BETH MCGEE
East Thetford,VT
Summary
Creative teacher, artist and costumer, passionate about teaching children and adults that they have gifts, talents, skills and value. Generous, industrious, patient, well-traveled, rusty but game in several languages, curious about everything, persistent, happiest when I’m learning or making something. Kindness, courage, authenticity and connections matter to me.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Art Instructor – Ages 6-13
AVA Gallery
Lebanon, NH
07.2019 - Current
- Create Summer Camp plans and teach week-long morning and afternoon camp in two age groups (ages 6-9 and 10-13).
- Taught weekly Art Camps, remotely by Zoom, in the Summer of 2020.
Learning Specialist Teacher, AfterCare Director
Crossroads Academy
Lyme, NH
04.2022 - 06.2026
- Developed individualized learning plans to address diverse student needs and promote academic success.
- Collaborated with teachers to integrate technology tools in lesson planning and classroom activities.
- Analyzed student performance data to identify trends and recommend targeted interventions.
- Supported struggling students with targeted interventions, resulting in improved academic performance.
- Provided individualized support to students with special needs, working closely with families and support staff to ensure a successful learning experience.
- Led professional development workshops focused on innovative teaching methodologies and technology integration.
Remote Teacher – Grades K-6
Rivendell Interstate School District
Fairlee, VT
10.2020 - 06.2021
- Facilitate remote learning for families who opted to keep their children at home in the fall.
- Attended training in Canvas and the Vermont Virtual Learning Cooperative (VTVLC) and trained our remote families and students in accessing their courses and dashboards.
- Managed 84 course shells in Canvas/VTVLC, until a second remote teacher began in December.
- Conducted daily morning meetings via Zoom with multi-aged groups (K-4 in one group and 5-6 in another), one-on-one math and science lessons.
- Conduct regular assessments via Zoom.
- Meet several families regularly to collect/deliver student work.
- Attend all IEP/504/Eligibility meetings for students in my remote classroom.
- Fostered a positive classroom environment that encouraged student participation and collaboration.
Special Education Assistant
Lyme Elementary School
Lyme, NH
08.2019 - 10.2020
- Supported special ed and regular ed students in 4th grade classroom. Substituted as classroom teacher when necessary.
- Guided reading, spelling, social studies, math and science groups (enrichment, special ed, everyone).
- Co-taught in outdoor classroom in local forest each week.
- Member of creative team for middle school musical.
- Designed costumes and props for musical until remote learning began in March 2020.
- Mentored 10 families during remote learning time.
- Led weekly virtual book groups, created poetry and writing lessons using FlipGrid, SeeSaw, Google Classroom.
Art Teacher – Grades K-6
Thetford Elementary School
Thetford, VT
08.2013 - 06.2019
- Taught weekly art classes to approximately 200 K-6 students. Developed arts curriculum, following National Core Arts Standards and inspired by TAB - Teaching for Artistic Behavior.
- Member of OESU District Arts Team (art and music teachers from the district’s 5 different schools) to unpack Core Arts Standards, map curriculum, plan visiting artists program and support each other during large exhibits, theater work and community projects. Collaborated with music teacher to produce all-school assemblies.
- Produced annual 5th/6th grade musical, designing and painting sets and props with students’ participation in art class. Designed/constructed costumes for 5th/6th grade musicals, 4th grade Wax Museum biography project, various Social Studies units in K-6.
- Coordinated annual 6-week History of Thetford study, inviting groups of local senior citizens to work with 3rd graders on papier mache puppets, culminating in a puppet show performance.
- Led students in producing murals for local conservation group prior to annual Earth Day cleanups.
- Member Outdoor Spaces Committee: designed and painted 8’ x 40’ climbing wall mural outside the school building over several years, coordinating volunteer community members and students to volunteer painting time.
Volunteer Instructor – Grades K-6
Thetford Elementary School
Thetford, VT
03.2010 - 01.2019
- Taught “Mud Season Madness” classes for Thetford’s annual after-school enrichment program.
