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Danielle Lyn Mummelthei Email: danielle.mummelthei@wartburg.edu
Teaching Preference: 2nd-5th grade	Student Teaching: Fall 2005
Experience with Children: Child care for a five year old special needs boy and his eight year old sister, Orland Park, IL (Summer of 2002) Music Therapy Practicum, River Hills School, Cedar Falls, IA (Approximate ages 11-15), hours, Fall Term 2002) Foundations of American Education, St. Paul’s Lutheran School, Waverly, IA (4th grade, 25 hours, Winter Term 2003) Children’s Literature, Tripoli Elementary, Tripoli, IA (5th grade, 3 hours, Winter Term 2004) Elementary Reading Methods, Allison-Bristow Elementary, Allison, IA (2nd grade, 15 hours, Fall Term 2004) Elementary Math Methods, St. Paul's Lutheran School, Waverly, IA (4th grade, 6 hours, Winter Term 2005) Educational Psychology, Longfellow Elementary School, Waterloo, IA (K-2 special needs, 25 hours, Winter Term 2005) Sunday school teacher at Open Bible Church, Waverly, IA (3 month rotation since Winter of 2003)
Courses taken in major and endorsement areas through graduation:
ED 100 Foundations of Education, Winter ‘03 ED 181 Foundations Field Experience, Winter ‘03 ED 211 Psychology of the Exceptional Child, Winter ‘03 ED 212 Human Relations, May ‘03 ED 220 Teaching Elementary Social Studies, Fall ‘03 HI 109 American History to 1877, Fall ‘03 PS 101 Intro to American Politics, Fall ‘03 ART 101 Fundamentals of Art Education, Winter ‘04 EN 210 Children’s Literature, Winter ‘04 HI 110 American History, Winter ‘04 MA 110 Structures of Mathematics, Winter ‘04 HI 150 20th Century Non-Western History and Geography, Winter ‘04 PSY 101 Intro to Psychology, Summer ‘04	ED 321 Reading in the Elementary School, Fall ‘04 ED 385 Reading Field Experience, Fall ‘04 SO 202 Group and Organizational Behavior, Fall ‘04 SO 101 Intro to Sociology, Fall ‘04 MU 301 Elementary School Music Methods, Fall ‘04 Teaching Elementary School Science (Fall ‘04 online through UNI) ED 315 Educational Psychology, Winter ‘05 ED 383 Educational Psychology Field Experience, Winter ‘05 ED 320 Teaching Language Arts, Winter ‘05 HIS 175 Iowa History, Winter ‘05 MA 312 Teaching Elementary School Math, Winter ‘05 ED 350 Teaching with Text and Technology, Winter ‘05 State and Local Government, (Summer ‘05 online through ICCC)
Academic Record: Elementary Education major with an endorsement in Social Studies Overall GPA of 3.6208 as of the beginning of Winter ‘05	College Activities: Wartburg chapters of the National Science Teacher Association and Delta Kappa Pi; St. Elizabeth Choir (Fall '02)
Brief Autobiography: I was born in the southern suburbs of Chicago, Illinois in November of 1984. I am the older of two girls. My sister, Julie, is two years younger than me. As a child of a single-parent household, my extended family has always been part of my life. For as long as I can remember, I have always wanted to be a teacher. As a young child, I used to force my sister into playing school with me. I was even known to tie her down until she would be my student. In junior high, I started to baby sit for my youth group leaders’ children. Their son has a developmental disorder and requires a variety of therapy, including Music Therapy. He has inspired me to help those who need it most so I decided to go to college as a Music Therapy major. However, the music aspect became too difficult to me and I decided to change my major to my education. I knew I could still help those who need to be loved and require extra assistance. I hope one day to go on and further my degree to include Special Education.
Teaching Philosophy: I believe that a classroom not only needs to be a place of learning, but also a safe haven. The world we live in today has become a very unfriendly place, especially to children. I want my classroom to be a place where my students know they will be safe and where they can come if they need to talk to someone. I want to be the teacher to whom students come back to year after year to say hello. I remember looking forward to seeing and visiting with my elementary teachers even after I moved on to junior and senior high school. I will strive to meet the needs of each and every one of my individual students. I understand that each student learns in his or her own way. I will do my best to get to know each of my students so I can plan according to their needs. I will vary my activities to allow each individual to have the experiences that will best help him or her to learn. I understand that I cannot make each student a success story. However, I plan to do all that I can to help them climb their individual achievement ladders.