MARYBETH CHAPPELOW

EDUCATOR

PROFILE
• Certified elementary school teacher who excels in cultivating and
maintaining positive and productive relationships with all
educational constituencies including parents, students,
administrators, and the community.
• Strong instructional leader with significant education experience and
solid foundation in best practices for all content areas.
• Skilled practitioner who continues to expand knowledge of current CONTACT
best practices through professional development.
• Hardworking and energetic professional who is flexible and adapts
406-291-1270
easily to change of environment and work schedule.

mbchappelow@gmail.com

1833 Riverwood Drive,

Columbia Falls, MT 59912

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER | FORTINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
AUGUST 2014 – PRESENT | FORTINE, MT CERTIFICATION
• A full-time teacher instructing in multiple subjects to classrooms of up
to 24 students in 1st and 2nd Grades.
• Skilled in instructing both individual and combined grade classrooms. STATE OF MONTANA
• Established rapport with students, parents and critical family members, K-8 Teacher License
using multiple modes of communication.
• Enhance student engagement for learning through maintaining
collaborative learning classroom environment
• Observe, plan, teach and assess practice to inform and modify
instruction for classes with many levels of ability.
EDUCATION
• Performed classroom benchmark assessments.
• Created individual behavior plans and appropriate rewards and
consequences MASTERS OF ART OF TEACHING
• Assisted the school phycologist and SPED teacher in leading IEP Western Governors University
meetings with parents and other professionals Salt Lake City, UT | 2014

ASSISTANT COUNSELOR | LINCOLN COUNTY HIGHSCHOOL

AUGUST 2013 – MAY 2014 | EUREKA, MT BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN WILDLIFE
• Assisted the lead Guidance Counselor in management of the guidance BIOLOGY
office. University of Montana
• Scheduled and facilitated standardized tests. Missoula, MT | 2006
• Assisted students in choosing and applying for colleges.
• Maintained student records.
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EDUCATOR

AWARDS
EXPERIENCE CONTINUED
INTERPRETIVE SPECIALIST | MONTANA FISH, WILDIFE AND PARKS Outstanding Interpreter Award
MAY 2008 – FEBRUARY 2012 | KALISPELL, MT National Association of Interpreters,
• Part of a two-person management team responsible for managing Region 7
Lone Pine State Park in Kalispell, Montana. 2010
• Solely responsible for management of the park’s conservation
education program. • Recognition for the development
• Scheduled and facilitated school fieldtrips. of outstanding environmental
• Developed and facilitated spring and summer day camps. education programs.
• Organized and facilitated teacher training workshops.
• Maintained involvement in local and state education organizations.
• Developed the curriculum for the state park education program.
• Organized adult education workshops. EXPERTISE
• Wrote grates to support the park education program.
• Whole Class / Small Group
ACTING PARK MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST | MONTANA FISH, WILDLIFE Instruction
AND PARKS • Individual grade level
MAY 2011 – JULY 2011 | KALISPELL, MT instruction
• Combined grade level class
• Tasked with the general management of Lone Pine State Park in the
instruction
absence of the Park Manager.
• Creative Lesson Planning
• Supervised 12 paid and volunteer staff members in addition to regular
park ranger/education specialist duties. • Classroom Management
• Guided Reading
• Technology Integration
TEACHING ASSISTANT | NORTHWEST MONTANA HTEAD START
• Student Assessment
JANUARY 2008 -JANUARY 2009 | KALISPELL, MT
• Cooperative Instruction
• Assisted lead teacher in early childhood curriculum development, • Parent-Teacher
lesson facilitation, and class management. Communication

SUBSTITUTE TEACHER | NORTHWEST MONTANA EDUCATIONAL

COOPERATIVE TECHNICAL SKILLS
JANUARY 2008- JANUARY 2009 | KALISPELL, MT
• Provided substitute teacher instruction throughout Kalispell School • Microsoft Office Suite
District 5 for grades kindergarten- 8th grade. • Google Docs
• Google Sheets
• Google Classroom
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR | UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, WAHSEGA 4-H
CENTER • School Master
• Zoom
AUGUST 2007- DECEMBER 2007 | DAHLONEGA, GA
• Social Media
• Instructed basic wildlife biology and ecology classes to children in • E-mail Management
grade levels elementary through high school. • Digital Cameras
• Classes included those in herpetology, stream ecology, forest ecology • Basic Computer Security
and wildlife biology.
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EDUCATOR

OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE

STUDENT ADVISOR, Eureka Middle School
SEPT 2012 MAY 2013 | EUREKA, MT
• Met weekly with an assigned group of middle schoolers to provide social emotional mentorship.

BOARD MEMBER, Montana Environmental Education Association

MAY 2011 MAY 2013 | GREAT FALLS, MT
• Helped to organize the yearly conference.
• Authored and distributed the association’s newsletter, “Bug Net”

REFERENCES

Regan Lewis
Laura Pluid
School Clerk
Principal
Fortine School
Fortine School
516.123.4455
516.123.4455
regan@fortineschool.net
laura@fortineschool.net

Sandy Bozarth Emily Michaud

Teacher Teacher
School Name Fortine School
516.123.4455 516.123.4455
sandy@fortineschool.net emily@fortineschool.net