VICKIEJOHNSON

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PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelors DegreesUniversity of Minnesota Morris Morris, MinnesotaMusic Education K-12Math Education Minor 7-12

University of Nebraska Kearney Kearney, Nebraska

Math Education Endorsement

7-12Elementary Education K-6

TEACHING EXPERIENCEMusic K-12

Summit Public School Summit, SD 1979-1980 Taught Music K-12, private piano lessons

Turtle Mountain High School Belcourt, ND 1980-1982 Vocal Music Director

Loup County Public School Taylor, NE 1983-84, 1995-1997 Music K-12, Band and Choir, Pep Band and

Sophomore Class AdvisorLitchfield Public School Litchfield, NE 1988-

1990 Music K-12, Pep Band, Band and Choir

Sargent Public School Sargent, NE 1990-1992 Music K-12, Pep Band, Band and Choir

Math 7-12 Turtle Mountain High School Belcourt, ND 1980-1982

Vocational Math, Applied Geometry, Geometry, and Basic Math, Cheerleader Advisor

Wakefield Public School Wakefield, NE 1997-1998 Math 7, Math 8, Vocational Math, Title I Math, and Title

I Teacher Lexington High School, Lexington, NE 1998-2006

Basic Math, Refresher Math, Applied Math, Pre-Algebra, and Algebra II

Broken Bow Public School Broken Bow, NE 2006-2011 Math 7, Math 8, and Pre-Algebra Member of the Technology Committee and Math

Committee Worked with the State of Nebraska Department of

Education Rewrite the Math Standards Write NeSA Math Test questions Help set cut scores Write Check 4 Learning Questions

PROFESSIONAL AND

EDUCATIONAL GOALSMasters in Instructional Technology

with an Emphasis in Assistive Technology

My goal is to continue teaching and to use my expertise to help out administrators, teachers, and parents to get the best out of the Instructional Technology available for educators and students.

BACKGROUND

Having had two special needs children of my own and having taught many students in my classroom that can benefit from the use of Assistive Technology, I felt compelled to get as many classes in Assistive Technology as possible. I feel that any time we use technology to help the students it can be considered Assistive Technology. There are just some students that may require more assistance than others.

As a parent of a non-verbal, non-ambulatory child, we have tried, discarded and tried again many different types of Assistive Technology.

Our oldest son could have benefitted from the use of many different types of Assistive Technology, but his teacher’s did not offer it to him nor were they receptive to our suggestions.

TECHNOLOGY USED I have knowledge of and have used the

following pieces of technology.Wolf Communication systemComputerLCD ProjectorMIMIO (Interactive Whiteboard)Clickers (Student Response System)MOBI (Interactive Chalkboard)LiveScribe PensDocument CamerasKindle

COMPUTER PROGRAMS Microsoft Office Suite

WordPower PointExcelOutlookPublisher

ALEKSComputer Math Program

FUTURE USE Often times teachers are not aware of

what is out there that is available for their students. They may be afraid to try something new, out of their comfort zone, and without someone who can help them learn the program or device. This is where I hope to be of assistance to the teachers, students and parents.

Most schools have an Instructional Technology person in place, but I know of very few who have someone knowledgeable about the different types of Assistive devices and or programs out there.

Even though I have taught for many years and may be eligible for retirement in the near future; with this degree in place, I could retire from teaching and work on a consultative basis with many schools in the area.