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Research, adapt, develop and present outdoor curriculum-based educational programs for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park "Parks as Classrooms" program. Provide lessons in history, science, Cherokee heritage, and conservation practices for a variety of ages (K-12) in outdoor and classroom settings. Insure that programs are thematic, emphasize tangible and non-tangible resources of park, and incorporate universal concepts appropriate to age of audience. (Examples of programs: Phenology, Soil Science, Aquatic and Terrestrial Macro-Invertebrates, Salamander and Snail Monitoring, Cherokee Pottery, Archaic to Woodland Indian Technology, Archaeology, Mountain Life, The CCC, Interdependence and Weather, Plant and Animal Adaptations, Bio-diversity & Taxonomy). Create special programming for Junior Rangers, Citizen Science, History Day, and others. Coordinate & conduct teacher workshops and volunteer training. Supervise & mentor Americorps interns & seasonal rangers including scheduling, training, evaluation and goal setting. Create and update visual and other cognitive aids utilizing a variety of software (InDesign, PowerPoint, Word, Photoshop) with park library and archives, museum collections, local resources and the internet. Create printed and digital documents, graphics, promotional videos, databases and worksheets. Insure safety in a variety of hazardous conditions, make adjustments to programs based on changes to natural environment; work out logistical details with other educators and teachers, and comply with park operating procedures. Inventory, order, maintain and organize equipment and props in education and borrowed from museum collections. Perform visitor center front desk duties, including building opening and closing, answering visitor questions, updating road and weather hotlines, working events, and maintaining exhibits.

Working under the direction of the Cultural Resources Manager and Curator, assisted in the move of the cultural resources collection to the new Collections Preservation Center in Townsend, Tennessee. This entailed properly stabilizing, packing and creating tracking sheets for art, photographs, artifacts, and objects. Insured the proper storage of objects in their new location, including quilts and textiles, paintings, and framed photographs. Created a location inventory in the new facility and entered information into the ICMS system. Assisted with photographing items and posting content in social media and ePortfolio campaigns. Located requested research materials in archives for visiting historians and genealogists. Using ICMS collections management software, updated database (including photographs) of cultural and natural history collections items, reducing the cataloging backlog of materials. Objects included textiles, archaeological artifacts, natural history specimens, archival materials, and historical items. • Accomplishments: Appraised bequeathed collection of cultural and genealogical research materials; provided context; made recommendations for accessioning, disposal, conservation and rehousing. (Items included original manuscripts, photographs, books, artifacts, historical records, maps and genealogical charts).

Missoula, Mt, Us

Managed the home office of a national research firm, providing multiple services to researchers & archaeologists. Created visual information deliverables & marketing campaigns, including large format banners, interpretive displays, business cards, brochures, & flyers. Created video and audio for educational and interpretive materials & apps, and performed photo rights research. Formatted, designed, edited, and produced archaeological and historical reports and proposals according to branding standards, utilizing InDesign and Word, insuring consistency for clients such as the DOJ, State Historic Preservation Offices, and natural resources agencies. Organized archives of historical and archeological research materials and maintained database of long-term box storage. Performed a variety of office manager duties: provided front line presence and communications; trained and supervised administrative assistants; coordinated travel, lodging, rental vehicles and per diem for crews; completed expense reports, check logs, and maintained corporate accounts; managed shipping of artifacts; organized multi-office cell phone services, vehicles, office equipment, and supplies. Software used: Word, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Excel, Access, Outlook, Deltek, ACDSee, Final Cut Pro. • Accomplishments: o Designed coffee table book layout for Northwestern tribal history project.o Prepared complex historical research reports & court deposition aids for clients such as DOJ, NPS, SHPO and others.o Balanced competing obligations for multiple managers in different offices.o Designed print-ready large format interpretive materials for conferences and clients.

Initiated and implemented “Passing it On”, a pilot program for “Parks as Classrooms”, involving digital storytelling, oral history collection and curriculum-based education for Middle and High School students. This grant position involved: co-writing a successful congressional grant for teaching history and civics in the National Parks; coordinating a teacher workshop utilizing historians and digital media experts; school recruitment; teaching over 80 teens to research, write, edit and produce short documentary films; logistics & schedule coordination; contracting with speakers; creation and management of digital photo and video archives for online and in-school use; and communications and bookkeeping. As a pilot program, created weekly lesson plans; provided subject matter and bibliographic materials for student research; assisted students in locating oral history subjects (elders in their communities); filmed and recorded oral history interviews; edited and converted video (Windows Movie Maker, iMovie, Final Cut); researched and procured equipment; created Wikispace and Cloud storage for online document and photograph database; developed graphic materials including stationary, worksheets, websites and other documents; managed requisitions and budget; and navigated partnership between non-profit and government administrators. (18 month grant project)• Accomplishments:o Presented at NEA 2012 Conference on digital storytelling in education.o Won the Education Award at the APPL 2013 conference for “Passing it On” project.

