Teaching & Coaching
K-12 Education
Instructional Coaching
Instructional Design Strategist, Access & Inclusion, Iowa City Community School District, 2023-present
I work alongside teachers, curriculum coordinators, school counselors, and district leaders to foster spaces of inclusion in all junior high and high school electives.
Instructional Design Strategist, Innovation, Iowa City Community School District, 2017-2023
Music Teaching
K-12 Music Coordinator, Iowa City Community School District, 2022-2023
Elementary Music Teacher, Iowa City Community School District, 2009-2023
Elementary Music Teacher, International School Bangkok, 2004-2009
K-8 Music Teacher, Achieve Language Academy, 2000-2004
Music Teacher Education
Curriculum Development in Orff Schulwerk, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, August 2024
Orff Schulwerk, Level II Basic Ensemble & Pedagogy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, July 2024
Orff Schulwerk, Level I Basic Ensemble & Pedagogy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, June 2024
Orff Schulwerk, Level II Basic Ensemble & Pedagogy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, July 2023
Orff Schulwerk, Level I Basic Ensemble & Pedagogy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, June 2023
Teaching Strategies for the Responsive Music Educator, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, Winter 2023, co-taught with Dr. Beth Brown
Curriculum Development in Orff Schulwerk, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, August 2022
Orff Schulwerk, Level I Basic Ensemble & Pedagogy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, June 2022
Artful~Playful~Mindful (online), University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Winter 2022
Independent Study Advisor, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN, Summer 2021
Directed Study: Curriculum Development in Orff Schulwerk, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, Summer 2021
Curriculum Development in Orff Schulwerk (online), University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, July 2021
Orff Schulwerk, Level I Basic Ensemble & Pedagogy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, June 2021
Independent Study Advisor, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN, Fall 2020
Artful~Playful~Mindful in Action (online), University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, August 2020
Artful~Playful~Mindful in Action (online), University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, June/July 2020
Curriculum Development in Orff Schulwerk, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, August 2019
Orff Schulwerk, Level I Basic Ensemble & Pedagogy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, June 2019
Curriculum Development in Orff Schulwerk, University of the Arts (Villanova University campus), Philadelphia, PA, July 2018
Curriculum Development in Orff Schulwerk, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, August 2017, assisting Jay Broeker
Curriculum Development in Orff Schulwerk, University of the Arts (Villanova University campus), Philadelphia, PA, July 2017
Orff Curriculum Development, University of Missouri-St. Louis St. Louis, MO June 19-23, 2017, co-taught with BethAnn Hepburn
Roles & ReCognitions
Associate Editorial Board, International Journal of Education & the Arts (2024-2028)
Editorial Board, The Orff Echo, the national, peer-reviewed journal and philosophical voice of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association (2021-2025)
Impact Award (with ICCSD Innovation Team), Iowa City Area Business Partnership & Iowa City Area Development Group, 2019
President, First Iowa Orff Chapter, 2016-2018
Spotlight Award, The American Center for Elemental Music and Movement, 2015
Barbara Potter Scholarship, American Orff-Schulwerk Association, 2014
Shine Award, Iowa City Community School District, 2013
