**Welcome To LaCA!**

LaCA Explanation:

* LaCA = Language Communication Arts
* 1 semester course for all 7th graders
* Focuses on developing students’ communication skills–acting/performing, public speaking, and writing (both academic/research & creative)

About Miss Lempke–Education:

Master of Arts Degree in English,
(Graphic Novels and Adolescent Literature),
University of Nebraska at Kearney,
December 2012.

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Language Arts 7-12 Education,
(English, Speech, Theater, Journalism),
University of Nebraska at Kearney,
December 2007.

About Miss Lempke–Professional Experience:

LaCA Instructor (7th Grade)

Irving Middle School, Lincoln, NE.

Fall 2013—Present.

 

Coordinator, Writing Center Development and Presentations,

Writing Center (Division of the Learning Commons),

University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE.

Spring 2013—Summer 2013.

 

Assistant,

Writing Center (Division of the Learning Commons),

University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE.

Spring 2013—Summer 2013.

 

Coordinator,

Speech Center (Division of the Writing Center and the Learning Commons),

University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE.

Summer 2012—Summer 2013.

Editor,
University of Nebraska at Kearney Undergraduate Research Journal, Vol. 17.
2013 Edition.

 

English 101 & 102 Composition Instructor,

University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE.

Fall 2010–Fall 2012.

Editor,
University of Nebraska at Kearney Undergraduate Research Journal, Vol. 15.
2011 Edition.

Faculty Research Assistant,
Dr. Allison Hedge Coke’s Savannah Poetry Project,
University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE.
Spring 2011.

Public Speaking Instructor (9^th-12^th Grade),
Grand Island Senior High School, Grand Island, NE.
Fall 2009—Spring 2010.

Communicative Arts Instructor (12^th Grade),
Grand Island Senior High School, Grand Island, NE.
Fall 2008—Spring 2010.

Assistant High School Speech Coach (9^th-12^th Grade),
Grand Island Senior High School, Grand Island, NE.
Fall 2008—Spring 2010.

Assistant High School Speech Coach (9^th-12^th Grade),
Holdrege High School, Holdrege, NE.
Spring 2008.

Editor-in-Chief,
Carillon: The Journal of the Xi Beta Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta.
2007 Edition.