Amy Turner
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An Experienced Communicator/Teacher/Trainer with a diverse background. I have taught high school for the last four years, I have worked as a Broadcasting, Journalism, and Public Speaking Instructor at the college level for 2.5 years. I taught and trained adults and teens through Student Success classes, to help them be successful in college. I lectured and created curriculum; I worked as a Producer/Anchor/Reporter writing and developing stories for air and anchored the Sunrise and Midday shows for a CBS station; served as a spokesperson for the station for numerous events. I was responsible for content and organization of stories for the newscasts.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CONCORD ACADEMY, Concord, NC 2019 - Present
Teach AP III and AP IV; Also teach Honors English I and IV and English I and IV TRI-CITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, Conover, NC 2017 - 2019
● Teach 9-12th grade English and worked as the managing editor for the yearbook CABARRUS CHARTER ACADEMY, Concord, NC 2015 - 2017
● Substitute Teacher and served as a permanent substitute teacher for 8th grade ELA for several months
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Charlotte, NC 2015 - 2016 Broadcasting and Journalism Instructor
● Taught Broadcasting and Journalism classes, helped develop curriculum THUNDERBIRD PREPARATORY ACADEMY, Huntersville, NC 2014 - 2015 Teaching Assistant/Substitute
● Assisted teachers in the classrooms, worked one-on-one with students and substituted whenever needed
HAMPTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, Hampton, VA 2012 - 2013 Physical Education Instructor
● Taught Physical Education classes to students, responsible for coordinating field day and President's Challenge for students
THE ART INSTITUTE, Raleigh & Durham, NC 2011 - 2012 Effective Speech Instructor
● Instructed college students in public speaking
● Prepared syllabus, power points, tests and evaluated students on assigned speeches
● Taught Student Success classes to incoming freshman WCBI TV-DT, Columbus, MS 2007 - 2008
Morning Anchor/Reporter
● Co-anchored daily morning and midday shows
● Wrote and produced stories
● Served as spokesperson at community events, schools, and local university CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK (CBN), Virginia Beach, VA 2002 - 2006 Associate Producer
● Produced weekly segments
● Wrote scripts for broadcast
● Edited projects in Adobe Premiere
● Selected music for broadcasts
WCBI TV-DT, Columbus, MS 1995 - 2000
Morning Anchor/Reporter
● Co-anchored daily morning and midday shows
● Produced shows
● Reported, edited, and wrote scripts
● Performed radio cut-ins
● Served as a spokesperson at community events and schools WFND TV, Findlay, OH 1994 - 1995
Assignment Editor/Reporter
● Researched story leads and assigned stories
● Assisted in generating story ideas
● Served as a field reporter
EDUCATION
Master of Arts (TV Journalism), 1993
REGENT UNIVERSITY, Virginia Beach, VA
Bachelor of Science (Broadcasting), 1991
APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Boone, NC