MATTHEW POPIELSKI

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Cherry Hill, NJ Home#440-***-****

08002

act6to@r.postjobfree.com http://www.popielskimusic.com OBJECTIVE

Obtaining a teaching position that utilizes my passion for teaching music to create a positive experience for the students by implementing various teaching methods and coordinating with other teacher to work on interdisciplinary units.

CERTIFICATION

State of New Jersey Certificate of Eligibility K-12 Music. TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Yorkship Elementary School, Camden, NJ

• Long-term Substitute Music Teacher Grades Pre-k - 5

• Create and execute general music study lesson plans for grades Pre-k – 5

• Provide lunchroom and hall monitoring

Elizabeth Haddon Elementary School

• Substitute Teacher in K-5 classrooms.

• Educational Assistant in Computer Lab K-5 classes.

• Provide one on one instruction for students in the classroom Private Lessons for Piano and Percussion Ages 5-16 – Part-time for 8 years.

• Developed personalized lesson plans for students to focus of how they learn best, kinesthetically, visually, auditory.

• Organize annual student recitals.

• Utilized games and activities as part of lessons to reinforce lesson plan.

• Presented concepts of piano study in manner that is transferable and applicable to other disciplines.

• Developed exercises and performance pieces for students to facilitate learning.

• Developed arrangements of contemporary music for students to encourage application of studies. Percussion Instructor for South Jersey Youth Drum Corps (now defunct).

• Developed percussion arrangements of music for performance by drum line of the corps.

• Instructed drum line on fundamentals of percussion.

• Primary Drum Line Instructor.

Other Teaching Experience

• Developed and instructed various IT Training Courses during my career in Information technology (listed below).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Composer/Arranger/Musician/Producer/Audio Engineer – Collection Of Children’s Yoga Songs co-written with Darlene Kelbach

• Developed, performed music and produced an album of children’s yoga curriculum entitled “Children’s Yoga for the Classroom”.

Composer/Musician/Producer – Play Along CD for 3rd Grade Music/Recorder Class “Tootsie, The Spotted Leopard Gecko”. Created supplementary curriculum for 3rd Grade Recorder class. Composed song about class pet and arranged for recorder. It was utilized as part of the class recorder studies. Composer/Musician/Producer – Children’s Songs on YouTube – Beanie Boo Stew, Beanie Boo Dance, Lego Tin Man

Composer – Children’s Piano Music Studies.

• Composed music studies and performance works for beginner and intermediate piano students. Progressive Insurance - 300 North Commons Blvd,

Mayfield Hts., OH, Feb. 2004 – April 2005, Feb. 2007 to April 2013 Application System Analyst/Programmer Supervisors: Craig Berg, Brian Lewis Programmer and Systems Analyst developed and supported internal and external software packages.

• Developed Coursework and trained employees on Support Desk Procedures.

• Developed Procedures and Trained Employees on Maintenance Procedures.

• Provided Support and Training on Internal and Externally developed software applications. Insite Systems Inc., 5300 Engle Rd, Middleburg Heights, OH, Oct. 2003 to Jan. 2004 Independent Consultant Supervisor: Craig Benjamin

Consultant providing programming services and technical support and training for Internal and externally developed software solution.

• Created training documentation and provided customer training for ISO9000 software solution. Customers were pleased with the new services, resulting in referrals for new sales opportunities for the product.

S & P Solutions, Inc., 53000 Chardon Rd, Willoughby Hills, OH, April to May 2003 Independent Consultant Supervisor: Rochelle O’Brien Consultant for an enterprise monitoring management upgrade project at Progressive Insurance, Mayfield, Ohio. Contracted as an extension of existing project following departure from Computer Associates.

• Developed implementation procedures on a project to upgrade server software on approximately 700 Windows servers. Procedures were used by team of consultants as a checklist during server the upgrade process, ensuring that the 75 step procedure was completed successfully without error. Project was completed on time and under budget.

Computer Associates International, 6150 Oak Tree Blvd., Independence, OH, May 1999 to April 2003 Technical Consultant Supervisor: Larry Pearce

Consultant providing training, technical support, programming, documentation, administration, maintenance, project management and implementation services on a wide variety of IT applications

• Consultant for installation, deployment, implementation, documentation and training of enterprise software solutions at numerous Fortune 500 companies. Effective deployment strategies, testing, troubleshooting, documentation and training at client site led to successful implementations. Computer Dynamics, 1500 Sprague Rd, Middleburg Heights, OH, August 1997 to May 1999 Programmer Supervisor: Len Krauss

Responsible for writing, upgrading, installing, and supporting customized business software applications.

• Programmer provided customization, maintenance, support and training to clients of proprietary business applications package.

• Created documentation and training procedure to upgrade/install new servers and custom software solutions at client sites. Trained staff on procedures enabling greater staff flexibility to deliver more products and services to our clients.

EDUCATION

Masters of Music Composition, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, May 2007 Bachelor of Arts Music, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 1997 OTHER SKILLS

Proficient in music software programs including Logic Pro X, Digital Performer, Cubase, Finale, Sibelius Over 15 years experience in IT as an instructor, programmer, analyst, technician, and network administrator.

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