Kristen

Walther
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(774) 7221741 7 NorEast Drive, Harwich, MA 02645 klee_15@comcast.net
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Objective
Obtain a teaching position as a high school music teacher

Education
University of Maine



May 2013



B.M. Music Education



Orono, ME



* GPA: 3.417 (cum laude)

Harwich High School



June 2009










Harwich, MA




People to People Student Ambassador
June 2007



Classic Europe Tour

Certifications
MA Initial Teacher License


Issued 04/04/2014



Music, PreK-12




474237

ME Initial Teacher License


Issued 07/11/2013
Music, K-12




455902

Teaching

Harwich High School



Oct 2013June 2014
Experience
Monomoy Regional Schools substitute

Harwich, MA
* substitute for music director: chorus and band grades 9-12
* maintained execution of effective rehearsals
* facilitated final preparations and set-up for 2 concerts
* substitute for secretaries in main office and guidance
* substitute in all other areas (including special education)
* audition coaching for music festivals

Eddy Elementary School


JanMay 2014
Nauset Public Schools substitute

Brewster, MA
substitute for music teachers
pull-out lessons, band, and general music grades 3-5

Mattacheese Middle School


SeptDec 2013
Dennis-Yarmouth Regional Schools substitute
Yarmouth, MA



substitute for band, chorus, and anywhere else needed

Private Lessons Instructor


JuneAug 2013
bass clarinet




Harwich, MA
th



two weekly 1 hour long lessons with a rising 9 grader

RSU 34





JanMay 2013
student teacher (Music K-12)


Old Town, ME
K-12 general music, chorus, and band (pullout lessons and several
levels of concert and jazz bands)

Work

Experience

Awards

&

Honors





Musical

Ensembles













Professional
Development

Marathon Seafood Restaurant

May 2014present
manager





Dennis, MA
* shift leader for front end of a quick-serve seafood restaurant in a
tourist destination
* facilitate social media marketing and maintain website
* helped owner (father) set up restaurant and programmed POS
system (register)
Wellfleet PEARL (seasonal)


May 2014present
server





Wellfleet, MA
serve food to customers in a fast-paced seafood restaurant in a
popular tourist destination
Hearth n Kettle
server

Wellfleet PEARL (seasonal)

busser/server

Sep 2013May 2014

Orleans, MA

May 2011Aug 2012

Wellfleet, MA

Dennisport Lobster Company

May 2010Aug 2010
cashier





Dennisport, MA

UMaine Dean Scholar Award (scholarshipP
Gilmore Scholarship for Music
Deans List (4 semesters)
Tau Beta Sigma, Delta Nu: Presidents Award (2012)


Pride of Maine Marching Band
UMaine Symphonic Band
Screamin Black Bears Pep Band
UMaine Concert Band

Chamber Jazz Ensemble
Collegiate Chorale

clarinet section leader

principal clarinet /section leader


principal clarinet

MA All-State Music Educators Conference

attended workshops and observed rehearsals

Mar 2014

All-Cape and Islands Music Festival

2014
* adjudicated clarinet auditions for festival
* helped host school run rehearsal days for festival smoothly
National Association for Music Education

Sep 2010present

Tau Beta Sigma

Dec 2009present
National Honorary Band Service Sorority
* Life Member #3075
* Delta Nu Chapter President, 20132013
* organized, executed, and facilitated service projects and
fundraisers to aide the band program
* learned about the structure of a band program and how to
support it through overseeing this organization as President

References

These are additional references outside of written recommendations

Jeff Priest
RSU 34 mentor teacher (9-12)
Old Town High School, Director of Bands
jeffrey.priest@rsu34.org
207-944-7019

Amanda Marquis
RSU 34 mentor teacher (K-5)
Old Town Elementary School, Music K-5
amanda.marquis@rsu34.org
207-949-4594

Louis Hall
UMaine music education professor & student teaching advisor
louis.hall@umit.maine.edu
207-581-4703

Chris White
UMaine Director of Bands & Tau Beta Sigma sponsor
christopher.white@umit.maine.edu
207-581-4703

Susan Marcille
mother of private lesson student
sdetmarcille@aol.com
404-375-0277