Resume

My  Unique Story & Effecting Change

Goals and Application in Schools

Look-fors, Expectations and Behaviors in an Arts Integration School

Featured News Articles:

• Hopatcong Students Craft Ornaments for State Tree by White House (Patch: Dec. 15, 2021)

• Washington, D.C. Christmas Tree  Features Ornaments Designed by North Jersey First Graders  (North Jersey Herald: Dec. 15, 2021)

• Hopatcong Students Design Ornaments to Represent NJ on National Holiday Tree in DC (NJEA: Dec. 6, 2021)

• Social and Emotional Learning on the Dot (NJEA Review: Oct. 29, 2021)

• Hopatcong Teacher Chosen as Sussex County Teacher of the Year (Aug. 26, 2021)

• Hopatcong Schools Achieve Major Leadership with Extraordinary Teacher & Partnership with TeachRock (June 11, 2020)

• Hopatcong Music Teacher gives lecture at Westminster Choir College (Nov. 17, 2016)

Articles Written:

• Published by NJMEA TEMPO Magazine, NAfME Teaching Music Magazine, MMEA Digital Magazine, inTune Magazine, SBO Magazine, The Institute for Arts Integration & STEAM, & TeachRock

• Differentiated Collaboration for Arts Integration (Sept. 2018)

• Deepening Learning with Skype (Oct. 2018)

• Creating a Case for Creativity (Nov. 2018)

• Using Chiptune to Inject Music into a Curriculum Centered on STEM (Nov. 2018)

• Whose Playlist Is It Anyway? (Dec. 2018)

• STEAMing Up Your Music Classroom (Jan. 2019)

• Utilizing Student-Centered Assessments (Feb. 2019)

• KEEPing Up With Digital Organization (March 2019)

• Flip Your Classroom (April 2019)

• Virtual Learning In Practice (April 2020)

• Embedding the Framework for Art Education and Social Emotional Learning (August 2021)

• SEL Learning on the Dot (November 2021, NJEA Review)

• 12 Days of Reset (December 2021, Arts Ed NJ Blog)

Podcasts

• Using Chromebooks in Ensemble Rehearsals (May 1, 2018) - Midnight Music

• STEAM Lessons for Music Teachers (May 25, 2018) - Midnight Music

• How to Write an Online Course (Sept. 24, 2018) - Midnight Music

• MusicFirst: Profiles in Teaching with Technology (Jan. 8, 2019)

• Making Music through Makerspaces (March 2019) - The Creatively Connected Classroom & Education Closet

• Coding and Music (June 21, 2019) - Music Ed Mentor Podcast

• Job Transitions: How & When to Make a Change (June 12, 2020) - Music Ed Mentor Podcast

• Tips for Returning to School in a Changing Environment (Aug. 18, 2020)

• MusicEd Tech Talk w/ Robbie Burns (March 15, 2021)

• Teacher Rejuvenation w/ NJDOE (November 10, 2021)

• Successfully Integrating Music into the STEM Curriculum (Feb. 7, 2022) - New Jersey School Board's Association, Education Matters

Webinars

• Flip Your Classroom with Performance Assessments (January 29, 2019 for PMEA)

• What I LOVE about EEMC (April 23, 2020 for Hal Leonard Corp.)

• Technology to Support Elementary General Music (July 30, 2020 for Music Ed Tech Conference)

• Everything You Want to Know About EE Music Class (June 4, 2020 for Hal Leonard Corp.)

• Making Art + Global Connections (Oct. 22, 2020 for The Smithsonian Institute, Asian Pacific American Center) includes full arts integration lesson (Social Studies + Visual Art + Social-Emotional Learning)

• Planning the Rest of Your Year with EE Music Class (Oct. 29, 2020 for Hal Leonard Corp.)

• EEMC New Features and Lessons! (April 15, 2021 for Hal Leonard Corp.)

Sample Arts Integration Lessons

• Sound Waves - Integrating Music with Science

  • Checklist Assessment

• The Blues & The Great Depression

  • Teacher Assessment (Rubric)

• Shapes of Electric Guitars

  • Student Checklist

  • Teacher Assessment (Rubric)

Sample STEAM Unit

• Coding & Music Composition

Sample Assessments

• Artwork That Sings Continuum (Formative Assessment)

• Artwork That Sings Student Assessment (Summative Assessment)

• Artwork That Sings Teacher Assessment (Summative Assessment)

• Recycled Instruments Students Checklist (Formative Assessment)

• Recycled Instruments Teacher Rubric (Summative Assessment)

• E/LA & Visual Arts Diagnostic Assessment