Amanda K.

Schultz
1212 Marquette Rd Hartland, WI, 53029 (414) 828-6459 schultz.ama2@uwlax.edu
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Education
Bachelor of Science, May 2016
University of WisconsinLa Crosse, La Crosse, WI
Major: Early Childhood-Middle Childhood (Birth Age 11)
3.73 G.P.A
University of WisconsinWhitewater, Whitewater, WI 2011-2013

Wisconsin Licensure
ECMC 71 777

Teaching Experience
Lead Summer School Teacher 4K/5K, 1st/2nd
Hartland-Lakeside School District, Hartland, WI

Created and taught lessons for multiple courses and grade levels

June 20-August 11, 2016

Student Teaching 4th Grade

April 4 June 3, 2016
Prairie View Elementary School, Holmen, WI

Instructional Strategies:
o Worked with Lucy Calkins Reading and Writing Curriculum implementing mini-lessons, readers and
writers workshop and worked one-on-one with students during active engagement sessions
o Developed and taught a 2 week unit on Rocks and Minerals incorporating elements of FOSS science
program

Assessment/Progress Monitoring:
o Used running records and fluency checks to purposefully group students based on ability into small
book clubs, and reevaluated monthly to assure student needs were met
o Formally assessed students via curriculum modules

Innovative/Creative Practice:
o Developed and implemented hands on activities investigating rocks and minerals, including a lesson
where students created their own sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks with crayon shavings
o Developed and implemented real life skills into a Wisconsin social studies unit by developing a
Wisconsin road trip activity, taking a field trip, using chat stations, as well as working collaboratively
with 1st grade buddies to create a Georgia OKeefe inspired piece of watercolor artwork

Behavior Management:
o Managed classroom behavior by implementing Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS)
o Used Class Dojo as a point system in which students earned or lost points based on behavior, a class website,
as well as an effective form of parent communication
Student Teaching Kindergarten
Irving Pertzsch Elementary School, Onalaska, WI

January 25 April 1, 2016

Instructional Strategies:
o Differentiated lessons for the individual needs of 21 kindergarten students, including 5 struggling readers
qualifying for title aid, 1 student with an IEP for a hearing disability, and 1 High Performance Learner
o Used I Do, We Do, You Do modeling strategies to develop students ability to write an opinion monitored
with informal and formal assessment in the form of observation, checklists and a summative formal writing
piece
o Developed and implemented multimodal activities related to the interests of the students where students
orally dictated their opinion and used key academic language to explain their opinion with a supporting
reason or evidence
o Worked with Math Expressions math curriculum, as well as Zoo Phonics, Handwriting Without Tears,
PALS assessments, and a district developed ELA curriculum
Assessment/Progress Monitoring:
o Formatively assessed students via district wide ELA curriculum modules, ie: retelling a story, writing an
opinion using like and because, writing a dictated sentence, writing an opinion using non-fiction facts as
support

Amanda Schultz

Used PALS results and running records to purposefully group students based on ability into small guided
reading groups, and reevaluated monthly to assure students needs were met
Innovative/Creative Practice:
o Designed writing handouts, basic graphic organizers, writing prompts, SMARTboard activities, and
independent center activities
o Participated in weekly PLC meetings, Summit, ELA curriculum meetings, monthly staff meetings, as well as
parent teacher conferences
o Sent out weekly communication logs via email and folders to keep families up to date about themes, student
leaders, events, and daily instruction
Behavior Management:
o Managed classroom behavior by implementing Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS)
o Used Class Dojo as a point system in which students earned or lost points based on behavior, a class website,
as well as an effective form of parent communication
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Early Childhood Student Teaching Toddlers

September 1, 2015 October 23, 2015
UW-La Crosse Campus Child Care Center, La Crosse, WI

Instructional Strategies:
o Developed and implemented a week-long themed unit on community helpers with developmentally
appropriate lesson plans that aligned with WMELS
o Designed lessons including songs, finger plays, developmentally appropriate books, small motor activities
such as painting and puzzles, and large motor activities such as using plastic hammers and tees
o Changed the room environment weekly, including posters, ceiling mobiles, block centers, dramatic play, and
books according to the theme of the week
Assessment/Progress Monitoring:
o Assessed developmental milestones of students through observation and anecdotal notes
o Communicated daily with parents during drop-off as well as through daily communication forms
Behavior Management:
o Used love and logic and redirection to manage any undesired behaviors
Field Experience II Third Grade
Emerson Elementary School, La Crosse, WI

January May 2015

Provided one-on-one tutoring in math for a struggling student before school every Wednesday
Developed differentiated instruction for the needs of 16 third grade students, including 2 dual language learners
(Hmong and Russian), 3 students who qualify for Title 9 aid, and 3 High Performance Learners

September December 2014

Field Experience I First Grade

Viking Elementary School, Holmen, WI

Developed differentiated instruction for the needs of 17 first grade students, including 1 student with a speech
IEP, 2 Dual Language Learners, 3 students who qualified for Title 9 aid, and 1 ELL
Worked with Daily 5, Reading Street, and Lucy Calkins Writing Curriculum

Additional Youth and Child Experience

University of WisconsinLa Crosse Child Care Center Assistant Teacher, La Crosse, WI
Boys & Girls Club of Greater La Crosse After School Program Coordinator, La Crosse, WI
Little Angels Learning Center Teacher, East Troy, WI
Nanny Provided care for multiple families for the past 5 years, Varied Locations
YMCA Pabst Farms Summer Day Camp Counselor, Hartland, WI
Camp Whitcomb Mason Residential Summer Camp Counselor, Hartland, WI

References:
Todd Antony

Angela Kinsman

Principal: Irving Pertzsch Elementary School

(608) 779-5760 ext. 2201

Cooperating Teacher: Prairie View Elementary School

(608) 317-4075

Naomi Bjergum

Sandra Auseth

Cooperating Teacher: Irving Pertzsch Elementary School

(608) 386-1023

University Student Teaching Supervisor

(608) 317-1986