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Beth Rodgers earned her Master’s degree in English with a concentration in Creative Writing at the University of West Florida (2012) where she was awarded the 2011 Laurie O’Brien Award for both Graduate Fiction and Graduate Non-Fiction. Her work was selected for publication in 2011 and 2012 by the UWF annual literary journal, The Troubadour, and selections of her poetry, fiction, and non-fiction were published by the Northwest Florida Literary Federation in their 2012 journal, Emerald Coast Review.  In 2014, she published her book, ENC 4 ENC: Electronic Notecards for English Composition, which instructs students in her method of capturing and retaining information as they are learning to write a researched paper. This was a method she invented and refined during her years as a graduate student. 

 

After graduating from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1980 where she earned both a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education (with a minor in Deaf Education),Rodgers spent many years teaching students of various ages and abilities in both public and private schools. In addition to teaching she has been a small business owner, a licensed realtor, a fundraiser for non-profit organizations, and an events director for political campaigns at the state and national level. 

 

Rodgers was born in England and grew up all over the United States as the child of an Air Force pilot. She thus considers nowhere in particular to be her home, though most of her family still reside in Nebraska. Rodgers spent sixteen years in Virginia (1989-2004) before moving to Florida where she has lived since 2004. Rodgers has been married to the same guy since the Jimmy Carter administration; she is the mother of two grown children and the grandmother of a little girl who is arguably the most darling child in the entire world.  

 

C. V. 

 

Education:    

Florida State University, pursuing Publishing and Editing Certificate, 2014-15

University of West Florida, 2008-2012.  M.A. English cum laude

University of Nebraska at Omaha, Bachelor of Arts (English), 1980.

University of Nebraska at Omaha, Bachelor of Science (Education), 1980.

 

Current Teaching Responsibilities:

Adjunct Instructor, University of West Florida: Composition I

Adjunct Instructor, Pensacola State College, Composition I

 

Previous Teaching Experience: 

College:UWF, Composition II and Composition I, Fall 2012-Fall 2014

Pensacola State College, Composition II and American Literature, Fall 2013-Spring 2014

Pensacola State College, Developmental Studies, Fall 2011-Spring 2013, Writing II, Reading II.

UWF Teaching Assistant, Fall 2011-Spring 2012, Composition II.

High School: East Hill Christian, Spring 2009, English 9-12 and Creative Writing.

Pine Forest High, Fall 2008. Long term Sub for English I, Journalism, Reading III.  

Escambia High School,  2006-2008. English II, Grade 10.

Pensacola Junior College Adult High School, Summer 2006. English III, Grade 11.

StoneBridge School, Chesapeake, Virginia (2000-2004) PE Instructor/Coordinator, Asst Athletic Dir.

Home School Plus, Norfolk, Virginia (1996-97 and 2003-04) Grades 9-12, Government & English.

Oaktree School, Chesapeake, Virginia (1995-2003) Grades 9-12, History and English.

Omaha Public Schools: Burke High School, (1981-82) District Resource Teacher for Deaf.

Omaha Public Schools: Omaha South High School, English (1980-81) Grades 10 & 12 English.

 

Awards:  

Laurie O’Brien Creative Writing Award, (UWF Graduate fiction) April 2011

 Laurie O’Brien Creative Writing Award, (UWF Graduate non-fiction) April 2011           Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities, Fall 2012

 Certificate of Excellence from ETS for Praxis II (98%) (English), June 2009

 Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2000, 2001, 2003

  Nebraska Writer’s Workshop, (nominated) 1980. University of Nebraska-Omaha

 

Publications:

  • ENC4ENC: Electronic Note Cards for English Composition, Kendall-Hunt Publishers 2014

  • “Would you want to know?” Bella Magazine Oct 2014; reprinted Pensacola News Journal, Oct 24

  • “Keeping the ‘thanks’ in Thanksgiving, Bella Magazine, November 2014

  • “Just keep swimming: Water Safety Infants and  Toddlers,” Bella Baby, November 2014

  • “Travel Tips for Tots and Toddlers,” Bella Baby, November 2014

  • “On the Road to Scotland,” Troubadour, University of West Florida. Spring 2012 (Fiction)

  • “The Dog Lady of Essex,” Emerald Coast Review, Fall 2011. Fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

  • “The High Dive,” Troubadour, University of West Florida. Spring 2011 (Non-fiction)

  • “Humor by Beth Rodgers,” (byline)  Pensacola Downtown Crowd, Ballinger Publishing

 

Conferences:  

Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers, April 2014

Panelist, “The Spark:  How to Ignite Students' Creativity”  &

Short story reading: “Matilda”

Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers, April 2012

“The High Dive” (non-fiction) and “The Dog Lady of Essex” (fiction).

 

Memberships: 

Modern Language Association (MLA), 2014

Klaas Kids Search and Rescue K9 Team, June 2013 to present

Gulf Coast Search and Recovery K9 team, Feb 2011 to June 2013

Ballet Pensacola Board of Directors, (July 2010 to June 2013)

West Florida Literary Federation, Pensacola, Florida (member 2012)

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