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Lori J. Applegate
1481 E. Natasha Drive
Casa Grande, AZ 85122
Objective: My goal is to find employment that allows me to work as a media specialist in a school district that values the integration of technology to move students into the future with the skills they need to survive. This will allow me to help to provide high quality services to my students, and my community, in a positive and professional manner.
Employment History:
December 2014-Present Library Media Assistant/Specialist and Textbook Coordinator
Legacy Traditional Schools
1376 E. O’Neill Drive
Casa Grande, AZ 85122
My position at Legacy Traditional School includes as library media /assistant specialist and textbook coordinator. As a textbook coordinator my responsibilities include working with a large staff, and over 950 students to check out, and in classroom textbooks. Also, it is my responsibility to ensure that all textbooks are in the Destiny Textbook for statisical analysis reports. My position also includes helping with Dibels testing, and playground and lunchroom duties. As a media specialist I work to ensure my student success as readers, library skills, and as digital citizens. Our educational team collaboratively alignes our curriculum, and methods, to help reinforce the common core curriculum. My responsibilities as a media specialist include maintaining the media center, and creating an inviting environment conducive to learning and the enjoyment of literature. I select, and order, media for a K-8 student body, while following the district guidelines. My curriculum for the library includes library, and research skills, with the upmost consideration to digital literacy. My duties also include providing quality library service for staff and students.
January 7th, 2012 - Present Library Media /Assistant/Specialist and Title I Assistant/Kinder-plus Teacher
Casa Grande Elementary School District No. 4
220 W. Kortsen Road
Casa Grande, AZ 85122
(520) 836-2111
My position at Ironwood Elementary School included one year as a Teaching Assistant in the Title 1 Program, one year as Kinder-plus teacher in kindergarten, and one semester as a media specialist. As a Title 1 Assistant my responsibilities included testing students for reading program placement, working with 72 students multiple times per week to raise reading abilities. This also included helping with Dibels testing, and playground and lunchroom duties. As a Kinder-plus Teacher I worked to ensure the success of my 27 students. Our kindergarten team collaboratively aligned our curriculum, and methods, to help reinforce the common core curriculum. My responsibilities as a media specialist include maintaining the media center, and creating an inviting environment conducive to learning and the enjoyment of literature. I selected media for a K-6 student body, while following the district guidelines. My curriculum included library skills, research skills, and digital literacy skills. I worked closely with our computer teacher to develop beneficial library and research skills lessons for our students. My duties also included providing quality library services for our staff and students.
August 2008 - May 2010 Media Specialist and Para Professional
Paxton Consolidated Schools
308 N. Elm Street
P.O. Box# 368
Paxton, NE 69155
My position at Paxton Consolidated Schools was part-time Media Specialist, and part-time Para-Professional Teaching Assistant for the Special Education Department. As the Media Specialist my responsibilities included maintaining the media center, and creating an inviting environment conducive to learning and the enjoyment of literature and digital resources. This included working with students to help them with class projects on the computer lap-tops, where they completed internet searches, made i-movies, and completed collaborative projects. I selected media via various computer vendors, and Alexandria Library System inventory information, for a K-12 student body, while following the Nebraska State Rule 10 Guidelines for ordering literature for school media centers. This included a minimum of 25 titles of fiction, and non-fiction literature for each grade K-12. Also, I followed Nebraska State Standards and, AASL Library Standards, in the design of my K-6 lesson plans to teach library, and research skills, computer skills. and digital literacy to my elementary students. During my two years as the Paxton Media Specialist I learned two Library computer systems. This included the Spectrum Library Media Computer System, and the Alexandria Library Media System which I selected, and installed. As the Media Specialist, it was my responsibility to hold two Scholastic Book-Fairs per school year. As a result of these book fairs we were able to purchase many new materials for the media center. As a Para-Professional for the Special Education Department I had the good fortune of working with students in second, fourth, and tenth grade in mathematics, reading, and English. This required the use of various assistive technologies such as the lap-top computers, i-pods, and various computer programs to help students with the curriculum. This was a very rewarding experience, for both the students and my-self.
