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Amy M. Burns

Upcoming courses and sessions:

• Central Connecticut State University: SMART Board for Elementary Music Educators (Level 1 and 2), July 9-13, 2012
• “Technology for Elementary Specials,” for New Jersey Association for Independent Schools (NJAIS), Ranney School in Tinton Falls, NJ, October 15, 2012
• “SMART Boards in the Elementary Music Classroom” Connecticut, November 6, 2012
• Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA)/Technology for Music Education (TI:ME) National Conference, February 13-16, 2013

EDUCATION:

• Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, August, 2006.
  Masters in Science in Music Education, G.P.A.: 3.9.
• The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Summers of 2001 – 2004.
  15 Post-Graduate credits in Music Education.
• Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, May, 1995.
  Bachelors in Music Education & Music Performance, Cum Laude, G.P.A.: 3.6.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

• CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY, Adjunct Music Professor   -July 2009-2012
• WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY, Adjunct Music Technology Professor  -July 2010
• MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY, Adjunct Music Technology Professor  -August 2008 
• Clinician for SoundTree Summer Workshops  -June 2008
• FAR HILLS COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL (FHCDS), Far Hills, NJ  -Sept. 1997 – Present*

*Pre-Kindergarten through Grade Three General Music/Instrument Teacher (1997 – Present)

• Teaching general music to Pre-Kindergarten through Grade Three using the school’s objectives, Orff-Schulwerk techniques, Kodály techniques, the National Association for Music Educators (NAfME) Nine Standards, and music technology to develop and author the curriculum
• Planning, coordinating, rehearsing and conducting the December Holiday concert (Grades Kindergarten through Three), the May Grandparents’ Day Concert (Grades Pre-Kindergarten and Two), and the June Closing Ceremonies (Grades Kindergarten through Three)
• Coordinating, rehearsing and conducting the music for the Grade Plays and State Fairs (Grades One through Three)
• Coordinating the Winter and Spring Grades One through Eight Talent Assemblies
• Planning, coordinating, rehearsing and conducting the Halloween Parade and Song (Grades Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten)
• Accompanist for Holiday and Grandparents’ Day Concerts, Grade Plays, State Fairs, Talent Assemblies, Halloween Parade and Song, the annual Musical, and the Closing Ceremonies
• Teaching general music to Pre-Kindergarten through Grades Five (1999-2002)
• Teaching 5^th grade instrument class to all 5^th graders (2008-present)

*Founder and Director of the FHCDS Philharmonic (1998 – present)

• Recruiting students in Grades Four through Eight who play violin, viola, cello, bass, keyboard, percussion, clarinet, flute, saxophone, oboe, trumpet and trombone
• Planning and rehearsing the 45-minute rehearsals every Friday afternoon before school
• Planning and conducting the December and May Performing Arts Assemblies
• Arranging, planning, rehearsing and conducting smaller ensembles such as the flute and clarinet ensembles
• Arranging music to fit the performers’ skills
• Creating and updating the philharmonic’s wikispace (http://www.fhcdsphilharmonic.wikispaces.com) so that the students can log on and practice their parts with the audio files
• Commissioning composer Dr. Scott Watson (http://www.enter.net/~ascott/) to compose “Country Dance” (2004) for the 75^th anniversary of FHCDS

*Founder and Director of The Conservatory at FHCDS (2002 – 2004, 2009-2010)

• Interviewing and hiring private teachers for piano, percussion, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, saxophone, voice, guitar, and trumpet
• Creating the criteria and age limits of students
• Creating invoices in Microsoft Excel and working closely with the Business Office
• Creating mailings that include the policy information and guidelines in Microsoft Word
• Coordinating schedules for the students and teachers
• Arranging available rooms for all of the teachers, which eventually led to the school building five conservatory rooms

*Director of the Junior Falconnaires and Falcon Chorus (2004 – present)

• Falcon Chorus (Grades Kindergarten and One after school singing group): Responsibilities include conducting, directing, and arranging ensemble music for one concert per year. (2006-present)
• Jr. Falconnaires (Grades Two through Five school singing group): Responsibilities include conducting, directing, and arranging ensemble music for two concerts per year. (2004-2008)

*Other responsibilities:

• Served on the committee to hire an Intermediate School Director (2002-2003)
• Served on the committee to hire a Grades Six through Eight Music Teacher (2002)
• Clarinetist, flutist, saxophonist and keyboardist in the pit orchestra for the Grade Eight Musical
• Digitally recorded selected students in Grades Four through Eight who auditioned for the NJ Honors Choir
• Served on the committee to judge and select students for NJ Honors Elementary Choir

CLINICIAN IN-SERVICE DAYS & WEEK-LONG WORKSHOPS  -February 2004 – Present

• Training music teachers on how to integrate technology into their current classroom situations using their curriculums and the latest music technology.

