Educator

Education    

Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY   Bachelor of Music

K-12 Music Education and Voice Performance 

American International College, Springfield, MA  Master of Early Childhood Education

PreK-2  Education with Moderate Disabilities

Endicott College, Beverly, MA  Master of Organizational Management

Elementary Administration

Educator Licenses Massachusetts: 

K-12 Music, PreK-2 Early Childhood, PreK-6 Principal

Work Journey Highlights

Music Educator- Lincoln Prek-4 (Lincoln Public Schools) Curriculum Lead Teacher- Music 

Lincoln, MA                                                                            

• Created a scope and sequence with the music team that reflects the Lincoln learning standards.
• Created and implemented a third-grade recorder unit.
• Created music centers for Kindergarten and first grade to support creative play and individual choice in music education.
• Created cross-curricular learning projects to enhance classroom instruction and other specialist disciplines.
• Began a Ukulele program for the fifth-grade ensemble requirement.
• Performed an original musical (reader’s theater) with first grade.
• Performed integrated continents project with second grade.
• Created a multimodal recorder curriculum for the third/fourth grade that uses creative access points to support students performing on the recorder.
• Musically directed four middle school productions of fifty to ninety students.
• Arranged and prepared musicians to play for musical productions.

Kindergarten Educator- Lincoln Prek-4 (Lincoln Public Schools)

Lincoln, MA                                                                            

• Created a comprehensive multicultural curriculum in the Kindergarten classroom.
• Wrote a grant to create and record songs for the New Phonics program.
• Wrote a grant to update all listening centers to have digital music accessed by iPods/iPads.
• Integrated music, reading, and technology to increase decoding and comprehension skills.

Kindergarten Educator- Early Learning Center (Chelsea Public Schools)

Chelsea, MA                                                                                

• Created a comprehensive multicultural curriculum in the Kindergarten classroom.
• Developed math, writing, phonics, art, science, listening, and computer centers.
• Created comprehensive work sample portfolios to show the growth and development of students.

Music Educator-West Intermediate School, Boutwell School (Wilmington Public Schools)

Wilmington, MA                                                                          

• Rehearsed and managed a fifth-grade choral ensemble of 175 students.
• Created an authentic recorder curriculum to incorporate into the existing music curriculum.
• Performed thematic concerts that enhanced grade-level curriculum.

Music Educator-E.E. Little Elementary (North Reading School District)

North Reading, MA                                                                        

• Designed a culturally sensitive music curriculum in the elementary school.
• Enhanced music education by teaching recorder and beginning piano curriculum units.
• Taught beginning brass, woodwinds, and percussion lessons to upper-level students.
• Served on the community outreach committee.

Music Educator- Enfield Elementary (Ithaca City School District)

Ithaca, NY                                                                                         

• Designed a multicultural curriculum sensitive to the school community.
• Performed outreach concerts in the community with the students.
• Served on the multi-cultural committee, performing arts committee, and technology committee

Public Committees

• Massachusetts Arts Ambassador for Greater Boston. Music Ambassador for Professional Development Series Spring 2020
• Massachusetts Arts Committee for Music Standards Review 2018
• Education Advisory Council for the Boston Symphony Orchestra 2017-Present
• MA DESE Arts Advisory Council 2021-Present