About Bethany

After a childhood in remote corners of the Midwest, Bethany has lived in central Los Angeles for almost 20 years. She loves both city and country life and gets her nature fix by camping and visiting her family’s farm every summer.

Bethany was homeschooled throughout her childhood, using nearly every curriculum available at the time. She also helped teach her younger siblings—many with special needs—and has been deeply involved in her own children’s learning through iLEAD’s independent study program.

Bethany’s classroom teaching journey began in kindergarten and first-grade classrooms before moving to middle school special education classes in math, history, and science, and then on to high school academic support and college & career counseling. Her siblings and children have a variety of neurodiversities and special needs, and she loves how independent study allows each child to learn in the way that suits them best. She brings her years in special education and her 10 years as a general education Educational Facilitator together as Coordinator of the Student Success Team, part of the MTSS team.