About
- Doctor of Education (Ed. D.) from University of Pennsylvania in Educational & Organizational Leadership (2010). Dissertation: Education in the 21st Century: Toward an Expanded Epistemic Frame of Leadership.
- Master of Arts (MA) from Teachers College, Columbia University in Computing and Education – Technology Leadership (2005).
- Bachelors Degree in Music (BMus) from Moravian College. Graduated Magna Cum Laude with Honors in 1987.
- Pennsylvania teaching certifications in Music K-12 and as an Instructional Technology Specialist (received through Pennsylvania State University, 2002). Currently working on the Pennyslvania Superintendent’s Letter of Eligibility (University of Pennsylvania).
- Kodaly Certificate from Westminster Choir College (1992).
- Currently employed as Director of Data and Technology for the Salisbury Township School District in Pennsylvania.
- Prior to my current position, I was an Instructional Technology Specialist in the East Penn School District for seven years, and a choral/general music teacher for twelve. I began my work in East Penn in 1987.
- From 1993-2002, I served as the Chair of the Music Department.
- I have taught Online AP Music Theory instructor for AcademyPA.
- I am an adjunct professor at Moravian College where I teach education courses in the undergraduate and graduate education programs.
- I serve on the education committee of the American Boychoir School in Princeton, New Jersey.
- I founded and directed Emmaus Chamber Harmony for nine years. The group disbanded in June 2005.
- I have musically directed and produced many theater productions. I have as Conductor for Emmaus High School Productions of Les Miserable (2008, featured in the documentary Most Valuable Players), Aida (five 2007 Freddy Awards, including Outstanding Orchestra) Fiddler on the Roof, Fame, Footloose,The Wiz, Once On This Island (Freddy Award for Outstanding Chorus) as well as Civic Theatre of Allentown‘s Three Penny Opera In Concert and The Rocky Horror Show.
- I am Musical Director for the Freddy Awards, a televised program designed to recognize high school musical theatre in the Lehigh Valley. The program was awarded a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award for the 2004 telecast, and a nomination for the 2005 show.
- I was recently selected as the Mid-Career Program Alumni Fellow in Educational Leadership at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania for 2011-12.
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