Liberty High School - August 2009 - July 2014
Drama Teacher, Artistic Director, Technical Director, Troupe 984
Drama Teacher, Artistic Director, Technical Director, Troupe 984
- Cultivated an award wining and highly respected theatre program at the local, state, national and international level with 25% of the school enrolled in theatre classes and approximately 120 students participating in the after school program while producing 5 – 7 productions a year.
- Awarded the Outstanding School Award in Theatre Education in 2012 - 2013 from the Educational Theatre Association and named one of the top 12 theatre programs in the country
- Cultivated an award winning after school program that included 120 – 150 students per production
- Secured over $500,000 in scholarship monies for students in 2013 – 2014, including two full rides for theatre to UMBC and
the presidential scholarship for theatre to Ithaca College and entrance into Competitive theatre colleges. - Grossed an average of 600 tickets sold per night, with 3600 – 4200 tickets sold per production from 2009 - 2014
- Built a high school theatre program from $22,000 in revenue in 2008 to $252,00 in revenue in 2013-2014
- Produced 5 – 7 productions a year, while managing a production team of 4 employees.
- Performed at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland summer of 2013
- Finalist for Carroll County Teacher of the Year 2012, Semi-Finalist in 2010, 2011, 2013
- Chartered and Developed a booster program of 5 parents to 75 parents for fundraising responsibilities
- Increased enrollment in the nationally awarded theatre honors society from 12 students to 54 students
- Instituted the ability to fund-raise, sell tickets, and receive donations and gifts online.
Served on the Gifted and Talented Development Committee at the County Level, Graduation Committee Member, School Improvement Team, Class Advisor of 2011, Student Learning Objective Committee for Fine Arts at the County Level - Designed the Liberty Drama website and utilized social media to communicate with students, parents and the community
- Established the first all-county middle school musical for the Gifted and Talented Development program.