LOGAN S.

CAYWOOD
10313 W Rita St 620.931.4127
Wichita, KS 67209 lcaywood7@gmail.com

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Music Education
Kansas State University December 2017
Manhattan, Kansas

Associate in Liberal Arts

Hutchinson Community College August 2015
Hutchinson, Kansas

Associate in Music
Butler Community College May 2015
El Dorado, Kansas

ESOL Endorsement
Newman University Expected Completion May 2021
Wichita, Kansas

EXPERIENCE

Vocal Music Teacher May 2021-Present

Dean Ray Stucky Middle School, Wichita Public Schools USD 259, Wichita, Kansas
● Select, teach, and direct music for multiple choirs
● Create new curriculum & lead instruction for choir & general music classes
● Record and assess student musical development and implement SRG
● Create the Vocal Music SRG Critical Concepts as a part of the Wichita Public School Middle
School Vocal Music SRG Committee
● Assist with various district-wide choir rehearsals and performances

Vocal Music Teacher May 2020-May 2021

Hadley Middle School, Wichita Public Schools USD 259, Wichita, Kansas
● Plan and teach curriculum for middle school choirs
● Serve as the Exploratory Team Leader conducting meetings, observations, and collecting data
● Lead instruction for a homeroom class
● Prepare and conduct choirs in various performances
● Assist with various district-wide choir rehearsals and performances

Vocal & General Music Teacher January 2018-May 2020

Jardine STEM & Career Explorations Academy, Wichita Public Schools USD 259, Wichita, Kansas

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 ● Plan and teach curriculum for middle school choirs
● Plan and teach curriculum for middle school general music classes
● Lead instruction for a homeroom class
● Prepare and conduct choirs in various performances
● Assist with various district-wide choir rehearsals and performances

Host Coordinator and Stage Manager March 2018-March 2021

Music For All National Choir Festival
● Manage ensemble hosts and participating ensembles
● Serve as a liaison between ensembles and Music For All
● Stage direction for a 500-student mass choir
● Stage Management during National Choir Festival concert
● Recruitment of ensemble hosts and volunteers from around the country

Research Assistant and Grant Manager August 2015-January 2019

Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
● Construct research questionnaires and rubrics for collecting data
● Conduct personal interviews with educators, and perform classroom observations
● Analyze and transcribe data from interviews and observations
● Construct articles based on collected research data
● Grant proposal writing and submitting
● Present data at university, national, and international research conferences

Student Teaching Apprentice August 2017-December 2017

Wichita Public Schools USD 259, Wichita, Kansas
● Assisted teachers in administrative and classroom tasks
● Plan and lead instruction in elementary general music classes
● Plan and lead instruction for high school choirs
● Assist in music direction for an elementary musical
● Assist in the direction of an elementary drumline ensemble
● Conduct high school choirs in performance settings

Summer Music Director May 2015-August 2015

Trinity United Methodist Church, Hutchinson, Kansas
● Assisted in organizing and leading Vacation Bible School for elementary students
● Lead music and ministry in worship services
● Direct rehearsals and worship services for the Sanctuary Choir
● Assist in the selection and purchase of future music
● Assist in the direction of the Contemporary Praise Band

PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

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“Teaching Diverse Populations: Connecting, Collaborating, and Creating Music”
January 2019
Paper session co-presented with Dr. Ruth Gurgel, Talia Falcon, Elias Gillespie, Stephanie Goering,
Shelby Goss, and Alicia Jackson at the University of South Carolina Second Annual Equity in
Education Conference, Columbia, South Carolina

“Teaching Diverse Populations: Connecting, Collaborating, and Creating Music”

February 2018
Paper session co-presented with Dr. Ruth Gurgel, Talia Falcon, Elias Gillespie, Stephanie Goering,
Shelby Goss, and Alicia Jackson at the Kansas Music Educators Association In-Service Workshop,
Wichita, Kansas

“Humans, Not Heroes: Teachers’ Implementation of Culturally September 2017

Sensitive and Relevant Pedagogy In Music Classrooms”
Paper session co-presented with Dr. Ruth Gurgel, Talia Falcon, Elias Gillespie, Stephanie Goering,
Shelby Goss, and Alicia Jackson at the 2017 Society for Music Teacher Education Symposium,
Minneapolis, Minnesota

“Humans, Not Heroes: Teachers’ Implementation of Culturally May 2017

Sensitive and Relevant Pedagogy In Music Classrooms”
Paper session co-presented with Dr. Ruth Gurgel, Talia Falcon, Elias Gillespie, Stephanie Goering,
Shelby Goss, and Alicia Jackson at the 14th Mountain Lake Colloquium, Pembroke, Virginia

“You Don’t Have to be a Hero, Just Be a Human: Teachers’ April 2017

Implementation of Culturally Sensitive and Relevant Pedagogy
In Music Classrooms”
Paper session co-presented with Dr. Ruth Gurgel, Talia Falcon, Elias Gillespie, Stephanie Goering,
Shelby Goss, and Alicia Jackson at the 13th Cultural Diversity In Music Education International
Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal

“Humans, Not Heroes: Teachers’ Implementation of Culturally November 2016

Sensitive and Relevant Pedagogy In Music Classrooms”
Poster session co-presented with Dr. Ruth Gurgel at the Diversity Summit for the Office of
Diversity, Kansas State University in Manhattan Kansas

“Putting the SHOW in Choir” February 2015

Workshop session co-presented with Valerie Lippoldt Mack and the Butler Headliners Show Choir
at the Kansas Music Educators Association In-Service Workshop, Wichita, Kansas

GRANT WRITING
Funded
Caywood, L. Culturally Relevant and World Music Pedagogy in the Choir Classroom. Funds requested to
continue emphasis on World Music Pedagogy and to purchase tubanos at Jardine STEM &
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 Career Explorations Academy. Give A Note Foundation, Music Education Innovator
Award Winner, April 1, 2020, Funded. $4,000.

