Beth Still

Beth Still holds a Bachelor of Science in Education from Chadron State College. She is currently working on her Masters in Secondary Curriculum and Instruction with a Specialization in Educational Technology. This is Beth's fourth year in her current position and fifth year of teaching. For the last four years she has taught Social Studies to at-risk students at a small alternative high school in rural western Nebraska.

Approximately two and a half years ago Beth's educational service unit began working on plans to develop a virtual high school. Beth was included in nearly every phase of the project from the very beginning. She helped pilot a project during the summer of 2007 in which classes from Colorado Online were offered to about two dozen students. The summer school program helped lay the foundation for their virtual high school.

Beth served on a committee that examined various course options from different companies and schools. After an exhaustive search it was determined that the best option for the service unit was to build their courses from the ground up. Over the last year Beth has created several classes based on the Nebraska Social Studies standards.

Beth served on the hiring committee when the number of staff was expanded in the spring of 2008. She has served as a mentor the newly hired teachers as they enter the world of online education and begin to explore the wonderful world of Web 2.0. She will continue to conduct training sessions on different web based tools that will help make the online classes at the Nebraska Educational Virtual Academy truly unique.