Kim Alessi Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA, US

Seattle, WA

• EDTECH INTEGRATION & COACHING
• Support students, faculty, and leadership in EdTech integration across K-8 curricula (approx. 400 students and 100 faculty/staff).
• Review and recommend digital learning tools for in-person, hybrid, and remote instruction.
• Conduct needs analyses and coach teachers' tech-use for continuous improvement in instructional quality.
• Conduct needs analyses and employ strategies that enhance student engagement, acquisition and retention of skills, and growth mindset.
• Establish systems for on-demand training in hardware, apps, SaaS, LMS, SIS, and dashboards.

San Francisco, California, United States

• Evaluate videos and podcasts content for Sensical, an algorithm-free video streaming service for kids, using a proprietary rubric based in current child development research. Sensical content is certified by the.
• Reviewed digital EdTech tools for Common Sense Educaton using a proprietary rubric based in current child development research. Reviews aligned with CCSS and NGSS.
• Advised on Common Sense Media's K-12 Digital Citizenship curriculum.
• Common Sense Certified Educator, 2014 - 2024

Greater Seattle Area

• Advised on the Arts, Communications and Media (AC&M) tract in Seattle Public School's Career and Technical Education program, ensuring students learn leading-edge skills needed for the Media Arts industries. AC&M.
• Provide information to modify, expand, and improve the quality of Media Arts programs.
• Support and strengthen the partnerships between business, labor, the community, and education.
• Make recommendations to strengthen the Media Arts CTE curriculum.
• Identify academic and occupational competencies, determining priorities, and evaluate programs.
• Communicate long-term goals and objectives of the Media Arts CTE programs to students, parents, employers, and the community.

Seattle, WA

• Media Arts training supports middle and high school teachers in 21st Century Skills and technology integration by focusing on video arts, graphic design, and audio arts.
• Provided professional development/teacher training in Audio Arts, as part of the new Media Arts track in Career and Technical Education (CTE) in Seattle Public high schools.
• Trainings presented in partnership with the City of Seattle (Office of Arts and Culture), The Creative Advantage, University of Washington (Communications Leadership Department), and Seattle Public Schools.
• Partnered with industry professionals and provided real-word, hands-on, standards-based connections to Media Arts for teachers and their students.
• Audio Arts industry professionals are NPR-affiliate KUOW 94.9 FM, Seattle, and Nathan Hale High School's student-run radio, C 89.5 FM, Seattle.

Greater Seattle Area

• Provided in-school, PBL-based Artist Residencies and K-12 teacher training/professional development workshops integrating technology and the arts for all subject areas. Student-created works showcased on MoPOP's Sky.
• Tailored lessons to classroom content and connect dynamically with MoPOP's exhibits.
• Provided teachers 1:1 training, while students worked collaboratively on PBL projects.
• Taught MoPOP's "Science of Sound" (Grades 2-5) and "Advanced Science of Sound" (Grades 6-8) workshops.

Seattle, WA

Responsible for the strategic and fiscal development of a long-standing cooperative preschool affiliated with North Seattle College. Oversaw board positions, directed school communications and marketing including school blog, online email groups, and calendars. Managed three age-levels of preschool classes (1-5 year olds) and acted as liaison between.

Greater Seattle Area

Designed and wrote curricula for long-standing, international performing arts education organization for serving over 10,000 K-12 student/teacher audiences annually. Provided teacher training and professional development workshops for K-12 and higher education teachers and administrators.

Cupertino, CA

• Designed and published K-12 lessons for Apple’s GarageBand (digital audio recording application) and iLife suite (photo and video editing applications). Samples of published lessons include: I Got The Blues, Making.
• Consulted on GarageBand improvements as part of a select, 12-member committee of music tech educators from North America.

Seattle, WA

Provided music and technology instruction at an independent Pre-K through 5th grade school. Designed interdisciplinary, project-based curricula focusing on engaging, interactive lessons with academic vigor. Applied differentiated instruction and positive discipline practices in the classroom.Appointed Head Enrichment Teacher and directed Curriculum and.

Seattle, WA

Designed curriculum and taught taiko drumming to Japanese Language and Special Education students.Integrated international arts lessons with world languages and international studies to globalize Seattle's John Stanford International School and Hamilton International Middles School’s curricula.Directed K-8 grade students in taiko performances as part of.

Master Of Music (M.Mus.), Music Technology, Ethnomusicology

Activities and Societies: Audio engineer intern at Sound on Sound recording studio (now MSR Recording): http://www.msrstudiosny.com..

Post-Graduate Studies, Ethnomusicology & Music Education

Activities and Societies: Numerous musical ensembles including Japanese taiko, Filipino kulingtan, Javanese gamelan, Okinawan sanshin.

International Student Exchange Program, Music & Economics

Activities and Societies: Colloquium in British Culture, electronic composition, back-packed throughout Europe.Music, Economics

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Student-Initiated Interdepartmental Major (Music, Communications, Economics)

Activities and Societies: Electronic music composition, Drummer in Wow & Flutter (pop/rock band), BroomballInterdisciplinary Studies.