Background
Pratt, Diane Adele was born on October 24, 1951 in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States. Daughter of John Robert and Kathleen Adele (Cooper) Dickert.
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Diane Adele Pratt
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Bachelor of Science, Western Michigan U., l972.
Career
Elementary teacher, Berea (Ohio) Cmty. Schools, l973-76;
educational consultant, Kolbe Products, Inc., Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona, l982-84;
teacher, Lemon Tree Nursery School, Battle Creek, l985-88;
instructor, Junior Great Books, 1984-1987;
elementary teacher, Fort Dodge (Iowa) Cmty. Schools, 1976-1978, 90;
substitute teacher, Fort Dodge (Iowa) Cmty.
Schools, 1988-1990;
middle school teacher, Fort Dodge (Iowa) Cmty. Schools, since 1990;
team leader, Fort Dodge (Iowa) Cmty. Schools, 1994-1997;
teacher talented and gifted, Fort Dodge (Iowa) Cmty.
Schools, since 1997. Assistant chearleading coach Fort Dodge Senior H.S., since 1997, Pep Club advisor,1997-. Executive secretary Born Free Safari Club, Dodgen Industries, Humboldt, Iowa, 1988.
Advertising executive Fort Dodge Today magazine, 1989-1992. Educational tutor, Battle Creek, Fort Dodge, 1986-1996. Member of advisory board Institute for Instruction Superior vena cava syndrome, Battle Creek, 1984-1988.
Director, instructor Battle Creek Preschool Enrichment Program, 1984. Chairman Fort Dodge Supervisor's Comty. Committee to Study K-8 Curriculum, 1988-1989, facilitator K-3 human growth and development curriculum, 1989-1992.
Member standing committee early childhood needs assessment committee Fort Dodge Comty. Schools, 1989-1995; member of advisory board, instructor Kids on KampusIowa Control Community College, Fort Dodge, 1990-1995. Speaker State Convention Childbirth Educators, Lansing, Michigan, 1982.
Trustee Fort Dodge Comty. School Found.Bd., 1992-1997, member talented and gifted selection committee Fort Dodge Comty. Schools, since 1993; member public relations committee Fort Dodge Comty.
School District, 1992-1994, member educational outcomes standing committee, 1993-1994.
Achievements
Membership
Member, past Chairman of the Board Christian education 1st Baptist Church, Fort Dodge, 1978-1979, 89-96, music committee, 1992-1994, director children's choirs, 1988-1990, member bell choir, 1990-1991, church school superintendent 1993-1996, pastoral relations committee, since 1997. Membership chairman Battle Creek Parents, 1981-1983. Neighborhood coordinator mothers' march March of Dimes, Battle Creek, 1981-1983.
Troop leader Lakota county Girl Scouts United States, 1988-1990. President La Mora Park Parent-Teachers Association, 1985-1987, Phillips Mid School Parent-Teachers Association, Fort Dodge, 1990-1991. Board directors Main Stage Players, junior theater, Fort Dodge, 1990-1991.
Secretary, president Junior Women's Club, Fort Dodge, 1977-1980. Member kickoff committee United Way, 1991. Active Fort Dodge Athletic Booster Club, 1994-1998.
Member National Education Association, ASCD, American Association of University Women (secretary, president Battle Creek branch 1986-1988), Philanthropic and Educational Organization (New Jersey chapter, Fort Dodge chapter 1990-1994), Iowa Education Association, Fort Dodge Education Association, Iowa Association Middle Level Educators, Iowa Council Teachers English, Iowa Association for Talented and Gifted.
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Connections
Married Stephen HowardPratt, April 29, l972. Children: Eric Stephen, Elizabeth Adele.
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American