Velda Kay Schneider

Permanent Address Current Work Address 3643 Coves North Dr. 102 2nd Ave., Box 159 Chester, SD 57016 Chester, SD 57016 (605) 489-3333 (605) 489-2411

Education South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD. Masters of Curriculum and Instruction, Summer 2007 South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD. Bachelor of Arts, December 1995. Major: German Minor: Spanish Endorsement: English Endorsement with speech, English and reading emphasis. Endorsement: Social Science Endorsement with history, geography, psychology and sociology emphasis. Endorsement: Middle School Endorsement Endorsement: K-12 computers

Teaching Experience Chester Area School, Chester, SD. August 2000 to May 2007, the present. 8th and 9th grade English teacher and secondary Spanish I-IV. Directed the 1-Act play and our spring play or musical August 2000 to May 2007. Jr. High art teacher August 2000-May 2002. Chester Area Cyber School-Rustic Acres. September 2005 to May 2007. German I and II teacher. O’Gorman High School, Sioux Falls, SD. August 1996 to May 2000. Spanish I and II teacher. O’Gorman High School, Sioux Falls, SD. June1999 and June 1998. Secondary geography and psychology summer school teacher. St. Mary’s Jr. High and Elementary, Sioux Falls, SD. August 1996 to May1998. 8th grade Spanish teacher and two classes of elementary Spanish. Student Teaching Experience. Brookings High School, Brookings, SD. Taught German II, German III, and German IV in the fall of 1995. Taught Spanish at Medary Elementary, Brookings, SD. In the fall of 1993. German Tutor, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD. September 1993-May 1995.

Prior Work Experience

Cosmetologist, Scissor Shanty Salon, Brookings, S.D. September 1991 to September 1995.

Activities and Honors SDEA/NEA Student Program & Education Honor Society (Kappa Delta Pi) German Club and German Honor Society (Delta Phi Alpha) Received the Hilda Hasslinger Foreign Language Scholarship from SDSU Studied abroad and earned an international German language degree from the Goethe Institute in Boppard, Germany.

References Michael Reinhiller, principal at Chester Area School, 102 2nd Ave. P.O. Box 159 (605) 489-2411 Mark Greguson, superintendent at Chester Area School, (605) 489-2411 Eleanor Enga, retired (2007) teacher at Chester Area School, (605) 256-6429