Judy Bee is the Associate Director of the Teaching with Primary Sources Midwest Region at Illinois State University funded by the Library of Congress. She develops and delivers professional, graduate, undergraduate, classroom and community courses and workshops. She uses a variety of modalities in delivering courses and workshops including on-line, face-to-face, and train-the-trainer models. She also plays a significant role in program evaluation, program recruitment and training in seventeen states. She travels to universities, colleges, institutions in the Midwest Region to train educators, review grant programs, and collaborate on new initiatives.

She assists with the creation and implementation of online learning through a variety of courseware, including Blackboard and ReggieNet. Through these technology tools, she teaches classroom teachers, media specialists, and faculty members how to integrate primary sources into standards-based lesson plans that enhance their curriculum. Her other duties include developing processes for encouraging collaboration, including virtual meetings, developing systems to monitor progress, and developing evaluating systems including online surveys.

She has taught adult audiences, including Country Financial, State Farm, GrowMark, and Caterpillar.  She has developed classes and curriculum using media such as web, video, Microsoft Office, Dreamweaver, Adobe Suite, Opal, Elluminate, Dreamweaver, and Photo Story.  She has presented and trained at local, state, and national conferences on curriculum development, technology education, and teaching with primary sources.  

She is currently working toward a Doctorate in Higher Education Administrations with a focus on effective professional development. She earned a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from Saint Xavier University.  She also holds a Bachelors Degree in Psychology and is certified in K-9 education.  She has twenty-three years of teaching experience and has taught grades Pre-K–16.