PRIVATE MUSIC TEACHER  -January 1996 – Present

• Private instruction on flute and clarinet, beginners to advanced; private instruction on saxophone, beginners, up to 15 students

CO-DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN’S CHOIR “PRAISELETTES”  -September 2011 – Present

• Teaching and directing students in grades PreK through two to perform music once a month for the congregation at Hilltop Presbyterian Church in Mendham, NJ.

MUSICALLY YOURS, Millburn, NJ  -September 1996 – August 1997

• Music Teacher: Duties included traveling to 12 different schools/day cares to teacher the program titled, “Music Preludes,” to children ages 18 months – 7 years old

CERTIFICATIONS:

• Orff-Schulwerk Level 1 – Professors Vivian Murray and Debby Szajnberg, instructors
• Kodály Level 1 – NYU Summer of 2007
• Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME) Level 1 – Dr. Scott Watson, instructor
• Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME) Level 2 – Professors Don Muro (2A), Lee Bilotta (2B), and Dr. Tom Rudolph (2C), instructors
• Temporary NJ Music Certification

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Member of TI:ME Board of Directors -2007 – present
• Member of TI:ME National Advisory Board  -2007 – present
• Member of New Jersey Music Educators Association (NJMEA)  -1998 – present
• Member of TI:ME  -2001 – present
• Member of NAfME  -1998 – present
• Member of the American Orff –Schulwerk Association (AOSA)  -1998 – 1999
• Member of New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA)  -1994 – 1995

POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP:

• Past-President of TI:ME  -2012 – 2014
• President of TI:ME  -2010-present
• President-Elect of TI:ME  -2008-2010
• TI:ME Board of Directors/Chair of Grants Committee  -2007-present
• TI:ME Instructor  -2006-present
• Secretary/Treasurer of New Jersey Chapter of TI:ME  -2006-2008
• Coordinated and directed the Flute Choir for the first-ever NJAIS Arts Day  -January 2004
• Selected by FHCDS and participated in the NJAIS Leadership Seminar  -September 2002-April 2004

AWARDS:

•  Awarded the first-ever “TI:ME Teacher of the Year Award” (now titled “Mike Kovins Teacher of the Year Award”)  -February 2005
• Received Academic Award in Graduate Studies from CCSU  -February 2006
• NJ TI:ME Original Composition Awards awarded to 3^rd graders at FHCDS  -March 2011

PUBLICATIONS:

Author:

• Co-Authored “Learning MOTU’s [Mark of the Unicorn] Freestyle Software Sequencer” with Dr. Scott Watson for TI:ME’s website  -August 2002
•  “The Elementary Classroom Comes Alive With The Sound Of Music And Technology…” for the Spring 2004 the TI:MEs published by TI:ME  -February 2004
•  “Kindergarten and Technology: Making Beautiful Music Together” for the Issue 2 Spring 2004 Resource News published by SoundTree  -May 2004
•  “Could the Children in the Younger Grades Benefit from Technology?” for the In My Humble Opinion Section of the TI:ME website, http://www.ti-me.org, and for the NJMEA “Tempo” Magazine   -April 2005
•  “Notating “Ode to Joy” for the Issue 3 Summer 2005 Resource News published by SoundTree  -July 2005
•  “Lesson Plan: Teaching Tempo” for Music Education Technology published by Electronic Musician  -September 2005
•  Lessons plans for utilizing music technology in the elementary music classroom for SoundTree  -September 20004-present
•  “Technology Motivates and Facilitates Optimal Learning for Music Students in Grades Prekindergarten through Five” for the Resource News published by SoundTree  -November 2006
• “Integrating Technology into Your Elementary Music Classroom” for General Music Today published by NAfME  -Fall of 2006
• “Smart Boards” in the Music Classroom” for the Maine Music Educators Association “The Bulletin” Magazine  -Winter of 2009
• Elementary Keyboard Lab Curriculum published by Alfred and SoundTree  -November 2009
• Elementary lesson plans for Sibelius Groovy Shapes and Jungle Online Learning Exchange™
• Interactive Music powered by Silver Burdett. This all-digital program, developed by Pearson in partnership with Alfred Music Publishing, will include lessons, resources, downloadable assets, and interactive musical activities to enhance any music educators’ PK-8 general music classroom. (http://www.onlinelearningexchange.com/content/products/music.html)  -2012

 Author and Editor:

Integrating Technology in the Elementary Music Classroom, sponsored by TI:ME and published by Hal Leonard Publications (lead author)  -January 2008

 CLINICIAN:

