JUSTIN ORMSBY
CURRENT Elementary
Music Educator
POSITION: Truman
Elementary School
Nevada
Public School District
Nevada,
MO 64772
(417)
448 – 2080
EDUCATION: BME, 2000, Missouri
State University.
Major: Instrumental Music Education.
Ms.Ed,
2012, Missouri State
University. Thesis:
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
2009-2011 Special Education
Paraprofessional, Springfield Public
School District
2010-2011 Applied Brass Instructor,
Conservatory of the Ozarks
2007-2009 Band Director, Mansfield
Public School District
2006-2007 Associate Director of Bands, Parkview
High School, Springfield
Public
Schools
2006-2007 Graduate Assistant, Music
Education, Missouri State
University
2005-2006 Elementary Music Educator, The Summit
Preparatory School
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2000 John Phillips Sousa
Award, Republic High
School
2000 Future Teachers of America
Scholarship, Republic High
School
2000 Republic Booster Club
Scholarship, Republic High
School
2000 National Honors Society,
Republic High School
2000 Freshman Academic
Scholarship, Missouri State
University
2004 Student Government
Leadership Scholarship, Missouri State
University
2005 Outstanding Student
Teaching Award, Missouri State
University
2005 Missouri
State Graduate Assistantship
2002 Appointed to Governor’s
Youth Cabinet, State of Missouri
2003 Appointed Chief Justice of the Campus
Judicial Board, MSU
2005 Kappa Delta Pi Education
Honors Society, Missouri State
University
2008 Featured in NPR story on outstanding
teachers, Mansfield
PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLES
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
Ormsby, J. T. (2012, September 24). The teacher who saved
me. In 1chance2learn.net. from
Ormsby, J. T. (2012, August 9). What every child deserves.
In 1chance2learn.net. from
NEWS PAPER PUBLICATIONS
Ormsby, J. T. (2003, May 6). Moderation, reality key to
persuasion. Missouri State
Standard. Retrieved
September 25, 2012, from http://www.the-standard.org/opinion/moderation-reality-key-to-
persuasion/article_4a08f743-1891-53b0-97ae-0a903f580ca1.html
Ormsby, J. T. (2003, April 22). God forbid we pay our
professors what they deserve. Missouri
State
Standard.
Retrieved from http://www.the-standard.org/opinion/god-forbid-we-pay-our-professors-
what-they-deserve/article_1f65fe5a-f88f-525d-8157-8d119289e146.html
Ormsby, J. T. (2003, April 8). Bush's time
at Camp David a waste and a tr Missouri
State Standard. Retrieved from http://www.the-standard.org/opinion/bush-s-time-at-camp-david-a-waste-and-a/article_89a4d0d4-5f58-58b2-a134-7b6b33b34488.html
Ormsby, J. T. (2003, March 18). Governor's Youth Cabinet
marks new era in state government. Missouri
State
Standard. Retrieved September 25,
2012, from http://www.the-
standard.org/opinion/governor-s-youth-cabinet-marks-new-era-in-state-
government/article_594f7555-d926-550d-8f23-64a2c3b3e0e6.html
Ormsby, J. T. (2003, March 11). Friendly competition breeds
human retrogression. Missouri
State
Standard. http://www.the-standard.org/opinion/friendly-competition-breeds-human-retrogression/article_e42577b3-37c6-5c8b-87b9-c1056584ea2e.html
Ormsby, J. T. (2003, March 4). Whether for or against the
war, please support the troops. Missouri
State
Standard.
Retrieved from http://www.the-standard.org/opinion/whether-for-or-against- war-please-support-the-troops/article_1a611148-cd60-55ef-a319-b73ec1e3a4ac.html
Ormsby, J. T. (2003, February 11). What does offended mean
anyway? Missouri State
Standard. Retrieved
8a16-55d2-bbe3-dc71f34bb026.html
Ormsby, J. T. (2003, February 4). Abortion issue not black
and white. Missouri State
Standard. Retrieved
September
25, 2012, from http://www.the-standard.org/opinion/abortion-issue-not-black-and-
white/article_1437205c-f4f4-5d9c-8210-7aef3737c302.html
Ormsby, J. T. (2003, January 14). Political ironies
overwhelm break. Missouri
State Standard, from
http://www.the-standard.org/opinion/political-ironies-overwhelm-break/article_52ee8a4b-767a- 5d52-bbd9-935a3f923228.html
Ormsby, J. T. (2002, August). New standard columnist open to
suggestions. Missouri State
Standard.
suggestions/article_e020d107-762a-5319-8626-cd4876f5394d.html
EDITORIALS