Presentation

Past Presentations & Courses

~2024~

• April 13- Fox Valley Orff-Schulwerk Chapter (FVOSC)- SPRING Into Spring! Engaging Activities & Games For Post-Spring Break (Sugar Grove, IL)

• March 28- Michigan State University Running Start & MSU NAfME- Raising Money For Your Public School Program Panelist (East Lansing, MI)

• March 24- Central Michigan University Professionalism in Music Education Conference- Integrating Into Your School As A "Specials" Teacher (Mt. Pleasant, MI)

• March 19- Lansing Symphony Orchestra: Lansing Area Teachers Link Up Professional Development: The Orchestra Moves!  (Lansing, MI)

• March 7-8- Michigan Education Association- Interest-Based Bargaining: It Worked For Us - It Can Work For You Too! (Detroit, MI)

• January 25-27- Michigan Music Conference (MMC)- (Grand Rapids, MI)
  Session I: Using The Google Platform For Sub Plans
  Session II: Uke Can Do It! 

~2023~

• November 16- Teacher PD- Grant Writing For The Music Educator (Online)

• September 27- Central Michigan University NAfME Chapter- Recorder & Ukulele Boot Camp (Mt. Pleasant, MI)

• July- Orff-Institut Summer Course- Country Lesson Share (Salzburg, Austria)

• June 26-30- Anderson University (IN)- Grant Writing For The Music Educator Graduate-Level Course (Online)

• March 18- Mid-Michigan Orff-Schulwerk Association (MMOSA)- SPRING Into Spring! Engaging Activities & Games For Post-Spring Break (Lansing, MI)

• March 3- Central Michigan University Teacher Candidate Conference- Music, Art, Gym...Oh My!  The World Of "Specials" (Mt. Pleasant, MI)

• February 25- Central Michigan University Professionalism in Music Education Conference- Grant Writing for the Music Educator (Mt. Pleasant, MI)

• February 14- Michigan State Board of Education (SBE)- Elementary Arts In Our Michigan Schools (Lansing, MI)

• February 3- Directors and Representatives of Teacher Education Programs in Michigan (DARTEP)- Region 6 Teacher of the Year Panelist (Online)

• January 19-21- Michigan Music Conference (MMC)- Using The Google Platform For Sub Plans (Grand Rapids, MI)

• January 5- New Mexico Music Education Association (NMMEA) All State Conference (Albuquerque, NM)
  Session I: Grant Writing for the Music Educator
  Session II: Recorder Boot Camp

~2022~

• November 17- Carnegie Hall's Great Music Teaching Framework Webinar- Inquiry & Agency (Online)

• October 27- Meemic's Defeat The Label: Community Conversation On Bullying- Region 6 Teacher of the Year Panelist (Online)

• October 13- Center for Leadership & Learning (MEA)- How To Establish & Maintain A Cheap & Easy Website (Online)

• October 8- Mid-Michigan Orff-Schulwerk Association (MMOSA)- Back To Basics: Beginning Practices With Instruments, Dance, & Song (Lansing, MI)

• September 26- Music ConstructEd- The Curriculum Puzzle: Finding The Pieces That Work For You (Online Six-Part Series)
  Part I- An Introduction To The Series
  Part II- Vygotsky, Piaget, and Maslow...Oh My!
  Part III- Bloom & Bruner: Building A Curriculum
  Part IV- Curricular Facets: What You Use And How You Use It
  Part V- Curricular Facets: The Language You Use And How You Use It
  Part VI- The Unanswered Questions

• August 17- Music ConstructED- Dough-Re-Mi Workshop (Online)

• August 4- Center for Leadership & Learning (MEA)- How To Establish & Maintain A Cheap & Easy Website (Online)

• June 6-15- Music ConstructEd & Colorado State University (Pueblo)- Grant Writing for the Music Educator Graduate-Level Course (Online)

• May 23- Oberlin College- The Orchestra Sings for Music Educators (Online)

• April 26- Center for Leadership & Learning (MEA)- Grant Writing For Arts Educators (Online)

• March 7- Michigan Music Education Association (MMEA)- The Music Educator's Guide To Grant Writing (Online)

• February 12- Mid-Michigan Orff-Schulwerk Association (MMOSA) Chapter Share- Movement Matters (Lansing, MI)

• January 27-29- Michigan Music Conference (Grand Rapids, MI)
  Session I: Spiral The Sequence To Augment The Approach
  Session II: Grant Writing For The Music Educator

• January 18- Center for Leadership & Learning (MEA)- Grant Writing For Arts Educators (Online)

~2021~

• November 4-6- American Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA)- Grant Writing For The Music Educator (North Charleston, SC)

• September 20- Florida Music Education Association (FMEA)- The Music Educator's Guide to Grant Writing (Online)

• September 13- Music ConstructED- Recorder Boot Camp: Basic Training (Online)

