Barbara Nesbitt Email & Phone Number

Dr. Barbara Nesbitt is a lifetime educator with more than 30 years in education. Barbara has been a teacher, instructional coach, administrator, and consultant with broad experiences in school districts in Virginia and South Carolina. Barbara is currently the VP of Product for ClassLink, where she is working with an amazing team on ClassLink’s many products! Prior to this, she was the Assistant Superintendent for Technology Services for the School District of Pickens County in South Carolina. In this role, Barbara led the district’s transformation of instructional technology from a Bring Your Own Device district to a 1:1 district with a fully interoperable digital ecosystem implementing the 1EdTech standards. Under Barbara’s leadership, Pickens received federal funds for a leased dark-fiber ring network, which is expected to future-proof the district’s broadband needs for decades. Barbara also worked with local utility coops to expand broadband access to the home.Barbara has worked extensively with 1EdTech, formerly IMS Global Learning Consortium, where she helped lead efforts to extend the adoption of open-source interoperability standards. Barbara served on the Executive Board of Directors for four years. She has been a presenter, panelist, roundtable leader, and keynote speaker at various state and national conferences. She has served on various vendor advisory panels including Steelcase Inc., Classworks Advantage, and Securly, as well as on non-profit boards including the Education Foundation of Pickens County and the National Council on Digital Convergence. Barbara has written several grants for her district including an AT&T ConnectEd grant and a National Science Foundation grant totaling over $10 million. Her most recent grants are a $1 million RUS DLT grant awarded in 2020 and a $400,000 COPS grant awarded in 2021. In addition to her work in PK-12 public school leadership, Barbara is involved in post-secondary educational leadership as a visiting professor in the Educational Leadership program at Clemson University and a member of the advisory board for Anderson University’s M.S. in Instructional Design and Learning Technology. Barbara received her Ph.D. from Clemson University, her master’s degree from the University of Virginia, and her undergraduate degree from Liberty University. Barbara lives in Easley, South Carolina with her husband of 37 years. Together they have three adult sons and a daughter-in-law, are very active in their community and church, and enjoy hiking and traveling.

Listed skills include Educational Technology, Instructional Technology, Educational Leadership, Curriculum Development, and 15 others.