Jennifer
Tally
Current
Address:
Permanent
Address:
1601
Hillcrest Drive, Apt. Y23
R2 Box 185
Manhattan,
KS 66502
Oberlin,
KS 67749
(785)
470-9121
(785)
475-2358
paintlvr@gmail.com
paintlvr@gmail.com
Objective
My goal
is to acquire a music teaching
position where I will demonstrate my enjoyment of music, music making
and the
creativity of music for my students. My teaching goal is to provide
every student
with the opportunity to learn in rich and meaningful ways which support
his/her
academic and personal growth, both inside and outside my classroom.
Education
Kansas
State University, Attended 2007-2011
for a B.A. in Music Education, Secondary Vocal Emphasis
Manhattan,
KS
Will
Graduate May 14, 2011
Overall
GPA: 3.4
Decatur
Community Senior High School,
Graduated May 2007
Oberlin,
KS
Certification
Will
be certified/accredited to teach K-12 Music: Vocal, Instrumental and
General
Initial
Kansas 2-Year Licensure, May 2011
Experiences
Student
Teaching – Lee & Bergman
Elementary, Manhattan High School
Manhattan,
KS - 1/5/2010
to 3/4/2010 for Elementary, 3/7/2010 to 5/13/2010 for
Secondary
Teaching
full-time for at least 4 weeks at each school
Will
help decide concert repertoire
Design
and implement Unit plans as well as separate lesson plans
Participate
in Parent-Teacher conferences
Go to
faculty, board and subject-matter meetings for each school
Use a
curriculum guide to help design lessons and units
Create a
professional Portfolio
Chose music for an
Elementary after-school choir
Frequently used
recording examples, PowerPoints, and a television-computer media
connector
Had students compose
individually for piano and performed their compositions if they so chose
Led a school-wide
assembly without cooperating teacher
Created many
cross-curricular lesson plans to help during Assessment periods for
each classroom
Chose and worked my
own repertoire for levels of high school choirs from beginning to very
advanced
Field
Experience in 6th and 7th
Grade Social Studies Room—Ft. Riley Middle School
Manhattan,
KS - 9/24/2010
Team
taught a lesson for an entire school day within one classroom
Scripted
lesson plan
Modified
lesson plan according to each classes’ dynamics
Worked
with team to create, design, script and teach lesson plan
Lee
After-School Choir for 4th, 5th and 6th
Grades—Lee Elementary School
Manhattan,
KS - 3/24/2010
to 12/16/2010
Taught
half of the rehearsal dates
Helped
plan the program, chose soloists
Managed
80 students during the hour and a half rehearsals each week
Music
Apprenticeship in 7th and 8th Grade
Choir—Manhattan Middle School
Manhattan,
KS - 1/2010
to 2/2010
Taught
sectionals and large group lessons
Designed
Lesson Plans
Accompanied
the
group both while rehearsing and while the current teacher was teaching
Private
Instructor
Manhattan,
KS and Oberlin, KS -
8/2006
to Present
Teach
private lessons on piano, voice and saxophone
Organize
recitals, rehearsals, and performances
University
Choir Conductor
Manhattan,
KS - 1/21/2010
to 5/4/2010
Composed
daily lesson plans
Led
warm-ups
Conducted
two pieces on the concert
Created
detailed form analysis sheets
Field
Experience in 7th and 8th Grade Language Arts
Classroom—Eisenhower Middle School
Manhattan,
KS - 12/12/2009
Created,
designed and performed a lesson plan with a partner
Used
at least 3 different types of media and technology in the lesson
Early
Field Experience, Decatur Comm. High School
Oberlin,
KS - 1/3/2008
to 1/11/2008
Worked
with fifth grade through high school band students
Conducted
some rehearsals as well as numerous sectionals
Ran
photocopier, used fax machine, and observed a parent-teacher conference
Other
Important Skills
10+
years of accompanying experience
Proficient
in recorder, woodwinds, double reeds, low and high brass, strings, and
percussion
Large amount of
experiences with Microsoft softwares, Mac softwares, ELMO’s,
projectors, AverKey’s, photocopiers, sound systems, e-mail,
blogs, newsletters, and podcasts
Activities
Member
of CMENC, KMEA and KMTA
Member
of Kansas State University Concert Choir (3 years)
Accompanied
Mens’ Glee, Womens’ Glee, KSU Singers and private studio (4
years)
Helped
rehearse a mens’ a capella group called Cadence (2 years)
E-Portfolio
The
following link is to a website designed to be my
professional portfolio. It includes an electronic version of my résumé, general biographical
information, data and
reflections from my student teaching, my personal philosophy on
teaching, and
artifacts which implement the nine National Standards of Music
Education.
http://www.ksu.edu/musiceducation/eportfolio/paintlvr