Amy K. Lockhart, M.A.E.

Fifth Grade Instructor
Malcolm Price Laboratory School
University of Northern Iowa 
1901  Campus St. 
Cedar Falls, Iowa  50613
(319)273-2209
amy.lockhart@uni.edu

Educational Background:

M.A.E. Elementary Education- Curriculum and Instruction
University of Northern Iowa 
Cedar Falls, IA 50614
Graduated: July,1999

B.A. Elementary Education
Wartburg College
Waverly, Iowa  50677
Graduated: May, 1991

Teaching Experience:

August 1999-Present 
Fifth Grade Instructor
Malcolm Price Laboratory School
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, 50613

August 1994-May 1999 
Third Grade Teacher
Kindergarten Teacher
New Hampton Community School District
New Hampton, Iowa 50659

December 1991- June 1994
Preschool Teacher
Fifth Grade Teacher 
St. James School 
Washington, Iowa  52353
TEACHING HONORS:
Nominated for Disney's Teacher Award,  2004, 2005

Nominated for Gold Star Teaching Award, Spring 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Selected as a $500 scholarship recipient for Target's Teacher Scholarship

Selected as a $500 scholarship recipient for the Women's Evangelical Lutheran Chruch of America Graduate Scholarship

Nominated by principal and recognized by the University of Wisconsin for "Creative and Unique Teaching Methods" used during my Presidential Election Unit
PRESENTATIONS:
Beginning Reading Conference, University of Northern Iowa, April 2005
    •Spelling, it’s more than just a test

New England States Social Studies Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, February 18, 2005
    •Service Learning and Historical Inquiry: CiviConnections Project

Waterloo Public Schools Teacher Inservice, February 9, 2005
    •Campsilos Immigration and Industrialization website activities

AEA 267 Superintendents Meeting, Cedar Falls, IA, October 2004
•Beginning Reading Conference- Changes that align with the Iowa Professional Development Model and Comprehensive School Improvement Plans

Presentation on Multiple Intelligences- UNI Sorority
March 2003
Civic Education- Lativian, Estonia, and Lithuania educators
    •Presented a lesson on leadership to fifth grade students for the visiting educators

Teacher Institute, Price Laboratory School
•Team Building Activities for School Faculties, October 2002
•Westward Movement- Integrating Literature and Writing into the Social Studies Curriculum, October 2004
•Individualized Spelling Program and Activities, October 2002, 2003 and February 2003
•Daily Mind Challenges- How to use Critical Thinking Activities in your Classroom, February 2004

Iowa Council of Socials Studies Teachers Conference, Cedar Rapids, IA, October, 2002
•Westward Movement- Integrating literature and writing into the social studies curriculum

Elementary Teacher School Wide In-service, Bettendorf School Districts, September 11, 2001
    •Implementing Writer’s Workshop into the Elementary Classroom

American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA, April 2002
    •Acquiring the Art of Teacher Discourse: Comparing Teacher and Pre-professional Teacher Talk
     in a Fifth Grade Classroom

Beginning Reading Conference, University of Northern Iowa
    •Spelling, It’s in the Bag! April 2001

National Association of Laboratory Schools, Gainesville, FL, February 2000
    •Team Building Activities for School Faculties

University of Northern Iowa, Elementary Education Course Presentations
    •Dr. Peggy Ishler,
        Integrated Curriculum, 2000

•Dr. John Henning
        Classroom Management, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

    •Mary Stichter, Instructor
        Expressive Arts, Integrating Sports Games into the Curriculum to
Reinforce Writing Skills, 2003

    •Lynn Ensworth, Instructor
Elementary Curriculum Course, Why Should I use Graphic Organizers in my Elementary Classroom? 2002, 2003 (six presentations each year)
        Elementary Curriculum Course, Why Integrated Curriculum? 2004 (six presentations each year)

 
COMMITTEES:
Strategic Planning Committee, Price Laboratory School, 2005-2006
 Department Chair, Fourth and Fifth Grade, Price Laboratory School 2002-2003, 2003-2004,
2004-2005, 2005-2006
Lead Teacher, Grades 3-5/ 6th Grade Transition Coordinator, 2004-2005, 2005-2006
Chairperson, Beginning Reading Conference, 2003-2004
Elected to serve on the Council of Teacher Education, 2003-2005
Co-Chairperson, Beginning Reading Conference, 2002-2003
Price Laboratory School Principal Search Committee, 2003
Chairperson, Luncheon Committee, Beginning Reading Conference, 2002
Member of Scheduling Committee, Price Lab School, 2000, 2001, 2002
Elected as member of Program and Curriculum Committee, 2001-2002
New Hampton Elementary Literacy Revision Committee
Co-Founder and Director of the Partners in Education program in New Hampton, IA
Team Leader for Grade 3, New Hampton Elementary
Elected as an executive board member for the New Hampton Education Association
SERVICE:

Co-Instructor of Issues and Trends in Literacy
Beginning Reading Conference Workshop
June 21, 2005

 Supervisor and instructor of summer remedial reading clinic;
university and elementary aged students
June-August 2005

 Adjunct instructor, University of Northern Iowa
    •Expressive Arts Class, fall 2002 and spring 2001

Kaliedoscope Series (Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center)
Selected by GBPAC staff to assist in selecting performances of upcoming season

Organized students for the Young Writer’s Conference, University of Northern Iowa, 2001, 2003, 2005

Invited to interview high school students who qualify for Regent’s Scholarships,
 Wartburg College, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Grout Museum, Silos and Smokestacks Project, Immigration and Industrialization in Waterloo, 2004
    •Piloted web site lessons with sixth grade social studies classes. Activities and lessons were shared
    at a teacher in-service for Waterloo Public School District
RESEARCH:
Franklin Spellers vs. Dictionary:  What tool is more accurate and effective when editing
written work in a fifth grade classroom?
    •Amy Lockhart, Kim Miller and Dr. Mary Herring, University of Northern Iowa, 2003-2004

History Mystery:  Investigations into Patterns of Historical Thinking in Elementary Age Children
    •Amy Lockhart, Dr. Lynn Nielsen, Dr. John Henning, University of Northern Iowa, 2003-2004

Acquiring the Art of Classroom Discourse: Comparing Teacher and Pre-Professional Teacher Talk
 in a Fifth Grade Classroom
    •Amy Lockhart and Dr. John Henning

Participated in a dissertation project with a doctoral students, 2003, 2004, 2005
PUBLICATIONS:
Lockhart, Swanson & Heitzman (2003). The need for team building
National Association of Laboratory School Journal      
 
Henning, J.E., & Lockhart, A. (2003). Acquiring the art of classroom discourse: A comparison of teacher       and preservice teacher talk in a fifth grade classroom. Research for Educational Reform, 8 (3), 46-57

Lockhart, A. & Vanderwall, R., (spring 2004) History of Slavery website- Young adult literature and the history of slavery <http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/amliterature/amlit_lessonplans.htm>
     
GRANTS:
AFPLS 2005:  Updating the Mobile Computer Lab
$1900- Partially funded ($672)

CiviConnections- 2005: Teacher Leader for applicants of the 2005 CiviConnections
service learning grant
$1500-funded

CiviConnections- 2004, Linking historical inquiry with community service learning
$7500 funded

McElroy Trust Grant- 2003, Abe Lincoln Speaks: In First Person
$2500 funded

Target Foundation- 2004, C is for Cedar Valley
$3500 not funded

Department of Education, Civic Education Grant (2004)
$150,000 not funded

Character Education/Citizenship Federal Grant- 2003
$1,000,000 not funded