Julie Derby
11318 Gold St
Omaha, NE 68144
JLD88358@creighton.edu
(402)213-5555

About Me

           Teaching has always been a passion of mine.  I enjoy inspiring others and helping them learn about themselves and the world.  Being a teacher I can inspire my students to achieve many great things!   There are many qualities that go with a great inspiring teacher.  A teacher must be enthusiastic about what they are teaching, needs to have a sense of humor, be respectful, caring, and knowledgeable of many teaching strategies, The qualities of a great teacher include many more traits.  I believe I have gained most of these qualities through my experiences. 
            I have been in many schools and settings with children.  Through my field experiences I have enhanced my education.  As a daycare teacher, I was able to watch children grow; here I also learned many classroom management strategies.  Since I have started at Creighton University I have been a tutor at three after school programs: Sacred Heart Elementary, Creative Education Center, and the Boys and Girls Club.  At these places I was able to assist in many students’ learning.  It is always a wonderful feeling when a student finally understands what they have been struggling with for a while. I also became a mentor and role model to these students.  I also strongly believe that students learn outside of school settings, I observed this while I was a camp counselor at Camp Inventions.  Here I lead camp activities and assisted with experiments.  Students not only learned about science but also learned social skills.  I have also worked and volunteered at many other different places where I had a chance to improve my teaching.
            I value education.  Through the years I have worked hard at school.  I have been honored at Creighton by being on the Dean’s List for most of my semesters.  I was also on the National Dean’s List.  Kappa Delta Pi has noticed my achievements as a leader and requested that I joined a semester earlier than others.  Leadership is important to me; I hope that my leadership can also inspire others to do great things.  At Creighton I was the President-Elect and Vice-President of Students Education Association of Nebraska (SEAN), Historian of Kappa Delta Pi. I was a Resident Advisor where my job was to mentor younger college students and teach them life skills to further their maturing process.  I hope my attitude about education can be passed down through my teaching.
            Culture has always sparked an interest for me.  I love learning about other cultures. Photography is also very important to me.  This is one way I am able to express myself artistically.  Technology has also been another passion of mine.  Ever since I was in middle school I have been building websites and experimenting with computer programs.  At Dundee Elementary, I was able to utilize a lot of technology, photography, and knowledge of other cultures.  But through all of my passions I am always teaching, always inspiring. 

Courses

Creighton University

American Education and Interactive	3	A
Educational Psychology	3	B
Child and Adolescent Development	3	A
Elementary School Art	3	A
Literature for Children	3	A
Physical Education  for Elementary School	3	A
World Geography	3	A
Introduction to Special Education:  Field Experience	3	A
Methods of Teaching Language Arts	3	A
Methods of Teaching Reading	3	A
Elementary School Music	3	A
Practicum Precision Teaching	3	A
Computer Related Technologies	1	A
Methods of Teaching Social Studies	3	A
Physics in the Everyday world	3	A
Classroom Management	3	A
Methods of Teaching Mathematics in Elementary	3	A
Methods of Teaching Science	3	A
Remedial Reading	3	A
Student teaching – Dundee Elementary	14	A
Student Teaching orientation	2	A

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Here are some 6th grade boys enjoying PE class.

Here are some 6th grade girls inspecting a bug they found during recess.

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