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Full Biography for Wilma E. Bennett
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Wilma Bennett Information PO Box 370236, Reseda, CA 91337 818-343-4076 Education Summary: Graduated from Sacramento City College in June, 1960. Received the Outstanding Service Award at graduation, and my name is on a bronze plaque at the college. Graduated from U.C. Berkeley, June, 1962. Majored in French. Completed an additional semester to qualify for a teaching credential. I now hold a California Life Teaching Credential for grades K - 8. Attended the Sorbonne in 1963 to take additional coursework in French. Completed my M.A. at Michigan State University in 1972 with a major in Education. Received my Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 1976. Major was Instructional Development and Technology. My dissertation was on an aspect of making written materials more efficient for adult readers. Experience Summary: Taught for two and one-half years at Elizabeth Stewart Elementary School in Pinole, CA. Then joined the Department of Defense and taught children of Air Force personnel near Tokyo, Japan from 1966 - 1971. I taught elementary classes and was a Resource Specialist. Designed training materials for the Hartford Insurance Group in Hartford, CT from 1974 - 1980. I became an executive (Assistant Secretary). Handled training and then became Personnel Manager for Slakey Brothers, an HVAC company in Sacramento, CA from 1981 - 1986. Designed training materials for CableData in Sacramento. CA from 1986 - 1995. I was given employee awards, including Employee of the Year for the International Division, which they flew me to England to receive. Worked with homeschooled children for Horizon, a charter school in Lincoln, CA from 1996-1999. Over the years I have bought, fixed up and resold 6 homes. I retired in 2002, and currently do volunteer work for Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic. I give 100% to whatever I do. If it needs to be done and I'm responsible, I do it. This included climbing under a house to pull sheathed cable when I was the only person small enough to fit. |
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