Connie Schenkelberg

Connie Eggart Schenkelberg

3695 Golf Side Circle, Apt. 202

Woodbridge, VA 22192

cschenkelberg (at) comcast (dot) net

EDUCATION:

Postgraduate Education Courses, 12 hours. George Mason University, 1990 - 1994.

MA, English. Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi. 1990.

BS, Secondary Education (History). Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson, Tennessee. 1976

• Virginia Certification: Postgraduate Professional (Master’s degree)

English

History and Social Science

• Information Technology:

Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA). 1998 - Present. Microcomputer Usage Certificate.

Presently working on the following IT Certificates at NOVA:

Information Systems Technology

Desktop Publishing

Information Processing

Strayer University, 2000. Database management courses.

EDUCATIONAL WRITING:

• Grant Proposals. 37 funded grant proposals, for a total of approximately $20,000.
• It’s About Books! a 60-page journal that helps students in grades 3-8 remember what they have read and apply literary techniques from their reading to their own writing.
• Mapping America a 130-page workbook that teaches map skills for middle school American history students.
• Grammar Made Easy: Writing a Step Above a 130-page workbook that allows students to independently learn advanced grammar and writing techniques.
• “It’s Fair Day!” (Spring 1995) and “Brite Ideas Illuminate the Past” (Fall 1993). Fullstaff Communicator. Articles described educational activities in the school system’s professional journal.
• Curriculum Guides for language arts and social studies while teaching in Mississippi. Guides pulled together state requirements, text materials, and teacher preferences to make teaching the curriculum easier.

EDITOR:

• Baskets of Blessings. Cookbook for the Ladies Day to be held September 20, 2008, at the Dale City Church of Christ, Dale City, Virginia.
• The Educated Palate. Cookbook for the 30th anniversary of the Woodbridge Campus of NOVA, 2005.
• Poetic Charms, Dr. Roy Hill. Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, 1989.
• Cookbook for White’s Ferry Road School of Biblical Studies, West Monroe, Louisiana, 1986.

Presentations:

“The Fremen of Dune: Frank Herbert’s Use of the Fremen to Expose the Plight of Modern Palestinian Arabs.” Science Fiction Research Association Conference, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1995.

“I Saw It in the Budget.” The Quiet in the Land? Conference, Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania, 1995.

“Writing a Step Above.” Presentation has been given numerous times to public and home school organizations, from 1992 through 1998.

“Storytelling: Bringing History to Life.” Presentation has been given four times to public and home school organizations, 1992 - 1998.

“I Am the Queen.” CCHE Conference, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1999, and HEAV Conference, Front Royal, Virginia, 1998.

“Reading and Thinking Skills: The Phonics Connection.” HEAV Conference, Richmond, Virginia, 1998 and 1996.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Education:

Lake Ridge Middle School, Prince William County Public Schools, Lake Ridge, Virginia. Seventh grade language arts. Taught regular language arts, special education inclusion language arts, and extended (or advanced) language arts. Grant proposal writer. 2005 - 2008.

Beville Middle School, Prince William County Public Schools, Dale City, Virginia. Seventh grade language arts, regular and inclusion classes, 2005.

Godwin Middle School, Prince William County Public Schools. Dale City, Virginia. Sixth grade language arts and social studies. Language arts classes were regular and special education inclusion. Social studies classes were regular and International Baccalaureate. Extra duties included Gifted and Talented Identification Committee, Grant Proposal Writer, and co-founder/co-chair of the Technology Committee. 1990 - 1999.

Nichols Middle School, Canton Public Schools. Canton, Mississippi. Taught seventh grade reading, English, world studies, and earth science. 1987 - 1990.

Rutherford High School, Bay County Public Schools. Panama City, Florida. Taught English and choir. 1982 - 1984.

Ouachita Christian Schools. Monroe, Louisiana. Taught English, history, and sociology. 1978 - 1979.

BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT:

CACI, Inc. Technical writer. Duties included preparing Comprizon project for Capability Maturity Model internal assessments, which involved writing technical plans, flow charts, and support documents, as well as gathering artifacts for presentation to the assessment group. Other duties: managed CACI’s copy of the Federal Acquisition Regulations and its various supplements, as well as editing documents prepared by Comprizon team members. 1999 - 2005.

PROFESSIONAL CITATIONS:

Certificates of Achievement, Prince William County Public Schools. 10 certificates, 1995 - 1998.

Fellowship, Council for Basic Education, National Endowment for the Humanities. “The Amish and the Churches of Christ: Similar Roots, Different Paths.” 1994.

Teacher of the Year, IBM and Technology/Education Magazine, 1992.