Elizabeth Thiltges
Lincoln,NE
Summary
Pragmatic 4-H Assistant well-known for being hands-on dynamo with boundless energy to fulfill various tasks. Detailed team player with history excelling in fast-paced environments with little oversight and sometimes challenging goals. Offers top teaching abilities and relationship-building skills.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Extension 4-H Assistant
University Of Nebraska - Lincoln
01.2022 - Current
- In 2022, reached 3,697 youth from 183 classrooms at 59 public, private, and Montessori schools through the 4-H School Enrichment program of embryology. During this program, I help with egg and supply delivery, presented introduction to embryology and egg candling, and gathered chicks from schools upon hatching.
- In 2022, reached over 850 youth in STEM programming. Reached over 2,000 youth in 2023, by teaching STEM at multiple schools and community learning centers.
- By the end of the 2023-2024 school year, I'll have reached 17 LPS Title 1 schools and 4 Catholic schools with STEM after schools clubs.
- Reached 140 homeschooled youth through Homeschool Youth Science Days offered each November where youth get to participate in three hands-on lessons that focus on STEM concepts.
- Have hosted dog workshops, where youth got to learn about and practice dog showmanship, obedience, and agility; cat workshops, where youth got to learn how to properly bathe a cat, grooming techniques, cage accessories, and what is needed at a show; and household pets workshops, where youth learned about the "right pet for you", habitats and care of different small pets, and judging criteria of household pets. Near 50 youth have been reached through these workshops.
Extension 4-H Assistant
University Of Nebraska - Lincoln
06.2018 - 12.2021
- Created and distributed agendas for meetings and conference calls as part of meeting preparation.
- Applied progressive teaching skills, reaching 371 non-4-H club members through school enrichment and afterschool programs.
- Provided trainings/videos for 4-H Council members, superintendents, and 87 volunteers for the upcoming 4-H year and shared the importance of connecting with 4-H members and that the 4-H members look up to them.
- Partnered with near 40 individuals, groups, businesses, or organizations that provided support for my Nemaha County 4-H programming.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Agricultural Education
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE05.2018
Skills
- Planning, executing and evaluating numerous afterschool clubs and various workshops, practices, and shows
- Collaboration with many partners
- Organization & effective planner
- Communication - Good at conversations and presenting
- Positivity - Enthusiasm
- Develop - Spot the signs of each small improvement and derive satisfaction from these improvements
- Empathy - Sense the feelings of others by imagining myself in others' lives or situations
- Creativity - Creating and brainstorming new ideas for programs
- Data Entry - Impacts and demographics from the clubs/programs I teach
- Relationship Building - Love meeting new people and making connections
Certification
- CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training - April 2023
- First Aid & CPR Training - Sept. 2022
- Certificate of Attendance, Leadercast 2022 - The One Thing - May 20, 2022
- Certified Member, Nebraska Cooperative Extension Association - Nov. 17, 2022
- Certified Member, National Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals - Jan. 2021
Timeline
Extension 4-H Assistant
University Of Nebraska - Lincoln
01.2022 - Current
Extension 4-H Assistant
University Of Nebraska - Lincoln
06.2018 - 12.2021
Bachelor of Science - Agricultural Education
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
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