Bethany Creel
Educator
Mount Laurel,NJ
Summary
Passionate Teacher with experience developing and implementing diverse curriculums covering wide range of subjects. Highly skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive classroom instruction and observation. Successful in helping students develop strong literacy, numeracy, social and learning skills.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Teacher
Cinnaminson School District
Cinnaminson, NJ
09.2008 - Current
- Co-chaired the National Junior Honor Society for the middle school
- Held a leadership position on the Intervention and Referral Services team
- Planned and implemented integrated lessons to meet national standards.
- Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Incorporated exciting and engaging activities to achieve student participation and hands-on learning.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Encouraged creative thinking and motivated students by addressing individual strengths and weaknesses based on standardized testing results.
- Held conferences with parents to address questions, discuss academic progress and encourage learning goals.
- Implemented creative ways to foster curiosity for complex principles through hands-on learning and planned activities.
- Attended and facilitated IEP meetings for students and families.
- Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
- Enhanced student knowledge of technology by integrating various web-based applications for research and assignments.
- Supported student teachers by mentoring on classroom management, lesson planning and activity organization.
Education
No Degree - Education
Iowa Western Community College
Council Bluffs, IA 05.2001 -
Associate of Science - English Education
Olivet Nazarene University
Bourbonnais, IL 08.2005 - 05.2007
Skills
Student-centered learning
Group learning mechanics
Classroom management
Lesson Planning
Middle school education
Social-Emotional Learning training
Differentiated instruction
Curriculum Development
Student engagement
Inquiry-based learning
Timeline
Teacher
Cinnaminson School District
09.2008 - Current
Associate of Science - English Education
Olivet Nazarene University
08.2005 - 05.2007
No Degree - Education
Iowa Western Community College
05.2001 -