Rocky Heights Middle School (Denver, CO) Drama Teacher August 4th, 2015 - Present
o Create and teach daily theater elective lessons with characterization and confidence at it’s heart.
Daystar Academy (Beijing, China) Performing Arts Teacher September 2014 - July 2015
o Designed theater curriculums containing drama games, projects & performance opportunities appropriate for mixed Chinese
and International K - 5th grade students: focus on collaboration, concentration, imagination, expression & story telling
o Wrote, adapted & devised original theatrical scripts to challenge and showcase the skills learned in class
C.S.T.N. - STRIVE, KIPP, SMART (Denver, CO) Short Term/Long Term Sub Teacher Academic Year ’13 — ’14
o Carried out given K-12 lesson plans or expanded and devised spontaneous purposeful lesson plans when necessary.
Eleanor Roosevelt High School (NY, NY) American Lit./Drama Student Teacher March ’13 – June ’13
o Planned and facilitated Common Core aligned American English Lit. student-centered activities, including a series of role-playing
debates
o Prepared and taught Stanislovski focused drama curriculum centered on building character, status, script analysis, style,
improvisation, and the beat rehearsal process
o Directed and served as acting coach for the Drama Lit. Scenes for a school wide performance
Hyde Elementary Charter School (NY, NY) Performing Arts Student Teacher January ‘ 13 – April ’13
o Devised NYC Blue Print For Theater aligned units and lesson plans for students in grades K – 3 focusing on collaboration,
concentration, movement & creative expression
Freelance Home School (NY, NY) Theater Teacher (Middle School) June ’12 – June ’13
o Designed and executed an ongoing theater curriculum for children ages 8 — 13
o Fostered student’s imaginative theater skills through a multitude of activities including: characterization, improvisation, scene
work, group mind games, and speech correction
Dreamyard Preparatory H.S. (NY, NY) Theater Teacher December ’11 – March ’12
o Developed and instructed varying theater curriculums for 9 th – 12 th grade theater electives
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Fredrick Douglas Academy III (NY, NY) Theater Instructor / Director Academic Year ’10 — ’11
o Inaugurated and led an after-school daily theater club, which included improv, scene work, and directing skills
o Directed & produced a student devised show of scenes and one acts around student selected themes
o Integrated music, dance, improvisation, props, theater games and multi-media into an original production
TEACHING ARTIST / WORKSHOP POSITIONS
Qinghua High School (Beijing, China) Theater Workshop Theater Sept. ’14 — Dec. ’14
o Developed and conducted 2 - 4 hour workshops relating to theater to middle and high school aged Chinese students.
o Invented activities to help students understand Status, character and vocal expression on top of collaboration and ensemble.
Dulwich College (Beijing, China) Theater Workshop Teacher May ‘14
o Led a Commedia Del’Arte intensive (Lazzi, Improv, Status) for 7th grade international students ending with a performance.
NYC Go Project (NY, NY) Theater Enrichment Teacher Summer 2013
o Taught Physical Theater using backwards curriculum planning & student centered project-based learning
o Led theater games and lessons leading up to a complex tableau story telling project
o Staged three self-written short plays, which focused 3rd grade students’ use of Physical Theater “Nightmares”
SCO Family Dynamics (NY, NY) Director / Theater Activity Specialist April ’13 – June ‘13
o Wrote, directed and produced a devised piece for urban, under privileged, K — 5th grade students
o Generated and activated theater activities to inspire K – 5th Grade students to write a show together
o Introduced theater skills and the creative process to first time theater artists
Democracy Preparatory H.S. (NY, NY) Theater Enrichment Teacher April ’12 – August ‘12
o Initiated and mobilized an after-school comedy skills workshop for 9th & 10th graders
o Originated new ways to over come student resistance and incorporate cultural relevance
Classic Stage Company Shakespeare (NY, NY) Teaching Artist January ‘10 - May '10
o Conducted an innovative contemporary Shakespeare curriculum that culminated into a scene night
o Orchestrated original and classical theater exercises to aid students to overcome challenges of language
City College of New York: Masters of Education - Educational Theater 2010 — 2013
o Focus on Common Core, theater pedagogy & classroom structure. Thesis: Overcoming Resistance Through Game Design
Columbia University: Masters of Fine Arts - Acting 2007 – 2010
o Intensive classical & modern acting conservatory conducted by world-renowned professors such as Kristen Linklater, Andrei
Serban, Niki Woltz, Anne Bogart, Olympia Dukakis, Anson Mount, and Robert Woodruff
Nazareth College: Bachelors of Arts - Theater 1998 — 2002
Second City Toronto: Improvisation Conservatory 2002 — 2004
Michael Wiggins Teaching Intensive (NYC) 2010
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