Caywood, L. World Music Pedagogy in the Choir Classroom. Funds requested for attendance at the
2020 Smithsonian Folkways World Music Pedagogy Certification Course at the University
of Washington. Music Teachers National Association Foundation, Teacher Enrichment
Grant, May 1, 2019, Funded, $750.

Caywood, L. Auxiliary Percussion Instruments for Choir, Band, and Orchestra. Funds requested to
purchase a variety of world music auxiliary percussion instruments for the Choir, Band, and
Orchestra ensembles at Jardine STEM & Career Explorations Academy. Wichita Public
Schools, Education EDGE Grant, October 5, 2018, Funded, $841.

Caywood, L. Humans, Not Heroes: Teachers’ Implementation of Culturally Sensitive and

Relevant Pedagogy in Music Classrooms. Funds requested to make this presentation at the
Cultural Diversity in Music Education International Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, in
March, 2017 and the Mountain Lake Colloquium in Pembroke, Virginia, in May 2017.
College of Education Contribution, Kansas State University, February 11, 2017, Funded,
$1,000.

Caywood, L. Humans, Not Heroes: Teachers’ Implementation of Culturally Sensitive and

Relevant Pedagogy in Music Classrooms. Funds requested to make this presentation at the
Cultural Diversity in Music Education International Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, in
March, 2017. Center for Student and Professional Services Travel Award, Kansas State
University, January 30, 2017, Funded, $233.

Caywood, L. Humans, Not Heroes: Teachers’ Implementation of Culturally Sensitive and

Relevant Pedagogy in Music Classrooms. Funds requested to make this presentation at the
Cultural Diversity in Music Education International Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, in
March, 2017. Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Travel Award, Kansas
State University, December 10, 2016, Funded, $1,000.

Caywood, L. Humans, Not Heroes: Teachers’ Implementation of Culturally Sensitive and

Relevant Pedagogy in Music Classrooms. Funds requested to make this presentation at the
Cultural Diversity in Music Education International Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, in
March, 2017. College of Arts & Sciences Research Opportunities Award, Kansas State
University, December 13, 2016, Funded, $1,000.

Caywood, L. Humans, Not Heroes: Teachers’ Implementation of Culturally Sensitive and

Relevant Pedagogy in Music Classrooms. Funds requested to travel for classroom observations
and interviews to Los Alamitos, California in April, 2016. College of Arts & Sciences
Research Travel Award, Kansas State University, December 10, 2016, Funded, $800.

In Progress/Not Funded
Caywood, L. Music library funds for the Jardine Vocal Music program. Funds requested for the purchase
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 of sheet music and for extracurricular music festival registration fees. California Casualty
Music and Arts Grant, August 11, 2019, pending. $250.

Caywood, L. World Music Pedagogy in the Choir Classroom. Funds requested for the purchase of
instruments and to fund culture bearers and guest lectures. The Mockingbird Foundation,
General Grant, August 1, 2019, pending. $7500.

Caywood, L. Jardine Middle School Modern Band. Funds requested to purchase instruments and begin
a Modern Band ensemble at Jardine STEM & Career Explorations Academy. Give A Note
Foundation, Music Education Innovator Award, March 31, 2018, not funded. $4,000.

Caywood, L and Gurgel, R. Humans, Not Heroes: Teachers’ Implementation of Culturally

Sensitive and Relevant Pedagogy in Music Classrooms. Spread Music Now Foundation,
November 1, 2016, not funded. $4,493.

Caywood, L and Gurgel, R. Humans, Not Heroes: Teachers’ Implementation of Culturally

Sensitive and Relevant Pedagogy in Music Classrooms. National Association for Music
Education, Cultural Diversity Grant, October 1, 2016, not funded. $10,000.

Caywood, L and Gurgel, R. Humans, Not Heroes: Teachers’ Implementation of Culturally

Sensitive and Relevant Pedagogy in Music Classrooms. Mockingbird Foundation,
September 13, 2016, pending. $5,000.

PERFORMING/CONDUCTING EXPERIENCES

Conductor for the Trinity United Methodist Church Cantata 2017

Hutchinson, Kansas

Conductor for the Trinity United Methodist Church Summer Sanctuary Choir 2015
Hutchinson, Kansas

Student Performer with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra 2014

Wichita, Kansas

Solo Vocalist at Trinity United Methodist Church 2012-2016

Hutchinson, Kansas

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Present
National Association for Music Education
National Educators Association
Kansas National Educators Association
Kansas Music Educators Association
American Choral Directors Association
Society for Music Teacher Education
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United Teachers of Wichita
American Federation of Teachers

REFERENCES

Valerie Lippoldt Mack, MM

Lead Music & Dance Chair
Butler Community College
901 S. Haverhill Rd
El Dorado, KS 67042
(316) 322-3224
vmack@butlercc.edu

Kim Mann
Choir Coordinator
Artistic Director
Music for All National Choir Festival
39 W Jackson Place Suite 150
Indianapolis, IN 46225
(317)524-6244
kim.m@musicforall.org

Henry Waters, DMA

Assistant Professor of Vocal Music
Butler Community College
901 S. Haverhill Rd
El Dorado, KS 67042
(316)247-1430
hwaters@butlercc.edu

Amy Davidson, MM
Vocal Music
Wichita High School North
1437 N Rochester St
Wichita, KS 67203
(316) 973-6344
adavidson@usd259.net

Ruth Gurgel, PhD

Assistant Professor of Music Education
Kansas State University
227 McCain Auditorium
Manhattan, KS 66505
(785) 532-3827
gurgel@k-state.edu

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