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Beth Choquette, a 23 year veteran in education with 17 years as a building leader, comes to
Richmond from the Northampton Public Schools where she was principal for 10 years. Prior to
that she was a PreK-8 principal in Vermont as well as an elementary music teacher in Adams,
Massachusetts.

Beth is currently one of 20 fellows in the Commonwealth selected for DESE’s Influence 100
program. She was a member of DESE’s Culturally Responsive Principals Leadership Academy,
and led the task force for Northampton Public Schools in creating a unified PreK-12 Code of
Conduct, Character, and Support. Beth’s commitment to educational equity and excellence,
where all children are successful regardless of their personal, social, or cultural contexts, is at
the core of her practice.

Beth received her doctorate from Boston College in Educational Leadership. Her dissertation
Leadership for Inclusive Practices, focused on students who have experienced trauma, refugee
students, special education students, and opportunities to learn through the lens of a
multi-tiered system of support and social justice. She received her M.M. in music performance at
Michigan State University and her B.A. in music education and music performance from the
Crane School of Music at the State University of New York-Potsdam.

Beth currently lives in North Adams, Massachusetts with her husband Jamie and has two sons,
Jacob and Jackson. In her free time, Beth enjoys teaching at MCLA and at Boston College.
When not spending time being a principal or teaching, she spends time researching, gardening,
going to museums and historical homes, playing with her dogs, visiting Italy and traveling with
her husband, and spending time with her family.