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Doris Amundson Arnold Named to Exclusive Membership Organization
Ms. Arnold helped start Hotline 4 Homework for Minneapolis and surrounding areas' children
APPLE VALLEY, MN, August 26, 2009 /Coaching - Mentoring PR News/ -- Doris Amundson Arnold, Retired Teacher for the Minneapolis Public Schools, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in education.
Ms. Arnold has 30 years of overall professional experience and retired in 2000. From 2000 to 2007 she also was a substitute teacher for the Minneapolis Public Schools. At the Minneapolis Public Schools, she taught math, social studies, reading, English, German and beginning Spanish to fourth through sixth grade students and helped children with learning difficulties. She served on the Language Committee for the Minneapolis Public Schools and also the City-Wide Advisory Committee for the Minneapolis Public Schools. She worked with a team of four teachers with alternating subjects each year. She taught in a unique paired school setting (Hale-Field schools) one of the first paired schools to help achieve integration in the Minneapolis Public Schools. Ms. Arnold wrote curriculum for teaching about the future used by the Minneapolis Public Schools teachers. She served on the City-Wide Advisory Committee for teaching Fire Prevention in the 5th grade curriculum. Within her school, she served as the head of many committees. She coordinated annual three day trips to conservation trips for the field students.
In the 1980's Ms. Arnold started writing poems to friends for various special occasions. She wrote to Susan Polis Schutz from Blue Mountain Arts, who was also a teacher. Ms. Arnold sent Susan Polis Schutz three of her poems which Blue Mountain Arts eventually used on cards, books and one also appeared on a calendar. After taking several classes on writing children's literature, Ms. Arnold has written two children's stories and is presently seeking a publisher.
Ms. Arnold also helped start the Hotline 4 Homework for children in the Minneapolis area. Hotline 4 Homework received grants from Channel 4 to fund the hotline program. USA Today featured an article about homework hotlines which included information from Ms. Arnold. She appeared on local TV programs promoting Hotline 4 Homework.
A lay shepherd for the Mount Olivet Luthern Church, Ms. Arnold is a member of the National Education Association, the Minnesota Education Association the American Swedish Institute and the University of Minnesota, Kerlan Collection, a place where original manuscripts of children's authors are stored for viewing for those interested. She is a lifetime member of the University of Minnesota Alumni Association, where she received her Master of Education in 1982 and her Bachelor of Science in Education in 1971. Ms. Arnold now volunteers to help immigrants learn English. She has done extensive traveling throughout the world and volunteers giving talks about her travels, including her trip to Northern Thailand to visit Hmong settlements.
For more information on Minneapolis Public Schools, visit http://www.mpls.k12.mn.us.
About Cambridge Who's Who
Cambridge Who's Who is an exclusive membership organization that recognizes and empowers executives, professionals and entrepreneurs throughout the world. From healthcare to law, engineering to finance, manufacturing to education, every major industry is represented by its 400,000 active members.
Cambridge Who's Who membership provides individuals with a valuable third party endorsement of their accomplishments and gives them the tools needed to brand themselves and their businesses effectively. In addition to publishing biographies in print and electronic form, Cambridge Who's Who offers an online networking platform where members can establish new business relationships and achieve career advancement within their company, industry or profession.
For more information, please visit our site: Cambridge Who's Who.
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