• June 30- Center for Leadership & Learning (MEA)- Grant Writing For New Educators: Where To Begin (Online)

• June 21-25- Anderson University (IN)- Grant Writing For The Music Educator Graudate-Level Course (Online)

• June 22- Michigan Music Education Association (MMEA) Special Topic: What The ESSER Is Going On?! (Online)

• May 26-27- Carnegie Hall: Link Up National Conference Presenter & Panelist (Online)

• May 24- Mid-Michigan Orff-Schulwerk Association (MMOSA)- Covid Trauma & Healing For Music Students & Educators (Online)

• May 3- Music ConstructED- Bite Size Grant Writing & Funding Tips  (Online)

• April 18- Mid-Michigan Orff-Schulwerk Association (Chapter Share): Pure Michigan (Online)

• April 5- Music ConstructED Online PD- Using ASL In The Music Classroom  (Online)

• March 19- Michigan State University Guest Speaker- Funding For New Educators: Where To Begin (Online)

• March 1- Music ConstructED Online PD- MARCH Into Reading Month  (Online)

• February 20- Virginia Elementary Music Education Association (VEMEA)- Tips For Successful Planning & Teaching During And After The Pandemic (Online)

• February 19- Carnegie Hall: The Orchestra Moves, Even In A Pandemic (Online)

• February 6- Ohio Music Education Association's (OMEA) Virtual Professional Development Conference: The Music Educator's Guide To Grant Writing (Online)

• January 23- New Mexico American Orff-Schulwerk Association (NMAOSA): Sing, Say, Dance, Play, Click!  A collaboration with Cat Woo (Online)

• January 14- Michigan Music Education Association (MMEA) Lesson Share (Online)

• January 9- New Mexico Music Education Association's All State Conference: The Music Educator's Guide To Grant Writing  (Online)

~2020~

• October 24- The Wharton Center for Performing Arts Fine Arts Teacher PD: Grant Writing for Arts Educators (Online)

• October 18- Anderson University's NAfME Chapter- Grant Writing For New Educators: Where To Begin (Online)

• October 17- Michigan Music Education Association's Fall General Music Workshop: Grab Your Peanut Butter...It's A Recorder Jam! (Online)

• September 19- Mid-Michigan Orff-Schulerk Association Get the Grant Writing Workshop Follow-Up (Lansing, MI & Online)

• August 20- Mid-Michigan Orff-Schulwerk Association: Get the Grant Writing Workshop (Lansing, MI & Online)

• April 23- Mid-Michigan Orff-Schulwerk Association (Chapter Share): Tech With A Twist: Using iMovie (Online)

• April 22- Carnegie Hall Webchat: Online Offerings for Educators (Online)

• January 18- The Michigan Music Conference: Get The Grant!  The Music Educator's Guide To Grant Writing  (Grand Rapids, MI)

~2019~

• December 3- Lansing Symphony Orchestra: Greater Lansing Area Teachers Link Up Professional Development: The Orchestra Swings! (Lansing, MI)

• October 18-19- Michigan Music Education Association's Fall General Music Workshop: Choose Your Own Adventure: How To Craft A Folk Dance (Holland, MI)

• May 22-23- Carnegie Hall: Link Up National Conference Presenter, Panelist, and Educational Liaison  (New York City, NY)

• March 9- Detroit Orff-Schulwerk Association: March Into Reading Month!  (Detroit, MI)

• February 23- Mid-Michigan Orff-Schulwerk Association: March Into Reading Month!  (Haslett, MI)

• February 1- The Music Matters Podcast: Children's Lit in the Music Room  (Interview)  Click here to listen.

• January 23- The University Of Michigan: Investigating Advances in Orchestral Concert Music Education Listening and Participation for the General Music Population  (Ann Arbor, MI)

~2018~

• November 28-  Lansing Symphony Orchestra: Lansing Area Teachers Link Up Professional Development: The Orchestra Rocks!  (Lansing, MI)

• October 12-13- Michigan Music Education Association’s Fall General Music Workshop: Let The Literature MOVE You!  (East Lansing, MI)

• February 26-  Carnegie Hall’s 1st Ever Peer-To-Peer Webchat: Link Up Teacher Recruitment & Strategic Growth  (Online)

• January 18- Lansing Symphony Orchestra: Lansing Area Teachers Link Up Professional Development: The Orchestra Moves!  (Lansing, MI)

~2017~

• October 28- Mid-Michigan Orff-Schulwerk Association: A Lot With A Little: Link Up With Grant Writing Tips!  (Haslett, MI)

• January 19- Lansing Symphony Orchestra: Lansing Area Teachers Link Up Professional Development: The Orchestra Sings!  (Lansing, MI)

~2016~

• July 14- The University Of Michigan: Grant Writing Best Practices  (Ann Arbor, MI)

~2015~

• November 3- Western Michigan University: Grant Writing Best Practices and Workshop with Students  (Kalamazoo, MI)