Experience

Berkshire Hills Music Academy

• United States
• Musicians
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Supervisor of Dance and Music

  • Aug 2009 - Present

  ● Creator/Director of "SHINE", a 5 member vocational dance troupe targeted at performing and providing movement opportunities from school aged children to senior citizens ● Developed the program for both individual and group movement/dance/yoga classes, for students with varying special needs ● Programming of choreography for mid and end of semester student performances ● Provide support to students within the classroom as a team teacher ● Provide direct support to students preparing and executing selections chosen for weekly “variety hour” performances ● Development and implementation of the Musical Theater/ Dance program for Summer Broadway and Rock and Roll camp weeks ● Responsible for cumulative “end of semester” progress reports for students Show less



Mount Holyoke College

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Freelance Instructor

  • Aug 1992 - Aug 2021



Amherst Leisure Services Community Theater

• Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

• Choreographer

  • Aug 2010 - Jan 2020



Holmes Studio of Dance, Music and Wellness

• Easthampton, Massachusetts, United States

• Founder/Proprietor/Instructor

  • 1994 - 2016

  ● Managed overall business and employees (15+) o Mentored new teachers o Provided the artistic framework for the business o Created advertising, implemented new ideas/programs for business growth o Conduct annual reviews o Designed/conducted staff meetings on a bi-annual basis ● Instructor (tap, jazz, hip hop and lyrical classes for children ages 3 through adult) ● Instructor (aerobic/pilates/yoga/Zumba classes for all ages and abilities) ● Choreographed dances for the yearly recital ● Instruct Music Together Classes to children and their families ● Owned, managed and maintained business property Show less



Pioneer Valley Musical Theater

• South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States

• Dance and Musical Theater Instructor

  • 2012 - 2013

  ● Designed/implemented 3 new courses in dance/history and musical theater ● Responsible for both high school and middle school student classes ● Created lessons that incorporated history and dance technique with use of multi media ● Designed/implemented 3 new courses in dance/history and musical theater ● Responsible for both high school and middle school student classes ● Created lessons that incorporated history and dance technique with use of multi media



Northampton/Easthampton/Hampshire Regional Public Schools

• Massachusetts, United States

• Special Education Teacher

  • 1992 - 1997

  ● Maintained a continuum of various teaching styles to best support students and staff ● Assessments conducted through a variety of tools and techniques ● Conducted Chapter 766 Team Meetings ● Developed/implemented Individual Educational Plans ● Facilitated common planning time and consultation with regular education, reading recovery, speech and language staff, School Adjustment Counselors, SPED Paraprofessionals and other support staff ● Designed/developed and implemented an inclusion model that encompassed previously segregated students in grades 1 - 4 ● Literacy Network participant o Created a curriculum for a language/literacy based program ● Mainstreamed special needs students into an early childhood classroom ● Participated in group study towards final NAEYC accreditation Show less