- “Computer Programming with Scratch: a program developed at MIT’s Lifelong Kindergarten” (grades 4-6; co- instructor with Victor McGee, professor emeritus at Tuck School - prepared lesson plans, loaded school computers with new programs each week to use as models and templates for students.
- “Singing Around the Bonfire” (grades K-3); prepared songs for students, played guitar and accompanied sing-along.
- “Team Building” (grades 3-6, 13 students); prepared lessons to follow experiential/adventure education models; coordinated ice-breaking exercises, trust building games, team challenges;
- Facilitated students in processing their experience with each game/exercise using “chip” cards.
- “Painting with Pastels”, “Painting on Canvas” (grades 2-6).
Special Ed/IEEE Teacher –Grades preK-4
Blue Mountain Union School
Wells, VT
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Taught pre-K, K and 4th grade students in small group, one-on-one and push-in settings. Provided curriculum and lesson plans in math and literacy for K-4th grade students.
- Hired under provisional ECSE and provisional Special Educator licenses; enrolled at VT-Higher Ed Collaborative program to earn ECSE certification.
- Created a successful “Math Olympics” day as alternate assessment for special ed students, and to bring special ed and regular ed students together at end of year.
Paraeducator – Grade 1
Thetford Elementary School
Thetford, VT
08.2010 - 06.2012
- Supported students in special ed and above-grade-level reading and math groups.
- Prepared and accompanied daily morning sing-along.
- Supported students in weekly forest classroom hikes.
- Developed a simplified method of posting bi monthly newsletters and photography on school website.
Instructor – Grades K-6
Thetford After School Program (TASP)
Thetford, VT
01.2010 - 01.2011
- Member of 3-instructor team; prepared and guided after-school activities (indoor and outdoor) for children aged K through 6th grade.
Substitute Teacher – Grades K-6
Thetford Elementary School
Thetford, VT
01.2009 - 01.2010
- Substituted in K-6 classrooms including the art room, Title 1 reading room. Long-term substitute position in various classrooms.
Special Ed Paraeducator; 1:1 Grades 3-4
Hanover Street School
Lebanon, NH
01.2007 - 01.2009
- Worked with student with student with autism; taught daily pull-out lessons and supported student in the classroom; curated data to demonstrate daily progress and completed Alternate Assessment Portfolio. Taught small groups of special ed students in math and literacy; supported second non-verbal, sometimes-violent student with autism when necessary. Provided after-school Respite Care with two students at local Aquatic Center and Therapeutic Riding Farm.
Pre-K – Music Teacher
Hampshire Cooperative Nursery School
Hanover, NH
01.2003 - 01.2005
- Taught weekly in both the 3- and 4-day classrooms (age groups 3 - 4 and 4 - 5). Coordinated and taught circus camp during the summer of 2004 and 2005 (ages 2-5). Fundraising Committee member from 2003-2004. Vice President of the Board from September 2004 – June 2005. Wrote grant application and was awarded a McCarthey Dressman Foundation grant on behalf of HCNS in June of 2005 – a 3-year grant of $9000 to pay for music program.
