Special Education High School
Resume:
Elaine Drennon Little
Acworth, GA 30102
Cell: 678-***-****
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Objective:
Music/Theatre Specialist
Education:
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing, Spalding University, Louisville, KY
2010
Concentration: Fiction
Thesis: Water Under the Bridge, A Family Saga
Graduate Lecture: Rural Sense of Place in the Works of Clyde Edgerton
Master of Education, Special Education, Albany State College, Albany, GA
1985
Concentration: Interrelated Special Education (K-12)
Bachelor of Science, Education, Georgia Southwestern College, Americus, GA
1982
Concentration: Music Education
Associate in Arts, Liberal Arts, Albany Junior College, Albany, GA 1978
Of Recent Interest:
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Experience:
Long Term Substitute Teacher, April/May 2012
Calhoun Primary School
Music Specialist for Grades K-2
Teacher, 1999-2010
Calhoun High School
Choral Director, Literary Events Coordinator Drama Instructor, Journalism
Teacher
Teacher, 1996-1999
Ashworth Middle School
Choral Director
Teacher, 1989-1996
Red Bud Elementary School
Music Specialist
Teacher, 1989-1993
Belwood Elementary School
Music Specialist
Teacher, 1988-1989
Dawnville Elementary School
Interrelated Special Education (K-5)
Teacher, 1987-1988
Crawford County Elementary School
Special Education - Learning Disabilities (3-5)
Teacher, 1986-1987
Barden Elementary School
Special Education - Mildly Handicapped (3-5)
Teacher, 1985-1986
Danforth Primary School
Special Education - Behavior Disorders (K-2)
Teacher, 1983-1985
Baker County Elementary School
Interrelated Special Education (K-5)
Presentations:
Little, Elaine and Payne, Laura (2006). Student support teams at work.
Lecture with Q&A presented to Calhoun City Schools mini-conference,
Calhoun, GA.
Little, Elaine and Bishop, Barbara (2002). Say it in song. Musical
presentation and lecture presented to Georgia Thespian Conference, Morrow,
GA.
Little, Elaine (1992). Strategies for mainstreamed exceptionalities in the
music classroom. Lecture presented at Georgia Music Educators Association
Conference, Savannah, GA.
Educational Publications:
Little, Elaine (1993). Opera comes alive in north Georgia elementary
school. Georgia Music News, May 1993.
Little, Elaine (1993). Creating Original Opera - A Teacher's Diary. Music
K-8/The Resource Magazine for Elementary Music Teachers. Vol. 4, Numbers 4
and 6.
Little, Elaine (1991). Six years as a would-be music teacher. Music K-8/The
Resource Magazine for Elementary Music Teachers. Vol. 2, Number 2 (38-39).
Little, Elaine (1991) Teaching Suggestions for Handel and Menotti. Music K-
8/The Resource Magazine for Elementary Music Teachers. Vol. 2, Number 2,
(40-42).
Grants and Fellowships:
. Grant for participation/travel expenses to Phase I Creating Original
Opera Teacher's Conference (Metropolitan Opera Guild, Montgomery, AL
1992)
. Grant for participation/travel expenses to Phase II Creating Original
Opera Teacher's Conference (Metropolitan Opera Guild, New York, NY
1993)
Awards and Honors:
Literary Coordinator for State Runner-up, Literary Events, 2010
Literary Coordinator for Region Literary Events Champion, 2010
Music Director for Region One Act Champion, 2009
Literary Coordinator for Region Literary Events Champion, 2008
Literary Coordinator for Region Literary Events Champion, 2007
Director for Region One Act Champion, 2006
Literary Coordinator for Region Literary Events Champion, 2005
Literary Coordinator for State Literary Events Champion, 2005
Literary Coordinator for Region Literary Events Champion, 2003
Literary Coordinator for Region Literary Events Champion, 2002
Red Bud Elementary Teacher of the Year, 1993
Finalist for System Wide Teacher of the Year, 1993
Skills and Qualifications:
Microsoft Office, Internet, Finale, Blackboard Education Suite
References:
Dene Land, Former Principal/Elementary School
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Wanda Westmoreland, Former Principal/High School
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Beth Holcomb, Recent Principal/Primary School
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Dr. Michele Taylor, Superintendent of Schools
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