Debra Goecker Email & Phone Number

Winchester, Virginia, United States

Admissions, gift shop sales, education

Front Royal, Virginia

• Develops and creates curriculum and lesson plans for Au Pairs using PowerPoint, Zoom, What's App, Total Physical Response, MS Office, realistic materials, and various educational modalities. • Designs questions for formal and informal diagnostic, formative, benchmark, and summative assessments to check for student knowledge, comprehension, and understanding.• Motivates difficult students through creation of learning materials based on students’ interest using popular cartoon/movie characters, props, rap, music, videos, and career interests. • Achieves highest teacher rating and is frequently requested for additional sessions.• Augments standard curriculum by creating games, puzzles, and conversation starters.

Beijing City, China

• Virtually facilitated English as a Second Language (ESL) lessons to students in Beijing, China ages 5-13.• Motivated difficult students through creation of learning materials based on students’ interest using popular cartoon/movie characters, props, rap, music, videos, and career interests.• Achieved highest teacher rating and was frequently requested for additional sessions.• Built upon standard curriculum by creating games, puzzles, and conversation starters.• Employed Total Physical Response (TPR) techniques to enhance student learning and retention.• Learned and used interactive blackboard and internet technology.

• Taught and assessed general, choral, and orchestral music to 750 children (ages 5-13) annually.• Managed multiple educational projects (i.e. student created oratorios/operas/musicals, musical career role play), planned and executed four programs annually.• Maintained excellent oral/written communication with parents, faculty, administrators, substitute teachers, and media.• Learned and used various technologies : computers, internet-based resources, audio/visual equipment, and sound systems which expanded student learning using a different modality, aided visually impaired students, programming, and accommodated teacher voice loss of four months.• Wrote eight grants raising over 4K for cultural and musical experiences for entire student body.• Developed curriculum guide for elementary music classes K-5 which impacted thousands of students over a 10 year period.

Terre Haute, Indiana, United States

Music Educator

Terre Haute, Indiana

• Directed collegiate pep band, jazz band, German band, and glee club.• Partnered with a nearby university to create and direct a new mixed chorus. • Managed multiple projects, planned and executed 30 programs annually. • Interfaced with students, Business Office, Registrar’s Office, Athletic Department, Dean of Students, Alumni Office, alumni, and media.• Developed and implemented budget, presented annual budget to Dean of Students.

• Supervised twelve new weekend summer camps (ages 6 - adult).• Liaison for administration-client communication.• Directly responsible for contract renewal due to successful management of the logistics of check-in/out, room/building assignments, last minute changes to venues and equipment needs.

Seymour, Indiana

• Developed art and music curriculums, grades 1-8. • Taught and assessed art and music to 250 children, ages 6-13. • Taught middle school language arts. • Planned and executed four programs annually. • Effectively communicated with parents, faculty, administrators, substitute teachers, and media.

Medora, Indiana

• Served as Department Chair; developed and supervised annual budget creation and execution• Supervised corporation's K-12 music programs• Managed multiple educational projects, planned and executed four programs annually• Informed parents, faculty, administrators, substitute teachers, and media. • Supervised successful annual silent auction resulting in new equipment and uniforms for the marching band.• Created and supervised instrument acquisition program, pairing needy students with members of the community wanting to donate or sell their used instruments.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Music Teacher Education

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Music Teacher Education, K-12

Activities and Societies: MENC, IMEAMinor: Spanish

Certification, Teaching English As A Second Or Foreign Language/Esl Language Instructor, All Ages