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TEACHER BIO/GALLERYText Box: Lori Bockting


EDUCATION & CERTIFICATES
Educational Specialist in Curriculum & Instruction – Art Education Emphasis 
University of Missouri – Columbia   2005

Master of Education in Curriculum & Instruction
University of Missouri – Columbia  1995

Bachelor of Education in Elementary Education 
University of Missouri – Columbia  1990

Missouri Certificates:  K-12 Art,  K-12 Gifted,  K-8 Elementary Education


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Osage R-II Schools						08/ 2004 – 05/2011
Linn, MO  65051

Secondary Art Teacher
	-  Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Award Recipient;  October 2008;  Tokyo, Japan.  
	-  Nominee for Missouri Art Education Association Teacher of the Year  2008-09.
      - Currently teaching Art 1, Art 2, Ceramics, Fibers, Drawing, Painting, and Graphic Design.
      - Sponsor Art Club and National Art Honor Society.
      - Exhibit student work at Conference Art Show and State Capitol Exhibit.
      - Junior and Senior class sponsor.
      - Professional Development Committee Chair.
      - Received a  Missouri Arts Council Grant 2008.

Gasconade CO R-1						08/1990 – 05/2004
Hermann, MO  65041

Gifted Educator – Elementary Educator

               - Attended Summer Confratute at the University of Connecticut.
               - Science Inquiry Cadre Member, University of Missouri.  
	- Provided in-service to teachers in local districts to incorporate inquiry methods 
	   into their existing science curriculum.
               - Awarded a state grant for implementing German instruction in the elementary school.  
               - Served as local Professional Development Committee Chairman.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

              - Serve as co-chair of the Youth Art Month State Capitol Exhibit.
              -  Member of  the Missouri Art Education Association  Board.
	- Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Scholar  - October 2008
	- Nominee for MO Art Ed Association art teacher of the year -  2008-09
              - Presenter at the National Art Education Association Conference in Chicago, IL 2006
              - Selected to participate in Kansas City Art Institute’s Educator ArtLab 2007

Osage County R-II Art Department

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.  

 

"I tell you, the more I think, the more I feel that
there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."

                                                                                               -Vincent Van Gogh