Emily M. Woodall

Online Education Portfolio – http://wp.cune.org/emilykollbaum/

Professional Goals 

To teach English, Theology, and Theatre in a Lutheran school at the middle or secondary level, in either a departmental or self-contained classroom, and to assist with the volleyball or softball program and direct theatre productions.

Education – Concordia University Nebraska 

• B.S. in Secondary Education – English and Theatre Endorsement; Graduated in December 2017                                                                                     GPA 3.86
• Scholarships: Vocal Music Scholarship, Drama/Theatre Scholarship, Speech/Forensics Scholarship, Regent’s Scholarship
• Honors and Awards: Concordia University Honors List
• Clubs and Leadership: Sigma Tau Delta Member, Alpha Psi Omega Member, Curtain Club Secretary (2 years) and President (1 year), IMPROVables Panel Member

Career-Related Experience –

Student Teacher

• Lincoln Southeast High School – Lincoln, NE
  • Instructed 10^th graders on Demonstrative and Informative speech construction and presentation.
  • Created lessons for Demonstrative and Informative speeches incorporating the use of Google Classroom for instruction.
  • Created lessons for a Listening unit. 
  • Used television shows, songs, and movie clips to teach and demonstrate listening skills. 
  • Led and chaperoned Student Council activities

• Lutheran High School West – Rocky River, OH
  • Instructed 9^th graders on research papers and a unit about identity.
  • Utilized the students one to one chrome books to teach research and writing and to incorporate review games such as Kahoot and Quizizz.  
  • Created a unit titled Our Identity and incorporating a play written by my cooperative teacher called “Saturday Morning Sinners”, “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, and “Sherlock Holmes: The Man with the Twisted Lip” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
  • Participated as a worship leader in chapel every Thursday morning.

Educator

• Trinity Lutheran School – Cedar Rapids, IA
  • Taught 6^th grade Language Arts and Literature.
  • Taught 7^th grade Religion, Language Arts, and Literature.
  • Taught 8^th grade Language Arts.
  • Utilized education tools such as Quizizz, Pear Deck, and Quizlet to enhance education through technology.
  • Taught the book Freak the Mighty to 7^th grade using a book report menu using different styles of learning as the summative assessment.
  • Lead chapel with the 7^th grade class. 
  • Helped with the spring operetta Hans Bronson’s Gold Medal Mission. 

Educational Experience

• Capstone Experience- St. Paul’s Lutheran Grade School
  • Developed 3-day lesson on writing a proper paragraph incorporating Chromebook technology
  • Taught students how to effectively outline, compose, edit, and peer review their writing
• Concordia University
  • English, Communications, Theatre Arts Department Teacher’s Assistant
• One Act Director
  • Seward High School – Directed One Acts for 3 consecutive fall semesters (’14, ’15, ’16)
• Teacher Aid
  • Seward High School (Seward, NE) – Worked in a Freshman English classroom and taught a lesson on To Kill a Mockingbird
  • People City Mission – Club EDEFY (Lincoln, NE) – Taught games and activities and had Bible studies with kids 

Summer Jobs

• Teacher at St. Paul’s Summer Program (Concordia, MO) – Wrote and taught lessons to students, took them on field trips, and provided them with care throughout the summer
• Lifeguard at Concordia Family Aquatic Center (Concordia, MO) – Taught swimming lessons to beginning swimmers

Special Interests

I have always loved being outdoors and exploring this wonderful world God has created. I enjoy acting, reading, writing, spending time with my family, and anything involving animals.

Date: May 27, 2019