Megan

Kingery
megan.a.kingery@gmail.com
(515) 370-0996

E D U C A T I O N :
University of Northern Iowa
Bachelor of Music in Music Education, Expected December 2015
Bachelor of Arts in Dual Language Teaching, Expected December 2015
Cumulative GPA: 3.87/4.00

UNI Presidential Scholarship Recipient, 2010 - 2014

University of Northern Iowa Deans List, 8 semesters

University of Northern Iowa Honors Program, 2010 2015

Cedar Falls, IA

F I E L D E X P E R I E N C E S :

Level III - Spanish

Montezuma High School







Montezuma, IA
8th Grade Spanish - Spanish IV





Spring 2015
Cooperating Teacher: Carrie Stockman

UNI Faculty Supervisor: Gabriela Olivares
Presented two 8th grade Spanish lessons on activities and descriptive adjectives.
Worked with students individually on grammar concepts.
Assisted with Spanish Club fundraisers: serving at the Future Farmers of America banquet and Spanish
Kids Night.

Level III - Music
Waterloo East High School




Waterloo, IA
High School Band







Fall 2013
Cooperating Teacher: Joelle Smith

UNI Faculty Supervisor: Kevin Droe
Instructed and graded individual private lessons.
Arranged a Bach chorale for the band and used it when leading the full band in a warm-up.
Led the full band in sight-reading a new piece of music.

Level II
Cedar Falls High School





Cedar Falls, IA
Spanish II








May 2014
Cooperating Teacher: Christine Gruhn

UNI Faculty Supervisor: Lynn Dykstra
Provided assistance to students during work time.
Created a game to review the preterite tense.
Planned and taught a lesson on the preterite form of the verb hacer.

Level I
Becker Elementary







Waterloo, IA
Kindergarten through Second Grade Elementary Music



May 2012
Cooperating Teacher: Ryan Haynes

UNI Faculty Supervisor: Becky Hawbaker
Assisted cooperating teacher in classroom management.
Provided assistance in leading class activities.
Taught the song and game Engine Number Nine to four classes of first graders.

O T H E R T E A C H I N G E X P E R I E N C E :
Camp Musicmania, UNI Community Music School

Cedar Falls, IA
Creative Time Instructor






June 2014
Planned and taught the class Creative Time.







Instrument Petting Zoo, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra


Cedar Valley
Volunteer Instrument Instructor




October 2013 - present
Instruct children how to form an embouchure and play a note on various instruments.

English Tutor







Oviedo, Spain
Private English Tutor






Spring 2013
Taught individual and small group English lessons for children ages five to nine.
Created games and activities to teach English.

Jefferson-Scranton High School





Jefferson, IA
Volunteer Private Instructor





Spring 2011 and Spring 2014
Instructed flute soloists and ensembles in preparation for solo and ensemble contest.

L E A D E R S H I P & A C T I V I T I E S :
April 2014 present

Sigma Delta Pi Spanish Honor Society, UNI

Kappa Delta Pi Education Honor Society, UNI September 2012 present

Honors Program Peer Group Leader, UNI

UNI Chapter of Iowa Bandmasters Association

September 2010 present

Panther Marching Band, UNI

August 2012 December 2012

August 2010 November 2011

Flute Music Section Leader, Fall 2011

Symphonic Band, UNI

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August 2010 May 2014

Flute Section Leader, Spring 2014

H O N O R S & A W A R D S :

UNI College of Humanities, Arts and Sciences David Sands Wright Scholarship Recipient, 2014 - 2015

Jane Sherwin Schwartz Modern Language Scholarship Recipient, 2014 - 2015

William T Zaputil Music Education Scholarship Recipient, 2013 - 2014

Research at the Capitol Day, 2015