High School Maintenance
Resume:
REBEKAH ANNE TERWILLIGER
Alvin, TX 77511
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EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Rebekah Terwilliger is a comprehensive educator with over 12 years of leadership, management, strategy,
product development, service delivery, and operational experience.
SKILL HIGHLIGHTS
Administration of a large choral and Recruiting
instrumental music programs Training of support staff and student
Overseeing student teachers teacher aids
Curriculum development Preparing budgets and annual reports
Event planning and presentation Technology integration
Procuring guest musical artists Process improvement
Advertising Creating a master calendar for a busy visual
and performing arts department
Fundraising
Trip planning Uniform procurement and maintenance
Public relations Instrument maintenance and repair
Advocacy Music library acquisition and inventory
Microsoft Suite Proficiency
Marketing
CERTIFICATIONS
Texas Education Agency State of Texas
One Year Texas Educator Certificate
Authorized Field: Music (EC-12)
English as a Second Language Supplemental (EC-12)
Commission on Teacher Credentialing State of California
Professional Clear Single Subject Teaching Credential with CLAD Certification
Authorized Field: Music (K-12)
EDUCATION
Point Loma Nazarene University Bakersfield, CA
Master of Arts, Education: Teaching and Learning, May 2007
Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego, CA
Bachelor of Arts, Music: Music Education, August 2002
Charles A Lindbergh High School Renton, WA
High School Diploma, May 1998
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
The American Choral Directors Association
The Texas Music Educators Association
The National Association for Music Education
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Alvin Independent School District Alvin, TX
Alvin ISD August 2014-Present
Head Choir Director
The job requirement of this position is directing multiple level choral ensembles. Duties include lesson
planning, curriculum development, fundraising, event and concert planning, trip planning, preparing
students for honor choir auditions, recruiting, uniform purchasing and maintenance, music library
purchasing and maintenance, and growing an active parent booster club. Special duties have included
being the vocal director for South Pacific a large musical production.
Point Loma Nazarene University Bakersfield, CA
School of Education March 2011 to June 2014
Adjunct Professor
The job requirement of this position is teaching EDU 629 Methods of Teaching Secondary Music which
introduces candidates to a variety of assessments, instructional, and management strategies as related to
secondary music content subject matter. Approaches are given for band, orchestra, choir, class guitar,
and exploring music teachers. The course is taught via multiple modalities; video conference, online, and
traditional classroom setting. On many occasions after this course is completed I serve as a
mentor/advisor for these candidates as they begin their teaching careers.
Kern High School District Bakersfield, CA
Ridgeview High School August 2007 to June 2014
Director of Choral Music & Class Guitar
The job requirements of this position include directing multiple level choral ensembles and guitar courses.
Duties include lesson planning, curriculum development, fundraising, event and concert planning, trip
planning, preparing students for college scholarship and honor choir auditions, hosting choir festivals,
preparing annual budgets, preparing annual master calendar for the Ridgeview High School performing
arts department, recruiting, uniform purchasing and maintenance, music library purchasing and
maintenance, and commissioning choral arrangements for my choirs . Special duties have included being
the vocal director for large musical productions such as Fiddler on the Roof, Oklahoma!, West Side Story,
and Beauty and the Beast and bringing in guest artists to perform and work with my students such as
Kenton Chen (appeared on Season 2 of The Sing Off and has opened on tour for Ben Folds) and Ben Bram
(arranger, producer, and coach for shows like The Sing Off, Pitch Perfect, Glee, and The Voice) .
Bakersfield City School District Bakersfield, CA
Sequoia Middle School August 2004 to June 2007
Washington Middle School
Director of Vocal & Instrumental Music
The job requirements of this position included directing band (concert and marching), drum line, string
orchestra, class piano, class guitar, and choir ensembles as well as teaching a rotating small group lesson
schedule. Duties included lesson planning, scheduling lessons, curriculum development, fundraising,
event and concert planning, trip planning, overhauling and ordering repair of the instrument inventory at
two school sites, ordering new instruments, and designing and ordering new marching band uniforms.
Special duties included being the flag team coach, yearbook advisor, Co -Chair of the district Honor Band
2005 and 2006, Chair of the district Honor Band 2007, and Co -Chair of the 2006 Downtown Christmas
Parade Band Committee. I was named the 2004-2005 Bakersfield City School District
teaching intern of the year.
Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego, CA
University Advancement/Office of Planned Giving July 2002 to August 2004
Planned Giving Specialist
The job requirements of this position involved assisting the Director of Planned Giving, even t planning
and presentation, website development and marketing, preparing annual report, mail campaigns, process
re-engineering and automation, liaison between traveli ng reps, estate planning attorneys, and donors,
database manipulation, query reporting, statistical analysis, document and report writing, brochure and
newsletter design.
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