Bethany Brown

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E-Mail: brownbj4@miamioh.edu

Education
Miami University. Oxford, OH.

August 2012 December 2015

Graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education.

Employment History
Preschool Teacher. AyaginaAr Elitnaurvik. Kongiganak, AK.

Began August 2016

Working with a small group of four-year-old children five days a week to prepare them for
Kindergarten.

Planning and implementing lessons designed around early childhood domains and student
needs.

Collaborating with the Site Administrator, ECE director, fellow educators, and parents to create a
successful learning program.

Apprentice Guide. Crystalaire Adventures. Frankfort, MI.

June - August 2016

Worked for a small outdoor business to Co-lead adventure backpacking trips.

As a guide, my role was to teach participants the skills needed for them to create micro
societies within their trip. Skills included LNT camp set up, decision-making, outdoor safety
skills, planning, and navigation.

Worked alongside nearby Camp Lookout staff to facilitate outdoor learning experiences with
their campers.

Shelver. Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library, Main Branch, Cincinnati, OH.
January- June 2016
Sorted and shelved books, magazines, pamphlets, audiovisual materials and other materials
accurately at a rate of approximately 130 items an hour
Assisted patrons in locating materials and services as needed
Created and completed extra, relevant projects upon completing daily duties
Team Building Aide/Outdoor Instructor. MU Outdoor Pursuit Center. Oxford, OH.
2013 - May 2016

June

Worked alone and with other Aides to create personalized Team Building programs for groups
between 10 and 100+ members. These groups ranged in age from 9 years old to adult
employees of the university.

Programs included Day Camp, Group Initiatives, Low Challenge Courses, and High Challenge
Courses.

As an Outdoor Instructor starting in November 2016 I co-led adventure trips for Miami
University.

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Publications and Honors

Curriculum Conference presentation entitled: Integrating Democracy Through a Social
Justice Curriculum Presented on May 5, 2015
Published in: Poetter, Thomas S. (2016). Teacher Leadership for the 21 st
Century, Third Edition. Cincinnati:
Van-Griner Publishing. pp.207-216.
Senior Service Award for Employment at Instructional Materials Center, Miami University
Fall 2015

Community, Volunteer, Professional Activities

AEE International Conference, Minneapolis, MI.
27th -29th 2016

October

The Association for Experiential Education (AEE) exists to connect a global community of educators
and practitioners and expand their capacity to enrich lives through Experiential Education. As an
attendee I participated in various experiential education focused seminars including: Outside Your
Door: Young Producers Bridge the Divide between Urban Youth and Public Lands by Nina Roberts ,
Creativity in Teams by Amy Climer, and Facilitating Storytelling as a Clinical Intervention by Maurie
Lung and Gary Stauffer.
Oyler Community Learning Center, Kindergarten, Cincinnati, OH.
August-December 2015
Student Teacher
This experience was a full time internship commitment during which I worked alongside my
cooperating teacher, Ms. Talbert, in and out of the classroom. During my time as a student teacher I
was able to; understand and utilize students backgrounds in lesson planning, articulate clear
learning goals for classroom lessons, assist students in making connections between contents, align
instruction with learning goals, establish and maintain connections with students, provide a safe
environment that was conducive to learning, assist students in understanding learning objectives,
create room for students to extend their thinking, effectively use instructional time, collaborate with
colleagues during Team Based Teaching Meetings an IEP meetings, communicate with parents
during conferences, and reflect on how well my lessons worked to help students achieve learning
goals so that I may improve future lessons.
Help Me Grow
2015
Home Visiting Intern

June- July

During this non-profit internship, for which I received the Horrell Award, I had the opportunity to
shadow home visitors in the field as well as aiding them in the completion of observations, attend
team meetings, participate in and plan play groups, create home visiting resources, and plan
community outreach.
Cincinnati Summer Immersion Program
June 2015 Participant

May-

During this three-week urban residential experience in the Lower Price Hill neighborhood of
Cincinnati I was able to connect with community stakeholders through volunteer experiences in
urban agencies (BLOC, Nancy Sullivan, Community Matters, and Education Matters) in Price Hill. I
lived with three other participants in Price Hill. Alongside the immersion experiences I participated
in weekly seminars that will focused on specific aspects of urban communities through discussions,
readings, activities and journaling.

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Adopt A School
December 2014 Volunteer

January 2013-

As a tutor with Adopt A School I volunteered an hour of my time each week to work with a local
classroom teacher during the school day. This time was spent working with individual students as
well as small groups to complete various activities. During my second year of participation I was
elected to Student Coordinator and was put in charge of overseeing 15-20 tutors, ensuring that
they were attending placements and communicating with their cooperating teachers as necessary.

Memberships, Skills, Certifications

Memberships

Alpha Gamma Delta International Fraternity for Women Zeta Iota Chapter
Initiated Spring 2013

Leave No Trace
2016

Joined November

Skills and Certifications

4 Year Resident Educator License Early Childhood (p-3). Ohio Department of Education.
Received January 2016.

Wilderness First Aid. Valid through February 2018.

Leave No Trace Trainer. Received in November 2016.

Trained in Growing Up Wild in July 2015.

Travel Experience, Hobbies, Interests

Travel

New Zealand, South Island. 5 day, 3 day, and 2 day backpacking trip, 2 day mountain biking
trip, 2 day sea kayaking trip, and ice climbing. May 13th- June 11th 2013

North and South Manitou Islands, Michigan, U.S. Acted as an apprentice guide for children
ages 11-16 years old on a variety of trip lengths during the months of June and July 2016.

Hobbies

Reading has been a stalwart hobby of mine. Recently Ive been interested in:
WaitButWhy.com articles by Tim Urban, texts written by sociologist Ashley Montagu,
information about the effect of learning spaces, the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer, and
Ive been slowly reading Deleuze and Guittaris texts because of their discussion of
Rhizomatic learning theory.

Attending shows to see bands play live.

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Finding places to be so that I can meet new and interesting people: community classes,
libraries, coffee shops, etc.

Being out in nature with people.

Interests

The relationship between parents and their children

The populations in urban areas and their connection to their community

Growth through learning