MEREDITH ROSE BURGESS

4891 North La Lomita, Tucson, Arizona 85718 meredithburgess@email.arizona.edu

home: (520) 299-8089 cell: (520) 609-8211

EDUCATION
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (College of Education, GPA: 3.54) expected May 2020
Major: Elementary Education, English as a Second Language (ESL) cohort
Assessment of Professional Knowledge – Elementary passed Spring 2020
Student Teacher, Bonillas Elementary School, Tucson, AZ Spring Semester 2020
Catalina Foothills High School (CFHS), Tucson, Arizona graduated May 2015

EXPERIENCE
Flowing Wells School District, Tucson, Arizona August 2019 - present
Substitute Teacher, Pre-K to 12th grade, University of Arizona Immersion Program
Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Summer 2019
Unit Counselor, Whispering Pines Girl Scout Camp
Camp Wildcat, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 2015-2019
Planned and presented camping activities for middle school youth.
Co-directed weekend camp in Spring 2018.
Tucson Festival of Books, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona March 2017, 2018, 2019
Guided children’s authors to discussion sessions and assisted the authors.
Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona, Troop 1000, Tucson, Arizona 2003-2015
Counselor, Volunteer, Whispering Pines Girl Scout Camp Summer 2014
Counselor-in-Training, Whispering Pines, Tucson, Arizona Summer 2013
Program Assistant, Hacienda Girl Scout Day Camp, Tucson, Arizona Summer 2011
Girl Scout Gold Award March 2014
Received the Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouting, for an individual
service project: “The Tucson Rodeo, the Fiesta de los Vaqueros: a Cultural Experience”.
Worked with a community partner, the University of Arizona ExperiCamps, to design and
lead a two-day camp program for elementary school students.
Silver Award (2012), Bronze Award (2008)
CFHS Falcon Marching Band, Tucson, Arizona 2011-2015
Flute Choir, Concert and Symphonic Bands
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, “Desert Rat” program, Tucson, Arizona 2010-2011
CFHS Varsity Swim & Dive/La Paloma Swim Team Member, Tucson, Arizona 2004-2015

LANGUAGES
Spanish, basic conversational and written (through Spanish 202)
Japanese, basic knowledge (Lived in Japan for six months and attended Japanese-speaking
Nichu Junior High School, Izumo, Shimane, Japan, 2010.)

ACTIVITIES: University of Arizona Club Fencing, Tucson, Arizona Summer 2018-present