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Amy Katt

e-mail: akatt478@yahoo.com

EDUCATION

Fast Track to Teaching Program, College of St Mary, Omaha, NE

Certification: May 2007

Certified in 7-12 Language Arts

 

Bachelor of Arts, Hastings College, Hastings, NE   

Graduation: May 2000

Double Major: Broadcast Communications and Music

Graduated with Distinction in Music 

 

EXPERIENCE

Student Teacher                                            MILLARD NORTH HIGH SCHOOL, Omaha, NE

(January 2007 – present)

bulletInstructed students in English 11 and Analysis of Mass Media
bulletCreated lesson plans for English 11 and Mass Media Analysis
bulletDeveloped projects for Mass Media Analysis to facilitate student learning
bulletAssessed student learning in English 11 and Mass Media Analysis via homework, projects, quizzes and tests
bulletDeveloped unique ways to present notes for English 11
bulletEntered grades and attendance online using Infinite Campus
bulletInitiated and maintained parent contacts via email or phone

 Practicum Observation                                     OMAHA SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL, Omaha, NE

(October - December 2006)

bulletObserved freshman, sophomores and juniors in Language Arts classes
bulletIntroduced improvisation activities to Beginning Drama students
bulletSupervised and instructed freshman with “Daily Oral Language” exercises  

 Practicum Observation                                                           BLAIR HIGH SCHOOL, Blair, NE

(April - May 2006)

bulletObserved students in American Literature (juniors) and Applied Communications (juniors and seniors)
bulletSupervised student learning during group work
bulletGraded papers and quizzes
bulletEntered grades online and in the teacher’s gradebook

 Speech/Forensics Judge

(October 2000 – present)

bulletJudged speech/forensics competitors at the high school and college level
bulletHired through Hastings College as a judge for the 2005 American Forensics Association—National Individual Events Tournament (AFA-NIET) at Kansas State University

 

EMPLOYMENT

School Based Mentoring Program Coordinator

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE MIDLANDS, Omaha, NE      

(September 2003 - December 2006)

bulletCreated and maintained mentoring relationships between high school volunteers and elementary school students
bulletRecruited, interviewed and monitored volunteers (Bigs) and elementary school students (Littles)

 News Director                                                                      

KHAS RADIO, Hastings, NE      

(September 2000 - July 2003)

bulletManaged delivery of local /surrounding area news: government, police and fire departments, human interest, and agricultural
bulletWrote stories of interest and pertinence to listeners for four county area
bulletDeveloped and uploaded content for station website: local news section 
bulletReported news three times daily; hosted daily interview show (Sunrise 60 Close Up); hosted daily on-air shift.

 

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