Meet Mrs. Mitchell
I have been a media specialist for 14 years! I was blessed to start my career in South Carolina after earning my Masters from USC. Then we moved to Georgia where I continued at the elementary level. Now I am at CMS as of the fall of 2021. CMS is my first job as a middle school media specialist. Wherever I am, though, I love coming to work to learn!
I have an outstanding husband and am the proud mother of two sweet little girls. My husband or myself love reading and listening to books with our girls!
You should know that I am a dream big kind of librarian! I love working hard alongside teachers and students to make dreams realities. In 2014 we brought Jan Brett to the first school I worked with after winning an international contest! What made it more special is that students displayed their artwork alongside this famous author and illustrator's work in an actual museum. Why not DREAM BIG!!!
At my last school we enjoyed meeting multiple authors, illustrators, and storytellers like, Peggy Eddleman, Shanda McCloskey, Tim Lowry, Jerry Pallotta, John David Anderson, and Bonnie Clark. In October of 2023, thanks to a grant from the TN Arts Commission, I was able to bring in Brad Montague for our CMS kids!
Podcasts
The Author Visit Podcast: Episode 11
Cohosts, author-illustrator Shanda McCloskey and author Bonnie Clark have a conversation with elementary school librarian and media specialist, Beth Mitchell, about what makes an author visit fantastic and memorable (from her point of view).
Presentations
BCS Kickoff (Shelbyville, TN)
2022
Copyright
Common Sense Media
Upstate Technology Conference (Greenville, SC)
2015
Participant and Presenter
Analyzing Artifacts
Write About This
2013
Volunteer, Participant, and Presenter
SMORE Online Flyers
READ from ALA
Professional
Common Sense Media Educator- 2016 to present
Common Sense Media Ambassador- 2022-2023
Contributor
Veterans History Project Library of Congress- Interviewed and submitted Missouri native Lyle Bouck (a veteran also featured in the National WW2 Museum in New Orleans)
Education
Master of Library and Information Science: University of South Carolina, 2009
BS Mass Communication: Electronic Media/Interactive Multi-Media: Oklahoma Christian, 2002