Craig Englund Email & Phone Number

Shanghai, China

With SUIS, I was hired on as an Elementary Music Teacher teaching grades 1-5.- Choral instruction- Musical Theory and reading- Western Music AppreciationTaught and applied Orff instrumentation.Used up to date tech in classrooms such as iPad digital instrumentation and interactive media.- Provided a fun, kinetic, engaging and nurturing environment for the students. - I helped develop and enhance the existing curriculum every year and coordinate major musical activities, assemblies, and festivals involving students and teachers. - Planned the invitation, booking and organization of musical guest speakers from abroad for school performances. Guests have included: Mike Watt, Steve Mackay (Iggy Pop and the Stooges), The Fleshtones, Paul Collins and many more.

Shanghai, China

Shanghai Experimental School (SES), Shanghai, China (Xuhui District)With SES, I was hired on as a Music Appreciation, S.T.E.M. and English language instructor.I created my own curriculum and supplied my own materials (along with played my own instruments).- The music class’ objective was to instill a basic understanding ofWestern pop culture through examples of sound files, PPT presentations, and other multimedia along with supplying a fun and easy platform for the students touse the language they’ve learned through songs they’ve created in the course.-The S.T.E.M. course was an applied sciences class using engineering and math skills geared towards developing teamwork, critical thinking, and problem solving.Grades: 1 – 5

Shanghai, China

With English First I taught the fundamentals of the English language using communicative and kinesthetic learning processes to a variety of age groups (from three to forty-six years of age) in classes of usually no more than sixteen students or one-on-one sessions and utilized the materials provided and helped in developing and organizing after school reading programs and events. I created my own lesson plans, attended weekly meetings, managed administrative tasks such as: attendance, homework logging, parent-teacher meetings and archiving meeting minutes.

Master'S Degree, Educational Leadership And Administration, General

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Creative Writing

Bachelor'S Degree, English

Associate Of Science - As, Film/Cinema/Video Studies