 Beth Scanlon has
taught English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), intensive reading, and
English for the past fourteen years in Orlando,
FL.
Currently she teaches reading to ESOL students in ninth grade and works
half-time as the curriculum resource teacher.
She teaches an online English class for the virtual adult and technical
school in her district. She also teaches
preservice English teachers as an adjunct at the University
of Central Florida. As a member of
the Literacy Council at her school this year, she helped coordinate the BEARS
Florida Teens Read program. As the sponsor of the Student-Teacher Book Club at
her school, her students were chosen to participate in the Random House Author
411 program this year. She also works as teacher mentor and leads professional
development at her school. She received
the NEA Learning and Leadership grant to lead a content area reading study
group at her school site.
She attended the University
of Florida and earned her B.A. in
English. She later received her masters in English Education from the PROTEACH
program at the University of Florida. She earned her doctorate from the University
of Central Florida in 2005 in
curriculum and instruction. In 2001 she earned National Board certification in
Adolescence and Young Adult English Language Arts. She also represented her school as Teacher of
the Year in 2001. Her previous
professional experiences include working on district committees; grant writing,
developing ESOL benchmarks, serving as regional coordinator for Florida Council
of Teachers of English, and becoming a teacher consultant for the Central
Florida Writing Project.
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