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Cassandra Bethel

Mason,OH

Summary

Passionate veteran teacher with 24 years of experience developing and implementing personalized lessons to meet diverse student needs. Highly skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive classroom instruction. Successful in helping students develop and refine literacy skills. Experience working with beginner and newcomer EL students from a variety of cultural backgrounds. Exert at Co-Teaching with my ELL teaching partner via a push-in teaching model.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Teacher Leader

Mason Early Childhood Center
08.2022 - Current
  • Collaborated with peer teacher leaders as well as building Learning Experience Designers to plan for 4 grade level meetings a month in order to discuss implementation of new curriculum.
  • Created and revised checkpoints for all subject areas for grade level use and analyzed student data from these quarterly checkpoints.
  • Created Curriculum Storyboards to share with families to keep them abreast of Tier 1 learning.
  • Co-created a Grading Criteria document to ensure consistent grading across the grade level.
  • Served as a grade-level representative on school committees, contributing to decisions regarding curriculum development, assessment practices, teacher evaluations, and school-wide initiatives.
  • Increased educational expertise and knowledge by participating in instructor-oriented workshops.


1st Grade Teacher

Mason City Schools
08.2000 - Current
  • Collaborated with administrators on classroom policies, management strategies, and discipline as part of Faculty Advisory Committee, Recess Committee, LCSS Working Committee, and as a First Grade Teacher Leader.
  • Worked on the LCSS (Learner Centered Systems of Support) building and district committees to create a Playbook for staff helping to define Tiers 1, 2, and 3.
  • Built positive relationships with parents to involve families in educational process including facilitating the use of Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Uzbek, Japanese, and Arabic translators for conferences.
  • Utilized the Talking Points App to communicate daily or weekly with parents of my 10 newcomer/beginner ELs.
  • Collaborated with my EL Co-Teacher and Reading Specialist to develop personalized educational plans for each student, ensuring optimal success.
  • Incorporated multicultural perspectives into lesson plans, promoting diversity awareness among students.
  • Increased overall student achievement by utilizing differentiated instructional methods tailored to student individual learning styles and involved students in their own reflection and goal setting.
  • Promoted a positive classroom environment by establishing clear expectations and fostering strong communication between students, parents, and staff members.
  • Utilized Morning Meeting, Responsive Classroom, and SEL teaching to promote positive relationships within our classroom learning environment.
  • Utilized a variety of assessment data to inform instructional decisions, personalizing lessons to meet diverse student needs.
  • Implemented behavior modification strategies for individual students, resulting in improved self-regulation and classroom participation among students.
  • Stayed abreast of new trends in education by attending professional development courses provided by Butler County Educational Service Center and in-service trainings to become SIOP trained.


Education

Master of Education - Reading Teacher Education

Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
08.2002

Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education (K-8)

Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
05.2000

Skills

  • Differentiated instruction
  • Data-driven decision making
  • Curriculum development
  • Co-Teaching and Co-Planning
  • Instructional Best Practices
  • Ohio Teaching Credential (Reading Endorsement)
  • ESL- English As Second Language
  • Elementary Education
  • Program Development (ELL Co-Teaching Model)
  • Small Group Instruction
  • Classroom Instruction
  • Student engagement
  • Organizational skills
  • Instructional leadership
  • Classroom management

Accomplishments

    Senior Professional Educator Kindergarten-Elementary (K-8) License

    Reading Endorsements: Reading (PreK-12)

    Master Teacher Designation

Timeline

Teacher Leader

Mason Early Childhood Center
08.2022 - Current

1st Grade Teacher

Mason City Schools
08.2000 - Current

Master of Education - Reading Teacher Education

Miami University

Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education (K-8)

Miami University

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