of experience teaching at the college level, including undergraduate teaching at Ashford University, the Community College of Baltimore County, and the University of Phoenix. She facilitates graduate and doctoral level coursework and mentors independent dissertation research at the University of the Rockies. Her research focuses on the relationship between applied neuroscience, andragogy, positive psychology, and mindfulness. The Coalition on Adult Basic Education’s (COABE) fall 2019 journal highlighted her most recent work on an interdisciplinary approach to positive leadership. Dr. Beattie enjoys intermingling research and practical experience to drive organizational excellence through student success. She aims to provide educational leaders, administrators, and faculty with evidence-based practices to immediately employ within their institutions.

Learners

Find success through understanding how habits, willpower, resiliency, and peer support will help you to achieve your educational goals.
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Learning Professionals

Learn research-based solutions to guide your students' success. Apply neuroscience principles: how positive neuroplasticity, emotions, and mindfulness contribute to a successful learning environment.

Educational Leaders

Build and support programs where learners succeed, faculty engage, and positivity emerges. Gain tips for supporting your faculty members, encouraging part-time faculty group involvement, and communicating with your remote, part-time faculty.