Education
****: Florida State University, School of Music: Theory and Composition
2011: University of California, Los Angeles, School of Arts and Architecture:
Bachelor of Fine Arts
2019: California State University, Long Beach: Single Subject Certificate in Art Education (K-12)
Certification:
2016: First Aid / CPR
2017-18: CPI/QBS
Selected Education Employment History
2017: Behavioral Interventionist: CNCA Sandra Cisneros:
Work one-on-one with students who display disruptive behavioral patterns and supportively teach the student how to redirect these behaviors into positive, self-regulating, non-destructive attitudes and actions.
Work one-on-one with students who display behavioral patterns on improving the understanding their academic process.
Assist the teacher with the students’ comprehension and progression with the daily classroom assignments.
Work with the students one on one and in small groups in the progression and comprehension of the classroom daily assignments.
2016 – 2017: Substitute Teaching / Paraprofessional / Teacher Assistant / Office Support: Direct Ed
Substitute teaching based upon primary teacher’s lesson plan already in progress.
Assist the primary teacher with preparing and organizing the classroom and teaching materials for the lesson and assignments for each day.
Assist the teacher with the students’ comprehension and progression with the daily classroom assignments.
Work with the students one on one and in small groups in their comprehension of the daily assignments.
Work one-on-one with students who display disruptive behavioral patterns in the general classroom on their academic process.
2000 – Present: Private Music Instruction and Tutoring: Barker Studio Instruction in violin, fiddle, guitar, piano, voice, music theory. Work with students in developing an understanding of and building their musical craft.
Working with students in their development of a deeper conceptual understanding of music.
Encourage students in collective and solo performance.
Facilitating these performances.
2011: Art Workshop Program Director and Instructor; Homeless Health Care Los Angeles (HHCLA)-Los Angeles, CA. Create and facilitate art workshops in order to engage the homeless client population. Create and develop liner lesson plans, implicate these lesson plans. Work with HHCLA’s client population in the clients’ aesthetic development. Collaborate with staff and volunteers assisting in the art workshop program.
2000 – Present: Private Music Instruction and Tutoring: Barker Studio Instruction in violin, fiddle, guitar, piano, voice, music theory. Work with students in developing an understanding of and building their musical craft.
Working with students in their development of a deeper conceptual understanding of music.
Encourage students in collective and solo performance.
Facilitating these performances.