Faculty Member Education Major 
School of Social Innovation 
Pronouns She/Her/Hers
Education University of Massachusetts-Boston, Master of Education; Northwestern University, Bachelor of Science
Areas of Expertise
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Early Childhood Special Education
  • Social and Emotional Teaching Practices
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Biography

Beth has been working with children, families and professionals in the Early Childhood Education (ECE) field since 1989, earlier if you count her babysitting jobs that started when she was nine. She earned her Masters in Special Education in 2000 and began working in Vermont that year in inclusive preschool classrooms. She spent 14 years in the classroom, all the while doing side gigs teaching in higher education, presenting on inclusive practices for ECE and ECSE professional organizations, and training and supporting other teachers with assessment, social and emotional practices, and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). She loves working with the education students at Champlain and tries to make her classes fun and experiential. Her favorite course is Math and Science for Young Children, closely followed by Preschool Curriculum – Play as Learning.

Outside Champlain, she owns an education training and consulting business, Pyramid 802 Plus, which helps teachers and ECE programs increase their social and emotional teaching practices. She also works with Teaching Strategies as a national trainer, supporting the Creative Curriculum and Teaching Strategies GOLD, which are curriculum and assessment systems used in Vermont and across the nation.

Publications & Abstracts

DEC Recommended Practices Monograph Series No. 2: Environment

Professional & Scholastic Affiliations

National Association for the Education of Young Children
Council for Exceptional Children Division for Early Childhood

Recommended Reading, Listening & Viewing

The Power of Play by David Elkind

Favorite Quote

“Every child deserves a champion.”

—Rita Pierson

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