Elizabeth A.

Venezio
354 Gina Drive
New Lenox, IL 60451
815-531-9068
Elizabeth.Venezio@loras.edu
Objective: To obtain a position as a high school student teacher/secondary education English
teacher.
Education:
Lincoln-Way Central High School 2015
Loras College
Bachelor of English Creative Writing and Secondary Education 5-12
Anticipated Date of Completion: May 2019
Dean’s List: Spring and Fall of 2016, Spring of 2017, Fall of 2017
Awards/Certification:
 All-Academic Team for the IIAC Conference during the 2016 and 2017 cross
country and 2017 track seasons.
 Contributing member of the women’s cross country team for the team having the
highest GPA of the year during the 2016-2017 academic school year at Loras
College.
 Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society Chapter
 Featured work in Loras College’s The Limestone Review with 4 poems
Pre-Professional Experience:
 Oberweis Dairy and Ice Cream store (January 2014-August 2016):
o Worked as a crew trainer and crew member
o Served the public with a positive smile and attitude
o Received multiple 100% scores on secret shopper evaluation forms
o Won the Oberweis scholarship in August of 2015
 Culver’s Restaurant (June 2016-August 2017):
o Developed effective communication skills
o Established time management expertise
o Learned problem solving strategies
 Loras College Cafeteria (August 2015-May 2016):
o Worked in the school cafeteria, school ‘pub,’ Duhawk Market, and
Einstein’s Bagels
o Found an effective balance between studying and working
 o Gained budgetary knowledge

 Loras College Student Ambassador (January 2016- May 2017):

o Practiced sincere professionalism with prospective Duhawk families
o Enhanced knowledge of Loras College
o Sharpened public speaking skills and deepened quick thinking
 Loras College Library (August 2016-present):
o Developed better understanding of library system at school
o Shelves books and creates decorative displays for the campus to see
o Assists students, faculty members, and co-workers with library resources
o Plans positive promotional events for the library
o Works as an Interlibrary Loan Assistant and gets books ready to be
shipped from Loras College across the country to and from other libraries
at colleges/universities, and public libraries
 Loras College Du-Buddies E-Board Member (August 2016- May 2017):
o Promoted inclusion between members of the Loras and Dubuque
community
o Fostered meaningful friendships among individuals with and without
intellectual and/or physical disabilities
 Loras College Cross Country and Track teams (August 2015- present):
o Team leader for individuals younger and older
o Represent role model qualities and work ethic
o Hard work routine and regime established
o Promotes a healthy balance between academic and extracurricular life
 Member of the Loras College Literary Society
 Mentor to a seventh grade student during the Spring semester of 2017 once a
week
o Worked on reading, writing, and communication skills with the student
o Practiced teaching, and learned from the student as well
 Observed, learned, and practiced teaching, lesson planning, classroom managing,
and working with a cooperating teacher and students at Wahlert High School in
Dubuque, Iowa Spring 2017
 (Will be) working at Lincoln-Way Special Recreation Association (Summer
2018)
o Working with children, teens, and adults with special abilities
o Emphasis on inclusion between individuals and actively participating in
the community
Service Work:
 Taught junior high religious education for two years in high school
o Gained experience teaching to young learners
 o Developed a fondness for helping others learn
o Experienced new insight to the many different ways children learn
 Dubuque area service work:
o Served at the Dubuque Rescue Mission (August 2015); spread mulch and tended
to the community gardens for the public to enjoy.
o Prepared and served dinner at the Catholic Worker House to Dubuque community
members in need (September 2015).
o Helped clean at the Dubuque Dream Center (August 2016); aided in providing a
clean atmosphere for children in the community.
o Performed service work along Heritage Nature Trail in Dubuque for the public to
enjoy and for animals to live safely in (August 2017).
o Spent time at Wahlert Catholic High School working soccer games and school
lunch hours.