Experience

Northland Preparatory Academy

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Dean Of Faculty

  • May 2021 - Present

  Create and deliver professional development opportunities. Create and maintain large systems of internal communication. Evaluate and support faculty. Approve and guide research. Student discipline and board committee work on Diversity and a Inclusion. Member of administrative leadership team. Faculty accountability.

• Director of Guitar Studies

  • Aug 2010 - Mar 2022

  NPA is a school where all students are encouraged to do their best academically and personally. Towards that end all of us need to work together to support one another. I know it sounds corny but we can make a real difference for others as well as ourselves through that support.

• Director of AP Capstone

  • Aug 2017 - May 2021

  Developed the curriculum, recruited, and taught the pilot for AP Seminar and AP Research. Once established, recruited, interviewed, and on boarded next gen. educators to fulfill position.



Northern Arizona University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Guitar Studies (Interim)

  • Jan 2019 - May 2020

  Reestablished and grew the guitar studies program. Set up infrastructure and norms for COVID 19 remote learning strategies. Prepared students for graduation recitals at the graduate and under graduate levels, and expanded the guitar literature in the music library. Reestablished and grew the guitar studies program. Set up infrastructure and norms for COVID 19 remote learning strategies. Prepared students for graduation recitals at the graduate and under graduate levels, and expanded the guitar literature in the music library.



Thomas Byers Guitar Studio

• United States
• Retail

• Owner and Director

  • Dec 2011 - Jun 2019

  We aim to enrich the community through quality guitar lessons and education. We do this by focusing on traceable student development, hiring qualified teachers, and creating a comfortable learning atmosphere. Through the online Guitar for All curriculum and expert teaching, we bring the joys of learning to more than just the Flagstaff community. We aim to enrich the community through quality guitar lessons and education. We do this by focusing on traceable student development, hiring qualified teachers, and creating a comfortable learning atmosphere. Through the online Guitar for All curriculum and expert teaching, we bring the joys of learning to more than just the Flagstaff community.