Shawna Kay Matteson

Shawna Kay Matteson

Current Address: Permanent Address:

1385 West University Ave. 5-238 17767 Corpus Christi Court

Flagstaff, AZ 86001 Goodyear, AZ 85338

(928) 600-1511 (928) 600-1511

E-mail:

Instructor position

Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona

Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, May 2004

GPA: 3.92, Financed 100% of education

graduated in the top 1% of my graduating High School class

graduated with Highest Honors Magna Cum Laude from NAU

Knoles Elementary School Flagstaff, AZ

Student Teaching 5th grade Spring, 2004

·  taught all subject areas, including math, reading, spelling, social studies, and science.

·  was able to communicate with a parent who speaks only Spanish, giving her instructions for her daughter while she was away from class.

·  ran the parent-teacher conference with this student and her parents.

·  worked in various situations, including whole class instruction, small group instruction, and one on one instruction.

·  served on the “Love of Reading” committee, where I helped organize a school wide “love of reading week”, arranging various guest readers, and scheduling parents to come and eat and read with their children.

·  served on the Technology committee, where we discussed ways of improving the computers in our school, by upgrading 50 of our computers to a more efficient system.

Knoles Elementary School Flagstaff, AZ

Teaching Practicum 4th grade Fall, 2003

·  worked one on one with an ELL student.

·  guided her in reading her AR books

·  developed different games and strategies for learning her spelling words each week.

Flagstaff Junior Academy Flagstaff, AZ

Teaching Practicum, grades 3-6 Fall, 2003

·  assisted students one on one doing math activities, using Versatiles, Tangrams, and other hands-on math manipulatives.

Flagstaff Montissori Charter School Flagstaff, AZ

Teaching Practicum, grades 4-6 Fall, 2003

·  taught small group math lessons involving problem-solving skills with 6th graders.

·  worked one on one with students doing various levels of math.

Science Olympiad Volunteer Event Supervisor

·  developed and ran events for junior high students, including the Egg Drop event in Spring of 2001, and the Pentathalon event in Spring of 2002.

Sunset Elementary School Glendale, AZ

Teaching Practicum kindergarten Spring, 2002

·  helped students work on their writing skills.

·  supervised the class while the teacher was testing students.

Mount Eldon Middle School Flagstaff, AZ

Care-giver/ Mentor (GEAR-UP) Spring, 2002

·  I worked with one at-risk 8th grade girl as a tutor or mentor.

·  I tutored her daily, in math, and I was able to help her bring up her grades and helped to reduce her absences.

Knoles Elementary School Flagstaff, AZ

Teaching Practicum 3rd Grade Fall, 2002

·  created a series of 12 literacy lesson plans centered around a central theme (community) and taught these lessons over a period of twelve weeks to Mrs. Taylor’s third graders.

Estrella Mountain Elementary School Goodyear, AZ

Teaching Practicum 1st Grade Fall, 2002

·  taught in a CLIP classroom with 8 students, and I read with the children

·  produced running records on students

·  taught mini-lessons on grammar

·  read with several students on an individual basis

Estrella Mountain Elementary School Goodyear, AZ

Teaching Practicum 4th Grade Fall, 2002

·  taught reading lessons on a regular basis.

·  created writing lessons for the students to do.

·  tested students on their high frequency words.

Coconino High School Flagstaff, AZ

Care-giver/ Mentor (ALUM or GEAR-UP) Fall 2002 - current

·  continued to work with the same girl I worked with at Mt. Eldon Middle School

·  provided in class help for her in her math class, and continued to develop a mentor-like relationship with her.

·  followed her through her Sophomore year, and I continue to mentor her now.

·  NAU Award of Distinction

·  Member of Who’s Who Among College Students

·  Member of Phi Eta Sigma

·  Member of Golden Key Honor Society

·  Delta Kappa Gamma scholarship for future outstanding teacher

·  Centennial Award

·  Graduating with Honors from the Honors program at NAU

·  Graduating Magna Cum Laude (highest honors) from NAU

·  Mildred Fenton Carrol Lane Scholarship

·  Dean’s List every consecutive semester