Research, adapt, develop and present outdoor educational programs for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park "Parks as Classrooms" program. Analyze and update current programs and create new programs to meet state curriculum standards. Provide curriculum-based lessons in cultural history, environmental and wildlife concepts and issues for a variety of ages in outdoor settings. (Examples of programs: Archeology for 7th grade, Macro-invertebrates for 6th grade, Cherokee Pottery and Sculpture for all ages, Bio-diversity for 3rd grade, Cultural History for 2nd grade, CCC in the Smokies for 8th grade, Animal Groups for 1st grade). Insure that programs are thematic, emphasize tangible and non-tangible resources of park, and incorporate universal concepts appropriate to age of audience. Initiate the creation and updating of visual and other cognitive aids, using park library and archives, museum collections, local resources and the internet. Utilizing a variety of software, create documents, graphic arts, promotional videos, databases and worksheets. Insure safety in a variety of hazardous conditions, make adjustments to programs based on changes to natural environment, work out logistical details with other educators and teachers, and comply with park safety standards. Maintain, catalog and store educational props, historic objects, archives and tools associated with educational collection. Train new personnel and interns, and provide peer assessment of SCAs, interns, rangers and educators. Seasonal full-time GS-05.

Performed customer service functions including sales, multi-phone operation, display work, product photography, employee training and supervision, consignment registration, inventory, stock purchasing, cash register operation, website updating and product control. Maintained online store, performed in depth music recording research and organized music library, and implemented a new inventory control system.

Compose, arrange, record and perform nationwide in instrumental concert settings and produce music for video, audio and live theater projects. Responsible for marketing, travel logistics, accounting, audio engineering, office administration, scheduling, data management, bookkeeping, creation of promotional materials, event coordination, website maintenance, online sales, and social media. Software used: ProTools, Photoshop, InDesign. • Created music for PBS Emmy-winning documentary “Sun River Homestead”.• Featured composer in the 1999 Focus Festival of Contemporary Music.

Taught beginning through advanced students in piano, theory, performance and composition with an emphasis on middle and high school students. Maintained music library and records database; created graphics for programs, ads and brochures; scheduled performances and special events; prepared students for competition and auditions, coordinated logistics, researched and updated repertoire library materials; and attended professional conferences. Managed home studio and coordinated lessons within established educational organizations such as Missoula Children’s Theater (Missoula, MT), Skyline Music (Westlake, OH) and Baldwin-Wallace College Preparatory Department (Berea, OH).

Washington, D.C., Us

Researched, organized, and presented formal and informal educational programs that incorporated tangible and intangible resources associated with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Lead hikes, created multi-media presentations, conducted roves, and developed hands-on activities for park visitors. Duties included operation of a busy visitor center, providing front line guidance, phone operation, building opening and closing, multi-media operations, museum & exhibit maintenance, pest & environmental control, issuing access passes, radio operation, directing automotive and bus traffic, educating visitors indoors and outdoors in sometimes uncomfortable weather conditions, supervision of interns and volunteers, and responding to medical and emergency help requests. Maintained databases of visitor contacts and program statistics and synthesized quarterly reports. Assisted with researching topics and creating visuals for temporary and permanent exhibits. Seasonal, Full-time.• Accomplishments:o Coordinated logistics, signage, technical stage needs, and staffing for special park events such as the Music of the Mountains and Festival of Christmas Past.o Created graphics, exhibits, and visual aids using Photoshop, Powerpoint and hand drawn illustrations.

Missoula, Mt, Us

Scheduled, researched, and conducted educational programs centering on Montana wildlife. Assisted in developing the "Elk Trunk", a traveling educational program, including organizing and creating activity materials, preparing animal skulls, furs and props. Worked with graphics and museum departments in the creation and maintenance of exhibits, and provided signage for use in museum and at public events. Developed digital archives database of 10-year backlog of monthly publications, including the creation of subject headings and finding aids, and synthesizing articles into short synopses.

Coordinated annual indoor / outdoor wildlife and cultural festival (held in conjunction with popular film festival), including environmental education activities, parade planning, month long workshops, art showings, and performances. Events often involved age diverse participants, with an emphasis on hands-on activities with educational outcomes. Coordination involved recruiting and training 40+ volunteers and staff; organizing and chairing weekly meetings; logistics, interaction with city government agencies for permits; print and media marketing; creation of posters and other graphics; database maintenance; and developing partnerships with regional environmental educators and schools.

Assisted in managing busy educational music store, with responsibilities including print library research, or-dering and inventory control; instrument demonstration and sales; employee supervision; in-store displays; trade show purchasing; multi-phone operation; computer database management; scheduling lessons for in store teachers; balancing daily cash drawers; creating brochures and concert programs using computer pro-grams and manual graphics tools.

Responsible for all store operations including employee management, hiring and supervision; buying, main-taining and inventorying product; creating in-store displays, sales and promotions; local advertising; book-keeping, register operation, credit card processing and follow-up on any problem transactions. In first year, increased store sales records by 30%, with 0 employee turnover.

Berea, Ohio, Us

Manager: Managed Music Conservatory Recording Studio, with responsibilities including staff training and supervision, scheduling, engineering, tracking supply inventory, maintaining and cataloging archives, and editing and mastering recordings for local and national broadcast. Producer/Audio Engineer: Produced and engineered weekly radio program of live classical music performed in the Cleveland Metropolitan area. Responsibilities included interviews with performing artists, recording, preparing a schedule for publication, and editing performance clips for WBWC-FM.

Master Of Library & Information Science (M.L.I.S.), Museum Studies / Collections Management

Bachelor Of Music, Music Composition