Marc Furigay Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, IL

• Wrote, performed, and produced The Shakespeare Sessions album and teacher’s guide.
• Designed company website: The Shakespeare Sessions
• Researched and synthesized fiscal, budgetary, demographic, and performance data to create marketing plan.
• Secured $250,ooo commitment by pitching business on ABC’s Shark Tank: Season 1, Episode 2 (start @ 29:40).
• Present and sell products to teachers, parents, and schools.

Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL

• Work with team to develop and deliver educational programs in media arts.
• Recruit, hire, supervise, review and train teaching artists in educational best practices; manage ~20 people.
• Design and provide professional development in instructional design and classroom management.
• Create and develop curriculum for music, video, photography, design, journalism, and social justice programs.
• Create and implement assessment systems to measure participant satisfaction, growth, and program quality.
• Develop and maintain partnerships with teachers and administrators in Chicago schools and CBOs.

Chicago, IL

• Consulted with school administrators and industry experts to design and implement improvement strategies for teachers and students in 32 low-performing Chicago Public Schools: defined metrics and goals; exceed goals in.
• Designed and facilitated teacher professional development in best practices; helped raise standardized test scores 12% (average across 32 schools).
• Directed and facilitated English department meetings in data analysis and data-driven, standards-based lesson planning for 3 Chicago Public Schools; helped departments work as collaborative teams; helped raise.

Chicago, IL

• Classroom featured on ABC News (Chicago) as "an educational oasis" in a 2002 report on teacher excellence.
• Harnessed music, art, and technology to increase on-task behavior between 50%-100%; increased homework completion up to 400%; decreased discipline problems up to 90%.
• Designed and implemented college writing curriculum; raised students' standardized test scores between 30% and 70% (class averages) from fall to spring semester.
• Designed and delivered individualized differentiated instruction in self-contained classroom to 10 special education students with severe emotional, behavioral, and cognitive disorders; won trust with kindness.

M.A.T., English Education

Secondary Certification (IL Type 09)

M.A., English

20th Century World Literature

B.A., English

Creative Arts Minor