Education
Bachelor of Science -
Morningside College
01-2017
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Upper Valley Educators Institute
Lebanon, NH06-2007
Art/Visual Studies Major, Math (Minor)
Dartmouth College
06-1984
Skills
- PNOA
- SBAC Test Administrator Certification
- Google Classroom, See Saw, Zoom, Canvas, VTVLC, FlipGrid, Scratch, Responsive Classroom, Project Based Learning (PBL)
- Classical Pianist, Church Organist, Folk Guitar
- Sewing & Pattern Construction
- Large Puppet Design & Construction
Timeline
Learning Specialist Teacher, AfterCare Director
Crossroads Academy
04.2022 - 06.2026
Remote Teacher – Grades K-6
Rivendell Interstate School District
10.2020 - 06.2021
Special Education Assistant
Lyme Elementary School
08.2019 - 10.2020
Art Instructor – Ages 6-13
AVA Gallery
07.2019 - Current
Art Teacher – Grades K-6
Thetford Elementary School
08.2013 - 06.2019
Special Ed/IEEE Teacher –Grades preK-4
Blue Mountain Union School
01.2012 - 01.2013
Paraeducator – Grade 1
Thetford Elementary School
08.2010 - 06.2012
Volunteer Instructor – Grades K-6
Thetford Elementary School
03.2010 - 01.2019
Instructor – Grades K-6
Thetford After School Program (TASP)
01.2010 - 01.2011
Substitute Teacher – Grades K-6
Thetford Elementary School
01.2009 - 01.2010
Special Ed Paraeducator; 1:1 Grades 3-4
Hanover Street School
01.2007 - 01.2009
Pre-K – Music Teacher
Hampshire Cooperative Nursery School
01.2003 - 01.2005
Art/Visual Studies Major, Math (Minor)
Dartmouth College
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Upper Valley Educators Institute
Bachelor of Science -
Morningside College
HOBBIES
Telling Stories, Drawing, Painting & Sewing, Playing Guitar, Piano & Singing Along, Attending Movies, Theater & Concerts, Gardening & Cooking, Cribbage & Boggle
THEATER WORK
THEATER WORK
2011 (TES) Guys and Dolls, Jr (alterations and costume design) 2012 (TES) Beauty & the Beast, Jr (costume design and construction) 2012 Revels North) Irish Christmas Revels (costumes) (September,
2013) Irish Christmas Revels show nominated for an OWL Award in the categories of Musical Instruction and Multi-Genre Celebrations/Productions 2013 (TES) Aladdin, Jr (costumes)
2013 (TA) Revenge of the Space Pandas (costumes, props)
2013 (Revels North) Appalachian Christmas Revels (costumes)
2014 (TA) The Actor's Nightmare (costumes)
2014 (Crossroads) Shrek, Jr. (costumes)
2014 (TES) Music Man,Jr (costumes, set painting)
2014 (TA) Skin of Our Teeth (woolly mammoth, dinosaur costumes and some alterations)
2014 (Parish Players) Long Day's Journey into Night (costumes) 2014 (Revels North) Haddon Hall Christmas Revels (costumes)
2015 (Hanover High) The Laramie Project (special memorial wall, collection of photos and mosaic portrait in memory of Winkie Bean, HHS Class of 1979) 2015 (TES) Honk, Jr (costumes, set painting)
2015 (TA) Eurydice (costumes)
2015 (Revels North) Scottish Christmas Revels (costumes)
2016 (TA) Agnes of God (costumes)
2016 (TES) Lion King, Jr (costumes, set design/painting, puppets) 2016 (TA) Rumors (costumes)
2016 (TA) Damn Yankees (costumes)
2016 (Parish Players) Death of a Salesman (costumes)
2017 (TA) Amelia, Once More (costumes)
2017 (TES) Alice in Wonderland, Jr (costumes, set design/painting) 2017 (TA) Starmites (costumes, set painting)
2017 (TA) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (costumes, set painting)
2018 (TES) Beauty and the Beast, Jr (costumes, set design/painting) 2018 (TA) Annie (costumes)
2018 (TA) Almost, Maine (costumes, set pieces)
2018 (Lyme Church) Alumni Kings (costumes and crowns)
2019 (Lyme School) Willy Wonka, Jr (costumes, props)
2019 (TA) Who Am I This Time? (costumes)
2019 (TA) Once Upon a Mattress (costumes, set painting, props) 2019 (Crossroads) Lion King, Jr (costume loan, design/construction of large puppets, costumes)
2019 (TA) Antigone (costumes, props)
2020 (TA) The Insanity of Mary Girard (costumes, props)
2020 (Briggs Opera House) Man of La Mancha (costumes, props) 2020 (Lyme School) Mary Poppins (costumes, props) – cancelled 3/20 2020 (TA) Sister Act (costumes) – cancelled 3/20
2021 (TA) Tracks – one-act play (costumes)
2021 (TA) Impromptu – one-act play (costumes)