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Jessica Claire
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Professional Summary

Hardworking performance leader with 24 years of music teaching experience. Skilled at selecting and arranging musical pieces for regular, holiday and special event performances. Adept at working with individual performers to optimize sound and abilities. Specializing in concert, jazz, pep, and marching band music with 10 years of Musical Theater Performance Directing.

20 years of experience building and flying Radio Control airplanes and quadcopter drones.

Skills
  • Fundraising
  • Can play all of the band instruments comfortably. (less familiar with the double reeds)
  • Comfortable playing piano
  • Comfortable playing the guitar
  • Comfortable playing the bass guitar
  • Have taught private lesson on just about all of the band instruments
  • Familiar with sound system setup and operation
  • Lots of experience arranging music for band instruments
  • Very comfortable with music transposition
  • Travel planning
  • Outstanding social skills
  • I can play and coach basketball, tennis, and soccer
  • Age-appropriate lesson planning
  • Student motivation
  • Creative imagination stimulation
  • Computer proficient
  • Audio-visual aid implementation
  • Conflict resolution
  • Radio Control Airplane and Drone operator
Work History
Band Director/Drama Coach, 09/2013 to Current
Valley Christian SchoolCity, STATE,
  • 5th grade beginning band director
  • 6th grade band director
  • 7th-8th grade band director
  • 9-12 grade high school band director (concert, jazz, pep bands)
  • Planned 5 band concerts yearly and marketed concerts to students, parents and general public.
  • prepared high school concert and jazz bands for music festival adjudication with consistent superior ratings in both.  This year our jazz band earned a performance at the State Music Festival having received a Superior rating at the District Festival.
  • Inventoried, maintained, repaired and purchased new instruments and gear for department.
  • taught 8th and 9th grade Old Testament and New Testament Survey classes
  • Co-directed 7th/8th grade and high school musicals:

"Annie, jr."; "The Music Man, jr."; "Beauty and the Beast, jr."; "The Little Mermaid, jr."; "Wizard of Oz"; "The Sound of Music"; "Fiddler on the Roof, jr."  

  • organized all the marketing and ticket sales for these Musical performances
  • Organized two high school band tours to Oregon, California, and Utah with bus travel, lodging and performances en route.
  • Organized the fund-raising events for these tours.
  • Taught HS Aviation class for two years.
  • Taught HS Guitar Class for three years.
  • Organized and led worship teams for JH and HS chapels
  • Taught Driver's Education classes 
  • 7th/8th grade boys basketball coach for 2 years
  • JH Athletic Director for 2 years
  • Part-time School Guidance Counselor for 2 years.
  • 2013 "Gold Star" teacher award recipient in the community.
  • Commercial bus driving license to drive school bus to events and charter bus with air brakes endorsement
Band Director/Music teacher/Drama Coach, 09/2009 to 05/2013
Grace And Cascade Christian SchoolCity, STATE,
  • 5th grade band director
  • 6th grade band director
  • 7th/8th grade band director
  • 9th-12th grade band director (concert and jazz bands)
  • started the Cascade Christian High School pep band and first ever Cascade Christian marching band at football games.
  • organized two band trips to the ACSI band festival in Kirkland, WA
  • High School chapel and worship coordinator
  • taught HS guitar class
  • taught HS Aviation Class
  • taught elementary general music to grade  5
  • directed grade 5 musical
  • co-directed JH Musicals:

  "Pirates of Penzance"; "Fiddler on the Roof, jr."; "Beauty and the Beast,  jr."

  • organized and directed the Grace Christian JH Marching Band in the Pear Blossom Parade for four years.
  • Performed the National Anthem at two separate Portland Trail Blazers basketball games on alto saxophone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhsnU-nKk8Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8ZO6AESpfQ

Band Director, 09/1994 to 05/2009
Valley Christian SchoolCity, STATE,
  • Directed 5th grade band
  • Directed 6th grade band
  • Directed 7th/8th grade band
  • Directed 9th-12th grade band (concert, jazz)
  • Directed the hs choir for two years.
  • Started the first ever Valley Christian Pep Band in '96.  It is still going strong to this day
  • Planned 5 band concerts yearly and marketed concerts to students, parents and general public.
  • Organized 6 high school band tours to California, Washington, Colorado, Utah, and Illinois (including all of the fund-raising events)
  • Inventoried, maintained, repaired and purchased new instruments and gear for department.
  • Taught Driver's Education (10 years)
  • Taught Numerous High School Bible Classes (Old Testament Survey mostly)
  • Taught HS Music Theory for 4 years
  • Chapel Speaker on numerous occasions.
  • Organized HS band float at the University of Montana Homecoming Parade for 10 years (won numerous trophies for our band float entry)
  • Head coach 7th/8th grade boys basketball team for 10 seasons
Education
Bachelor of Arts: Music Education, Expected in 1994 to University of Southern Mississippi - Hattiesburg, MS
GPA:

-I graduated with a 3.97 GPA

-MTNA Woodwind Ensemble National Competition Winner

-Full ride music scholarships to USM on the saxophone

-Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall  duet performance with Dr. Lawrence Gwozdz

High School Diploma: , Expected in 1989 to Valley Christian School - Missoula, MT
GPA:

-I graduated as senior class co-valedictorian with a perfect 4.0 GPA

-2 year letterman in Varsity Basketball

-4 year letterman in Varsity Soccer

-3 year letterman in Varsity Tennis

-All-State Band 1st and 2nd chair alto saxophone during Junior and Senior years.

Certifications
  • First aid and CPR certified
  • Montana Office of Public Instruction Teaching Certificate
  • Temporary ACSI teaching certificate
  • National Association for Music Education member
  • Currently the President of our District 2 Music Educators Association
  • Former Big Sky Thunderbirds RC airplane club member.
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School Attended

  • University of Southern Mississippi
  • Valley Christian School

Job Titles Held:

  • Band Director/Drama Coach
  • Band Director/Music teacher/Drama Coach
  • Band Director

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Arts
  • High School Diploma

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