Certification

• Pennsylvania Certified Music Teacher, PK-12
• Orff-Schulwerk Certified Teacher
• Registered Music Together Teacher

Education

Master of Education in Multicultural Education

August 2009 - December 2011

Bachelor of Arts in Music

September 2005 - June 2009

Work Experience

General Music Teacher

September 2017 - Present

• Teaching general music to grades one through eight
• Serving as Music Director for the Middle School Musical
• Creating an original music curriculum based on the Orff-Shulwerk approach
• Coordinating the music program at the elementary and middle school levels

Percussion Technician

August 2016 - June 2017

• William Tennent High School
  • Teaching percussion technique to non-percussionists who performed successfully at a competitive level
  • Scheduling and managing rehearsals for all battery and front ensemble players
  • Preparing students for marching competition, parade, and trip performances

Long Term Substitute, Orchestra and General Music

October 2016 - March 2017

• Upper Moreland High School
  Upper Moreland Middle School
  • Directing the Orchestra at both schools, currently preparing for the Spring Concert
  • Teaching General Music and Piano Lab courses
  • Directing the middle school musical Beauty and the Beast, managing auditions, rehearsal schedule, and choreography

Long Term Substitute

August 2015 - June 2016

• Richboro Middle School, January 2016 – June 2016
  Rolling Hills Elementary School, November 2015 – February 2016
  Welch Elementary School, August 2015 – October 2015
  • Continued musical excellence in various programs around the district during long term teacher absences
  • Conducted choruses at all three schools including the Winter Concert at Rolling Hills Elementary and the Spring Concert at Richboro Middle School
  • Prepared three performances with the Richboro Middle School Chorus, including a contest at Hershey Park and a district-wide collaboration concert with singers from Fifth to Twelfth grades

Front Ensemble Technician, Indoor Drumline Director

August 2014 - April 2016

• Led rehearsals and taught percussion technique to the Front Ensemble and Indoor Drumline
• Coordinated football and competition performances

General Music Teacher

August 2013 – June 2014

• Adapting the Philadelphia Music standards to create a music curriculum for K-8 with defined unit sequences
• Creating engaging lesson plans, teaching music literacy, music history, music theory, vocal techniques, and instrumental techniques
• Maintaining an educational, disciplined, and fun learning environment
• Adjusting lessons to meet the specific goals of students with Individualized Education Plans

General Music Teacher and Choir Director

September 2009 - May 2013

• Spruance Elementary School 2010 – 2013
  Bache-Martin Elementary School and Houston Elementary School 2009 – 2010
  • Created, planned, and executed field trips for chosen students in grades 4 through 8, such as taking 40 children to “Heroes in Music” performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Organized Fall and Spring choir concerts during school hours with students ranging from grade 2 to grade 8, with limited in-school rehearsal time
  • Taught a variety of students in three Title I schools
  • Emphasized movement and aural interaction with severely handicapped students, according to their Individualized Education Plans

Musical Experience

President

September 2007 - May 2009

• Assisted conductor with managing orchestra
• Built a community among members
• Coordinated rehearsal schedule with other ensembles
• Organized concert and rehearsal set-up and clean-up

Music Director

August 2008 - December 2008

• Recruited, rehearsed and conducted pit orchestra for musical The Last Five Years
• Prepared cast members for their songs with rehearsal pianist
• Performed the musical successfully with limited resources

Exchange Student

January 2007 - May 2007

• Studied percussion performance, music history, music theory and French

Performances & Conferences

• Solo Senior Recital, April 2009
• Ruhlman Conference, Spring 2009:
  Presented thesis on xylophone ragtime composer George Hamilton Green
• Wellesley Concerto Competition, Fall 2008:
  Winner on marimba
• Solo Junior Recital, May 2008:
  Performed original arrangement for marimba and koto
• President Bottomly Inauguration, May 2008:
  Selected amongst music majors to play at the inauguration of the new Wellesley College President
• Tanner Conference, Fall 2007:
  Invited to present experience studying abroad in France

Additional Skills

• Conversational fluency in French
• Knowledge of German and Japanese
• Competent in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, and Smartboard and Promethean Board Technology

• Member, Percussion Section, in four community groups
• Private percussion and piano lessons
• Experienced in Sibelius music notation software
• Accomplished player of four-mallet marimba and orchestral percussion