Todd Spencer Email & Phone Number

Aurora, Illinois, United States

Peoria, Arizona Area

Truly Free School is an age-integrated, mentorship-based, private Christian school where students have liberty to pursue their own interests while loving God and others.trulyfreeschool.org - Oversee and develop the mission, vision, values, and educational philosophy of the school - Mentor students daily toward reaching their personal learning objectives - Design and implement a course of study for students in goal setting, curriculum development, thinking techniques, and research strategies - Hire, train, supervise, and support employees and volunteers in fulfilling the mission of the school - Initiate regular formative evaluations of student and faculty performance - Organize, plan, and deliver ongoing faculty development trainings - Manage the school operations, including planning, budgeting, personnel, facilities, and communications

- Collaboratively design, develop, and deliver curriculum and course objectives in large, cross-disciplinary teams for various degree programs and classes including: Data Visualization; Human-Computer Interaction; Basics of Music; Digital Audio Fundamentals; Audio Theory and Composition; Algorithmic Audio; Digital Asset Creation; Experimental Media; Innovation Project; Portfolio - Create and lead classroom and online activities using various instructional methodologies, including: modified lecture; student teach-back; peer review and critique; group recollection; discovery learning; tutorials - Compose frequent, extensive written dialog with students regarding course contents in a fully-distributed, asynchronous classroom environment - Manage the development and communication of the internal Portfolio and Student Innovation Project review process to Faculty and other University departments - Communicate performance feedback to students weekly, according to established evaluation criteria and the stated objectives of the course - Mentor students in the development of near- and long-term product development roadmaps for project management using Scrum - Iteratively revise course contents monthly, based on current industry research, and the results and analysis of qualitative / quantitative student survey feedback and feature requests

- Coordinated academic and industry research for majors in the Media Arts program in the 07-09 academic catalog, including the following degrees: Digital Video; Digital Animation; Digital Art and Design. - Responsible for strengthening the Digital Art and Design major by developing curriculum and course objectives in: Experimental Media; Multimedia Theory; Principles of Interactivity; Algorithmic Art; Algorithmic Animation; Algorithmic Video, Algorithmic Audio; Interactive Multimedia Systems. - Involved in recruiting and hiring process for faculty specializing in Human-Computer Interaction and Interactive Media.

- Conceptualized and developed "Are You Living Well?", a multimedia installation featuring a novel tangible/haptic user interface for audio control. - Responsible for developing interactive surround sound audio and music elements for the multimedia theatrical production "Haunted When it Rains" - Researched, programmed, prototyped, and developed, along with Prof. David Birchfield, the interface and control features of a new haptic musical instrument, featured at the New West Electro-Acoustic Music Organization Festival.

Master Of Music, Interdisciplinary Digital Media And Performance

Activities and Societies: AME, Arts Media and Engineering

Bachelor Of Music, Percussion Performance

Activities and Societies: Improvisation ensemble, electronic music, percussion ensemble, orchestra, wind ensemble