• “Integrating Music into Your Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Classroom,” at the NJAIS Conference in Lawrenceville, New Jersey  -October 2000
•  “Integrating Technology into Your K-8 Music Classroom,” at the NJAIS In-Service Day at Far Hills Country Day School, in Far Hills, NJ  -October 2003
• “Integrating Technology into Your K-4 Music Classroom,” at the TI:ME /TMEA Conference in San Antonio, TX  -February 2004
• “Teaching Music with Electronic Keyboards,” at Garnet Valley High School in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania for a PMEA In-service Day  -November 2004
•  “Integrating Technology into Your K-4 Music Classroom” at the NJMEA Conference in East Brunswick, NJ  -February 2005
•  “Integrating Technology into Your K-4 Music Classroom” at the MMEA/TI:ME Conference in Boston, MA  -March 2005
•  “Integrating Technology into Your K-4 Music Classroom” and “Help! My Elementary Music Students Know More About Technology Than I Do!” at the TI:ME/FMEA Conference in Tampa, FL  -January 2006
•  “Integrating Technology into Your K-4 Music Classroom” at the PMEA Conference in Valley Forge, PA  -March 2006
•  “Integrating Technology into Your K-4 Music Classroom” at the National NAfME Conference in Salt Lake City, UT  -April 2006
•  “Technology-Enhanced Elementary General Music Lesson Plans” at the first-ever TI:ME NJ Conference in Franklin Lakes, NJ  -October 2006
•  “Technology-Enhanced Elementary General Music Lesson Plans” at the NJMEA Conference in East Brunswick, N  -February 2007
•  “Integrating Technology into Your K-4 Music Classroom” a the NAfME Eastern Divisional Conference in Hartford, CT  -March 2007
•  “Technology-Enhanced Elementary General Music Lesson Plans” at the Summer NYSSMA Conference in Buffalo, NY  -August 2007
•  “Using Technology to Assess in the Elementary General Music Classroom” at the TI:ME NJ Conference in Franklin Lakes, NJ  -October 2007
•  “Technology-Enhanced Elementary General Music Lesson Plans” at the TI:ME/MMEA conference in Grand Rapids, MI  -January 2008
•  “Using Technology to Assess in the Elementary General Music Classroom” at the NJMEA Conference in East Brunswick, NJ  -February 2008
•  “A Groovy Way for Elementary Students to Create Music” at the NJMEA Conference in East Brunswick, NJ  -February 2008
•  “Using Technology as a Tool to Assess in the Elementary Music Classroom ” at the Summer NYSSMA Conference in Albany, NY  -August 2008
•  “Podcasting in the Elementary Music Classroom” at the TI:ME NJ Conference at Rowan University in Glassboro,  NJ  -October 2008
•  “Technology Integration in the Elementary Music Classroom,” at the TI:ME /TMEA Conference in San Antonio, TX  -February 2009
•  “SMART Board in the Elementary Music Classroom”at the NJMEA Conference in East Brunswick, NJ  -February 2009
•  “Composition in the Music Classroom” at the NAfME Music Education Week in Washington DC  -June 2009
•  “SMART Board in the Elementary Music Classroom”at the TI:ME NJ Conference in East Brunswick, NJ  -October 2009
•  “Podcasting in the Elementary Music Classroom”at the FMEA Conference in Tampa, FL, Key Technology Presenter  -January 2010
•  “Technology Integration in the Elementary Music Classroom,”at the FMEA Conference in Tampa, FL, Key Technology Presenter  -January 2010
•  “Elementary General Music: Using Technology to Integrate Musicwith Other Subjects,” at the NJMEA/TI:ME National Conference in East Brunswick, NJ  -February 2010
•  “SMART Board in the Elementary Music Classroom” at the NJMEA Summer Conference  -August 2010
•  “Podcasting in the Elementary Music Classroom” at the FMEA Conference in Tampa, FL, Key Technology Presenter  -January 2011
•  “Elementary General Music: Using Technology to Integrate Music with Other Subjects,” at the FMEA Conference in Tampa, FL, Key Technology Presenter  -January 2011
•  “Internet Resources for the Elementary Music Educator,” at the FMEA Conference in Tampa, FL, Key Technology Presenter  -January 2011
•  “Elementary General Music: Using Technology to Integrate Music with Other Subjects,” at the OMEA/TI:ME National Conference in Columbus, OH  -January 2011
•  “SMART Board in the Elementary Music Classroom” at the NAfME Eastern Division Conference in Baltimore, MD  -April 2011
•  “Elementary General Music: Using Technology to Integrate Music with Other Subjects,” at the CMEA Conference in Hartford, CT  -April 2011
•  “SMART Board in the Elementary Music Classroom” at the NJMEA Summer Conference  -August 2011
•  “SMART Board in the Elementary Music Classroom” at the American Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA) Conference, Pittsburgh, PA  -November 2011
•  “SMART Board in the Elementary Music Classroom” & “Integrating into the Elementary Music Classroom” at the Missouri Music Educators Association Conference in Osage Beach, Missouri  -January, 2012
•  “Internet Resources for the Elementary Music Educator,” “SMART Board in the Elementary Music Classroom” & “iPads in Music Education” at the NJMEA Conference in East Brunswick, NJ  -February 2012
•  “Internet Resources for the Elementary Music Educator,” & “iPads in Music Education”  at the CMEA National Conference in Hartford, NJ   -April 2012

PERFORMANCES AND RECORDINGS:

• Flutist and clarinetist in the NJ/NY area -1996-present
• Instrumentalist on “Meet the Mometers” CD  -2001