Elementary School Music

CERTIFICATION

Tennessee Department of Education

Type 22, AT (Apprentice Teacher)

Areas of Endorsement: 028, School Music K-12

*/*/**** – 8/31/1999

Type 03, Professional

Areas of Endorsement: 028, School Music K-12

7/1/1997 – 8/31/2007

Arkansas Department of Education

Provisional

Areas of Endorsement: School Music K-12

Application submitted and being processed for Professional license

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Harrisburg School District, Harrisburg, Arkansas

Music Teacher, K-6

2014 – 2022 Harrisburg Elementary School

Catholic Diocese of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee

Music Teacher, Pre K-12

2003 – 2005 Immaculate Conception Cathedral School

Memphis City Schools, Memphis, Tennessee

Orff Music Teacher, K-6

1993 – 1994 Delano Elementary Optional School, K-6

(Itinerant) Gardenview Elementary School, K-1

1994 – 1995 Delano Elementary Optional School, K-6

(Itinerant) Goodlett Elementary School, K-1

Westhaven Elementary School, K-1

Manor Lake Elementary School, 3

1995 – 1996 Willow Oaks Elementary School, K-1

(Itinerant) Cherokee Elementary School, K-1

Double Tree Elementary School, K-1

1996 – 1997 Willow Oaks Elementary School, K-1

(Itinerant) Cherokee Elementary School, K-1

Goodlett Elementary School, K-1

1997 – 2001 Sheffield Elementary School, 2-6

Campus School, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee

Student Teacher, Directing Teacher – Susan VanDyck, Orff Music Teacher

January 1993 – May 1993

EDUCATION

Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee, May 1998 – December 1992

B.M. in School Music (Choral)

Graduated Cum Laude

Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee, January 1993 – July 1993

Student Teaching

Course work for teacher certification

University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, June 1993 – July 1994

Graduate studies in Orff-Schulwerk, Level I and II

East Arkansas Community College, Wynne, Arkansas, August 2013 – December 2013

Coursework in Arkansas History

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Shields-Gillespie Scholarship

Awarded by the American Orff-Schulwerk Association

1994

Professional Grant

Awarded by the Memphis City Schools for developing and implementing the curriculum “Music Books,” incorporating music in student reading programs.

2000

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Music Educator’s National Conference (MENC)

Collegiate Member, 1990 – 1993

Professional Member, 1993 – 2001

American Orff-Schulwerk Association

Collegiate Member, 1993

Professional Member, 1993 – 2001 and 2003 – 2005

Tennessee Education Association

Professional Member, 1993 – 2001

Memphis Education Association

Professional Member, 1993 - 2001

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