About Timothy B.
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Owner and Managing Director
Jan, 2010 - PresentGet2Act, LLC
• Founded this independent children’s theatre company in 2010 to develop, plan, and implement theatre education programs that incorporate dance, music, and acting. • Responsible for developing and implementing the theatre education curriculum. • In Summer 2010, held a successful first summer theatre camp through Harford County Parks and Recreation. Operated under a $10,000 budget generated by a total enrollment of 38 elementary and middle school students. In 2011, achieved a 30% increase in enrollment and $3,000 cash flow increase in this program. • Recruit and manage creative staff, including a music director, choreographer, and assistant instructors. • Direct and produce various theatre productions throughout the year, including two summer musical productions, while training young performers in the craft of acting.
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Nov, 2007 - PresentHarford County Public Schools
Middle School English Language Arts Teacher November 2007 - Present • Facilitate the learning and academic achievement of up to 130 students between five groups of students. • Select, design, evaluate, administer, score, interpret, and use group and individual aptitude, proficiency, and interest tests. • Apply current teaching-learning theories, models, and procedures for planning, designing, managing, and evaluating learning activities. • Apply the Common Core Curriculum to the principles and techniques for curriculum development. • Apply current teaching strategies and learning styles of all learners, including brain-based instruction methods, Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences, and Gregoric Learning Style Delineator. • Develop daily lesson plans and testing materials; leverage the use of technology to enhance instruction, using the latest technology to conduct research and prepare reports. • Teach students to organize and write research findings, bibliographies, and final reports. • Implement various classroom management techniques, including the Classroom Learning Systems (CLS) model, for maintaining student attention, involvement, and discipline. • Use innovative methods and materials to produce effective learning experiences, including cooperative learning, thematic instruction, and differentiation. • Instruct students in all aspects of English Language Arts, so that students recognize the authentic relationships among reading, writing, listening, and speaking in the real world. • In 2011 and 2012, taught a county-wide English Language Arts in-service on using technology in the classroom to discuss text, write about text, and check for understanding. Director of Middle School Drama September 2009 – June 2011 • Coordinate, produce, and facilitate all aspects of Patterson Mill Middle School drama productions, including plays and musicals. • Facilitate the creative and professional involvement of parent and student volunteers in lighting design, costume design, set design, program design, choreography, advertisement sales, ticket sales, food sales, and memorabilia sales. • Maintain appropriate planning of the production through purchasing, budget analysis, and fund-raisers. • Facilitate the creative process of all students through character analysis, scene analysis, and voice and actor training. High School English Teacher October 2011 – June 2012 • Provide a continuation of educational services received in the high school English classroom to at-risk students who have may have experienced a crisis in their lives, may have dropped out of school, or may have not been successful in a traditional school environment. • Create an educational environment that respects the needs of the individual student while providing a level of academic rigor that will appropriately prepare the student for entry into the traditional school environment. • Personally accept, respect, encourage, support, and engage each student in order to build a positive relationship that will allow him or her to build upon academic achievement and learn from his or her personal and/or academic mistakes.
Education
Master of Arts Teaching
Aug, 2006 - May, 2009Notre Dame of Maryland University
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Maryland Educator Certificaiton
Nov, 2007Notre Dame of MD University
English 7-12 Middle School Language Arts 4-9 Theater 7-12
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