Highlights of Qualifications: * High school and junior high drama director of musicals, plays, one acts, and variety shows overseeing all performance elements both onstage and behind the scenes * Experienced educator in Theater Arts, Acting, English, Oral Communications, Media, and Stagecraft, teaching diverse populations, coursework, and grade levels * Developed and implemented Media Literacy curriculum utilizing video technology and social media for grades 7 through 12 * Strong track record of successfully reaching struggling students through unique, authentic learning opportunities and assessments * Created an extracurricular theater cooperative between suburban Shorewood and urban Messmer schools to bring suburban opportunities to urban students resulting in a successful 10-year partnership * Excellent leadership and organizational skills creating efficient systems and operations including budgeting, scheduling, project management, and personnel selection and supervision of events and facility * Superior technological and communication abilities as a writer, designer, director of print, video, web- based, and social media applications * Ability to coordinate/fulfill multiple tasks and responsibilities simultaneously * Achieves good balance between being an effective leader and a responsive collaborator * Director and co-founder of marketing/communications company serving major Midwestern companies delivering advertising, writing, artistic direction, project management, budgeting, scheduling, equipment and facility management, hiring and personnel supervision

Highlights:

• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Photoshop
• Advertising
• Applications
• Assessments
• Balance
• Budgeting
• Communications
• English Language
• Final Cut