Resume

 

Compiled by Zelda Anderson

Leona Mae Wilson Anderson
712 N Thomas Avenue
Oakland, NE 68045
Phone 402-685-5516


Educational Goals: To have all my students gain a better understanding of themselves and to interpret the information that they have received accurately and truthfully.

 

Personal Goals: To serve the Lord Jesus Christ honestly and truthfully and to be obedient to Him and serve Him well.


Education:

Master of Education Degree: 1971 from University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Middle School Endorsement: from University of Nebraska

    Recognized by the Nebraska Department of education as the 1st teacher in Nebraska

    to receive this endorsement
Bachelor of Science in Education Degree: 1962 Midland College, Fremont, NE
Business Courses: 1943 Midland College, Fremont, NE
Elementary Teaching Certificate – Kindergarten through 8th grade: 1942 Kearney Teachers College, Kearney, NE
Pre Teacher Certificate classes: 1940 Luther College, Wahoo, NE
High School Diploma: 1939 Mead High School, Mead, NE: (age 16 yrs. old) Salutatorian.

Work Experiences:

1987 Retired from teaching professionally for 33 years
1984-87 Oakland-Craig Elementary School, Oakland, NE Chapter 1 teacher of students who failed ITBS
1969-84 Oakland-Craig Public School, Craig, NE English & Social Studies Teacher 7th & 8th grades
1964-69 Oakland Public School, Oakland, NE English & Social Studies Teacher 7th & 8th grades
1963-64 Oakland Public School, Oakland, NE Teacher 7th grade
1961-63 Lyons Public School, Lyons, NE Teacher 6th grade
1960-61 Burt County Rural School #63 Teacher Kindergarten through 8th grade, 1 room schoolhouse
1958-60 Cuming County Rural School #27 Teacher Kindergarten through 8th grade, 1 room schoolhouse
1957-58 Cuming County Rural School #74 Teacher Kindergarten through 8th grade, 1 room schoolhouse
1947-48 Oakland Public School, Oakland, NE Teacher Kindergarten
1943-44 Murray Public School, Murray, NE Teacher 1st through 3rd grades
1942-43 Saunders County Rural School Teacher of Kindergarten through 12th grade,

            plus janitor & furnace stoker, 1 room school house.

            This first job involved 24 students, all grades in an all rural setting with no previous teaching experience.

Extracurricular Teaching Experiences:

Spelling coach for Junior High Students to go to County and State of Nebraska Competitions
Editorial and commentary writer periodically for local newspaper – “Oakland Independent”
Memory Stimulation Classes for the elderly at the Oakland Heights Nursing Home, Oakland, NE
Sunday School Teacher and Bible Study Teacher for many years at Oakland Evangelical Free Church
Editing helper for a couple of students working on Masters’ Degree,

        and for son working on Doctorate in Theology and Apologetics 2008 thru 2011
Educational Helper at the Burt County Fair for over 10 years
Home school assisting supervising teacher 1994 thru 2011
VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) judge for scholarship essays

 

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