August 2007- May 2008
Instructional Teaching Assistant
North Platte Public Schools - McDonald Elementary
601 McDonald Rd. North Platte, NE 69101
My position at McDonald Elementary included working with three reading groups, three intervention groups, and all students to ensure success in learning all academics on a daily basis. Lunch room and playground duty, and preparing lesson materials are also a part of my position at McDonald. Working with twenty seven kindergarten students to ensure success is an absolute team effort.
August 2006 - July 2007 Speech Pathology Assistant
Stetson Elementary - Principal: Mrs. Theresa Ritz
4910 Jedediah Smith Rd.- Colorado Springs, CO 80922
Phone (719) 574-4711
Working with Pre-K through 5th grade students to improve speech articulation
and language concepts, and continuous assessment. We had a case load of seventy six children that we saw twice per week in groups. This also included helping students adjust to assistive technologies. It was also my responsibility to work with thirty preschool children in the phonological program. It was also my responsibility to maintain the filing system, the Individual Education Plan Notebook, the student folders, lesson planning each week.
June 2003 - August 2006 Administrative Support Associate III/ Insurance Clerk
USAA Insurance
1855 Telstar Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
As an insurance clerk for USAA my experience included trouble shooting with people in other units over the telephone and through e-mails. Also, our unit indexed documents in the computer, we then scanned them into the system. This included using an extensive coding system. Also, we printed digital photos from the computer, sent in by field agents. Creating a permanent record of certified letters and sending them to customers, was part of my responsibility, as well. Scanning files from up on the floors, and from our file banks, into the system was a daily responsibility. When in distribution, I worked the mail machine, sending out thousands of letters and packages a day. We also, used the Fed Ex computer to send out Fed Ex letters, and packages. Part of my responsibility included creating two computer technology notebooks for new employee training with our computer systems, and program use. In our unit we needed to be flexible with the current, and incoming technologies, because our duties often would change, as the needs of the company changed.
July 2001 -May 2002 Kindergarten Teacher
Centennial Elementary
1860 So. Chelton Rd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80910
As a kindergarten teacher for Harrison District Two creating a safe and well balanced learning environment where students could thrive was a continuous goal. I taught many different subjects to include number meaning and recognition, counting, letter sounds and recognition, hands on science, and many concept developmental units for personal and social growth. My students did well on state exams, and had read over thirteen books, and knew their sight words for these reading materials. Addition, and subtraction were introduced on a basic level. Using the Colorado State Standards helped to guide my lesson planning throughout the year.
June 2000 - Aug 2000 Assistant Kindergarten Teacher
Rocky Mountain Montessori Academy
7675 Lexington Dr.
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
As an assistant in the three to six year old Kindergarten classroom, Mrs. Paulette Hayden (Teacher), and I worked as a team to ensure a safe and comfortable environment for learning. Our students were all a various levels of learning. We set up hands on lessons to put on the shelves daily, and worked with the students in groups and individually. During my time at Rocky Mountain Montessori, I was asked to set up the summer learning camp program. I arranged over sixty small, and large field trips for the program, along with a contact notebook for ourselves and the office.
October 1997 - May 1999 Sand Creek Elementary School
550 Sand Creek Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80916
(719) 579 -3760
During my first year at Sand Creek I worked with students with special needs, and in the lunchroom as well. My second year I was placed in a kindergarten classroom as Special Education Aide. I was there to work with one student, but was able to help with many of the students. Also, I was asked to substitute one afternoon as well. My student, Krista, taught me as much as I taught her that year.
October 1996 - June 1997 Teacher Assistant first & second grades
Carver Elementary
4740 Artistic Circle
Colorado Springs, CO 80917
(719) 328 - 7100
At Carver Elementary, I volunteered in the Library for two years, two to three days per week. The third year I was asked if I would like to apply for a Class Size Teacher Assistant Position. This included working with first and second grade students in class, and in small groups, throughout the day. We worked with mathematics, reading, and auditory battery to help with reading improvement.
May 1987 - January 1989 Optician - Montgomery Ward Optical
Contact: Supervisor: Mr. Ernest Spidell
114th & Dodge St.
