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Agnete
/ Nete Schmidt
2902 Post Road
Madison, WI 53713
E-mail: aschmidt2@facstaff.wisc.edu
home phone: 608-270-0244
office phone: 608-262-2128 SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
An experienced teacher with an extensive
knowledge of education at many levels in Denmark and the U.S.; flexible and adaptable with
a strong ability to engage students; innovative, independent, and organized.
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| EDUCATION |
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M.A.
- University of Copenhagen, Denmark
English Language and Literature, (1978)
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M.A.
- University of Copenhagen
Danish Language and Literature, (1980)
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Certified
Student Counselor, Ministry of Education, 1995
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M.A.
- Aarhus Teachers' Training College, Denmark.
Major: Education,
Minors: English Language and Literature,
French Language and Literature, (1973)
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| EXPERIENCE |
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The
University of Wisconsin-Madison (1998 - present)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of
Scandinavian Studies.
Courses taught
- Danish Language, level 1,2, and 3
- Scandinavian Life and Civilization
- Soeren Kierkegaard and Scandinavian
Literature
- Survey of Scandinavian Literature
- Modern Scandinavian Poetry
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The
University of Aarhus, Denmark (1996 - 1998)
Adjunct Faculty.
Courses Taught
- Modern American and British Women's
Literature
- American Women's Literature around the turn
of the Century
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Berkshire
Community College, Pittsfield, Massachusetts (1993 - 1994)
Fulbright Professor of English.
Courses Taught (Day and Evening Sessions)
- English, Freshman Composition I and II
- Scandinavian Literature
- European Literature
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Bjerringbro
Junior College, Bjerringbro, Denmark, (1980 - 1998)
Courses Taught (Day Session)
- English Language and Literature
- Danish Language and Literature Courses Taught (Evening Session)
- English Language and Literature
- Public Speaking and Communication
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Student
Counselor (1984 - 1998)
Administer programs about Bjerringbro Junior
College and the Danish Educational System |
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Plan
and hold informative meetings and workshops about Bjerringbro Junior College (BJC)
designed to increase recruitment to the gymnasium |
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Prepare
and supervise visits to BJC by middle school and high school students and their teachers |
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Welcome
and initiate new students to BJC |
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Participate
in workshops about financial aid |
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Institute
workshops about beneficial exam-behavior |
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Serve
as liaison between the students and the faculty |
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Perform
administrative duties for the president |
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Design
programs for foreign exchange students |
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Guide
and inform students in their career choices |
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Assist
students with personal and study-related problems
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Chairperson
for the faculty and staff at BJC (1988 - 1989) |
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Represented
the interests of the faculty and staff
members to senior administrators |
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Facilitated
cooperation between the parties |
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Organized
and conducted monthly all-college meetings
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Vice-Chairperson
for the faculty and staff at BJC (1984 - 1988) |
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Assisted
the chairperson in the above mentioned functions |
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Substituted
for the chairperson when he / she was absent
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Chairperson,
English Division, BJC (1982 - 1998) |
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Participated
in the initial selection of books for the library at BJC |
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Determine
new acquisitions to the library |
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Supervise
the finances of the English Division |
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Represent
the English Division to the administration
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Selected
College Activities |
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Organized
and directed study-trips to Scotland in 1982, England and Wales in 1985, Ireland in 1996,
London in 1998, France in 1998 |
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Developed
student exchange with British school in 1992-93 |
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Active
participant in the European Comenius Project from 1995 till now |
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Serve
on the committee for Parent-School Cooperation |
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Member
of Educational Policy Committee |
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Member
of College IT Committee |
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Member
of College Library Committee |
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Member
of College Social Committee
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Grundfos,
Bjerringbro, Denmark (1989 - 1998)
Adjunct Teacher of Technical English |
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Researched
the need for a program of Technical English at Grundfos, the world's second largest
manufacturer of immersible waterpumps, with their Department of Education |
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Devised
a course of technical English for employees at four different
levels and a test of their entry-level skills |
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Taught
consecutive classes of students following a very positive
response to pilot classes
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Adjunct
Teacher of Danish and English |
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Teach
Danish to foreign employees temporarily stationed at the main branch in Bjerringbro |
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Teach
ordinary and technical English to Danish employees after initial test of their skills and
prior to their departure to foreign branches of the busines
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San
Francisco State University (1986 - 1987)
Fulbright Research Scholar
- Researched American Women's Literature from
1963-87
- Interacted with the Department for Women's
Studies on campus
- Interviewed various women with a view to
publication of book
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Iselingeskolen,
Vordingborg, Denmark (1978 - 1980)
- Taught English, French, German and Danish at
level 1 through 9
- Taught special education
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The
Youth Center of the County of Storstroemmen, Vordingborg, Denmark (1972 - 1980) |
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Taught
English, German, Danish, Math and Physics to students with a variety of problems:
drug-abuse, alcohol-abuse, learning disabilities, behavioral problems |
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Advised,
counselled and co-habited with young adults with the above mentioned problems
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Elementary
and Middle Schools, Aarhus, Denmark (1969 - 1973)
- Substitute teacher
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Vancouver,
Washington (1968 - 1969)
- American Field Service exchange student
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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"Using
the Internet in the teaching of English", May 1997 |
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"A Douglas Coupland
Reader, Generation X and After", Systime, Denmark 1996 |
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"Teaching
at an American Community College", English Publications, Denmark 1994 |
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"A Taste of
Horror", Systime, Denmark 1993 |
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"Love and Marriage, an
Anthology about Love, Marriage, Children and Divorce", Systime, Denmark 1993 |
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"The Crucial Years.
American Women's Literature from 1963-87", Schønberg, Denmark 1988
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| AWARDS |
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Fulbright
Research Scholarship 1986-1987 |
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Fulbright
Scholarship 1993-1994 |
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Winner
of a competition designed by Center for Technology in Teaching, Copenhagen, Denmark, May
1997 |
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Award
for outstanding leadership in Bjerringbro, Denmark, 1997
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| ADDITIONAL SKILLS |
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Web-editing
and creating home-pages on the Internet. |
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Responsible
for creating he homepages for BJC |
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Teaching
seminars about the use of the Internet in teaching |
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Certified
tennis coach with 22 years of coaching experience, and several national and regional
championships in the past |
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