SPECIAL TRAINING AND SKILLS
- Highly skilled user and teacher of technology including both Windows and Mac OS, Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Internet and numerous educational programs
- Growing Readers Early Literacy Curriculum Training, High/Scope, 2006
- Midwest Association for the Education of Young Children Conference, Omaha, NE; 2006
- Handwriting Without Tears Training and In-Service, Fall 2005
- Teaching with Love and Logic, with creator Jim Fey, January 2004
- Preschool Guidance and Instruction, and Preschool Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education Coursework at Buena Vista University, 2004
- From L to J: Tools to increase student success, focus on learning and use data to increase student achievement; Training with author and developer Lee Jenkins, 2004
- Differentiated Instruction in Gifted Education, University of Iowa, 2002-03
- Tribes Learning Communities: A New Way of Learning and Being Together, 2001
- ENVoY (Educational Non-Verbal Yardsticks) Classroom Management, 2000
RELATED WORK AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
- Planned and presented educational talks about southwest Minnesota historical sites, prairie grasslands, native plants and animals, and the Pipestone National Monument
- Instructed 3rd-6th grade students develop creative thinking, self-concept, cooperation and confidence while teach basic concepts for stage including voice inflection, annunciation, blocking, and non-verbal communication
- Directed 37 elementary students in two productions of Twinderella at Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Elementary School, Spring 2010
- Directed 31 elementary students in two productions of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at the Lake Benton Opera House, Fall 2009
- Directed 25 elementary students in two productions of Peter Pan at the Lake Benton Opera House, Fall 2008
- Collaborated with principals, librarians and teachers to established new Foster Grandparent Program tutoring sites, and worked to ensure a mutually beneficial experience
- Recruited and assisted in training Senior reading volunteers to work as volunteer tutors in established in-school tutoring programs and in summer reading programs at local libraries
OTHER EXPERIENCE
- Todd Berger’s blog: ToddDanielBerger.blogspot.com
- Substitute Librarian, Lake Benton Public Library, Lake Benton, MN
- Lake Benton Library Board Member, Lake Benton, MN
- Friends of the Library Member, Lake Benton, MN
- 4-H Clover-buds Leader, Marshfield 4-H Club, Tyler, MN
- Cub Scouts Den Leader, Lake Benton, MN
- Lake Benton Opera House Community Theatre, Lake Benton, MN
- Chamber of Commerce Secretary and Talent Show Committee Chair, Lake Benton, MN
