Education
Michigan State University
January 2019 to August 2020
Master of Arts in Educational Technology
Received Certificate in Educational Technology June 2019.
General Assembly
December 2015 to March 2016
User Experience Design Course
Final project available on my LinkedIn.
Northern Michigan University
August 2010 to May 2014, magna cum laude
Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Music Education, Instrumental Concentration
Flute Section Leader, Pride of the North Marching Band 2012-2014
Principal Flutist, NMU Symphonic Band 2012 and 2013 seasons
Featured Soprano Soloist in Marquette Choral Society, April 2013
Northport High School
September 2006 to June 2010
Advanced Regents Diploma
Band and Choir Officer, 2009-2010
Co-editor of the Art & Literary Magazine, 2009-2010
Producer for Theater Troupe, 2008-2010
Work Experience
Tucson Unified School District (Mansfeld Magnet Middle School)
January 2021 to present
School Technology Liaison
Mansfeld Magnet Middle School is part of the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS) program, which provides all students with iPads with data plans. Deployed and maintained 1,154 iPads over the course of two school years while maintaining a less than 3% loss rate.
Kent School District 415
August 2017 to August 2020
Itinerant Elementary Music Teacher
Kindergarten Music Teacher at Kent Valley Early Learning Center (KVELC), while also teaching K-6 general music and 5-6 band at five other buildings. Managed KVELC Twitter account. Part of the COVID-19 Music Curriculum Response Group.
Renton School District 403
December 2016 to August 2017
Certificated Substitute Teacher
Substitute in various K-12 positions, mostly music. Included one week-long position as 6-12 choir director and two weeks-long position as 2-5 general music teacher.
NBC Learn
May 2015 to October 2016
Account Management Coordinator
Responsible for renewals of annual subscriptions and facilitating client use of NBC content in K-12 educational programs.
Volunteer & Other Experiences
Desert Bus for Hope
– Site Volunteer (2016)
– Chat Moderator (2017 to present)
LoadingReadyRun
– Twitch chat moderator (2017 to present)
Mu Beta Psi
– Vice President and Head of Technology Committee (2010-2013), Alumni Association Member (2014 to present)
New York State School Music Association
– Assistant All-State NYSSMA Festival Host, South Huntington Festival (2014)
Our Lady Queen of Martyrs
– Cantor for major holidays (2006 to present)
Skills
| Area | Knowledge |
|---|---|
| Learning Management Systems | Blackboard, Canvas, D2L, Schoology |
| Language | Basic Spanish (reading, writing, and speaking) |
| Social Media Management | Facebook, Twitter (Analytics), Tweetdeck |
| Office 365 | Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, OneDrive, OneNote, Teams, Forms, Sway, Stream |
| Adobe | Photoshop (basic), Spark, Marketing Cloud (Omniture) |
| CRM | Salesforce |
| Communication | Slack, Skype, Discord, Twitch, Google Hangouts/Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Trello |
| Drive, Photos, Gmail, Calendar, Keep, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms, Sites, YouTube | |
| Soft Skills | Courteous, empathetic, and driven. |
Image Attributions:
Kent Valley Early Learning Center logo provided by Kent School District Social Media team.
NBC Learn logo was available as part of the NBCLearn K-12 marketing package (site no longer live)
Renton School District logo available at rentonschools.us
The Commons within Northport High School in Northport, New York by Fife Club is licensed under CC3.0
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