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Writer's Resume for Amy N. Thomas

Experience
English teacher: classroom experience with students with high abilities, autism and second languages; wrote language arts test materials for grades 8 to 12; part of team to develop language arts evaluation rubric for grades K to 12.

School visitor: experienced tutor for grades K to 2 in science, math and language arts; visiting writer for grades 3 to 8; trained to integrate the arts in grades K to 12.

Freelance writer: twenty years of experience as a grant writer and newsletter editor/writer; able to meet deadlines, write to guidelines, edit and proofread.

Honors and Awards
2006-2007 named editor for the SCBWI Carolinas Pen & Palette.
2006 SmartArts Summer Institute, one of two area writers selected to participate in the Metropolitan Arts Council's specialized training for artists and teachers.
2006 SmartArts grant recipient to work with a Greenville County third grade class to integrate art and illustration with the science concept of motion. Explored, "What is transformation?"
2007 SmartArts grant recipient to work with a Greenville County third grade class to integrate art and illustration with the social studies standard of the Civil War. Explored, "What story is worth telling?"

Publishing Credits
Burning Money (school/library market, forthcoming)
"Backyard Dragon" (New Leaders for New Schools, 2007)
"Lost and Found" (New Leaders for New Schools, 2007)
Craft piece (Highlights for Children, forthcoming)
2004-2007 regular columns for SCBWI Carolinas Pen & Palette
2003-2001 Lewis and Clark Children’s Column for The Orderly Report

Memberships
Society of Children's Book Writer's & Illustrators
Society of Children's Book Writer's & Illustrators-Carolinas
National Association for Gifted Children

Education
Ohio University Honors Tutorial College, magna cum laude, BS journalism, English minor
The George Washington University, work toward Master's Degree in education

(last update 7/07/2007)