Omaha, NE 68114
As an Optician my duties included scheduling doctor appointments, fitting and repairing eyeglasses, eyeglass adjustments, using the cash register, preparing the deposit for the bank, keeping the shop in good order, dying sunglass lenses, and using the lens-ometer to check lenses for prescriptions with new glasses, and customers lenses.
July 1984 - May 1987 Assistant Manager
Dundee Movie Theater
Manager- Main Street Movies Video Store
As the Assistant Manager of the theater my duties included opening and closing the theater, threading the projector, repairing film, managing the concession stand and box office, preparing the evening deposits, taking inventory of supplies, cleaning the theater, and managing two to four high school aged employees. As the manager of Main Street Movies I would open and close the store. This included often managing both the theater and the video store at the same time. My daily responsibilities included preparing movies for the shelves, customer service, cash register, deposit preparation, and managing other employees.
August 1981 - August 1984 Assistant to the Director of State Transportation
Omaha World Herald Newspaper
Supervisor: Mr. Pat Polly or Mr. Bud Polk
14th & Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68012
At the Omaha World Herald my first position was as a Customer Service Clerk. This included helping customers over the telephone, with use of a computer. After six months I was promoted to State Contracts Clerk. In this position I worked with State Carrier Managers to update contracts, and problem solve. Also, I set up a completely new filing system for the state contracts. After three more months I moved to a new position as Assistant to the Director of State Transportation. This position still included working with the state contracts, but also included working with the State Transportation Director to problem solve with state managers, typing up correspondence, sending out parcels to state managers, and filling his shoes when he was out in the field.
June 1980 - September 1981 Ward Clerk/ Medical Secretary
Lutheran Hospital
Supervisor: Mrs. Bylund
26th & Harney
Omaha, NE 68104
As a ward clerk for Lutheran Hospital my duties included answering the patient monitor phone system, and connecting nurses with patients, creating new charts, sending orders to the pharmacy, restocking the crash cart after emergencies, answering the telephone, and managing the front desk on the fourth floor, with the R.N. in charge.
Education:
Aug. 2011 – Present University of Nebraska Kearney
Masters Information Sciences on-line (Library Media)
Student Records and Registration
Founders Hall
Kearney, NE 68849-1225
Oct. 2010- Aug. 2011 Kaplan University
Medical Coding Program
P.O. Box 201762
Dallas, TX 75320
Aug. 2008- Aug. 2009 University of Nebraska Kearney
Masters Courses On-line (Library Media)
Student Records and Registration
Founders Hall
Kearney, NE 68849-1225
May 1999 - May 2000 UCCS Teacher Education Program
K-6 Teaching Certificate (56 Hours above B.A.)
1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
Sept. 1991 - Nov. 1993 Chapman University
B.A. Criminal Justice/Sociology
7222 Commerce Center Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80919
Febr.1988 to April 1988 US Air Force Technical School
Personnel Specialist Course #1
Keesler AF Base, Biloxi, MS
Sept. 1989 - Jan. 1990 Community College of the Air Force
Personnel Specialist Course #2
Correspondence Course
Sept. 1981 - Dec. 1989 University of Nebraska @ Omaha
(First two years 60 credits - Major: Sociology)
60th & Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68132
May 1978 - Jan. 1979 Millard Sr. High Level II
High School Diploma (Jan 1979)
138th & “Q” Street
Omaha, NE 68142
Military Service:
Sept. 1987 -Dec.1989 Nebraska Air National Guard
Lincoln, NE
(Moved with active duty Air Force husband
to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
and served as inactive service from Dec. 1989 to
to Sept. 1995.)
Volunteer Service:
Oct. 1990 - Oct. 1991 USAF Academy Family Services
Sept. 1994 - May 1996 Carver Elementary School (Library & First Grade)
Colo. Springs School District Eleven
Supervisor: Mrs. Patti Johnson (1st Grade Teacher)
March 1996 - June 1996 El Paso County Court House
Jury Commissioners Office
20 E. Vermijo
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Supervisor: Mrs. Gracie Vigil
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