Alicia Jones-Lumbuz
Fine Arts Director Founding Choral Director and Teacher District Content Lead @KIPP Foundation
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WORK HISTORY
Fine Arts Director Founding Choral Director and Teacher District Content Lead @KIPP Foundation
Houston, TX, US
Coordinate and lead department meeting• Instructional coach (collaborates with team to solve problems, provides team mentoring and leadership, implements best teaching practices, and establishes departmental goals).• Lead campus and district professional development meetings/conferences• Maintained relationships with students, colleagues, parents, and the community• Built a fine arts department for a new developing performing-arts-for-ALL school.• Oversaw department budgeting and spearheaded fundraising efforts.• Coordinate and schedule performances • Prepare students for performances and competitions in and out of state. This includes Carnegie Hall.• Expose students to concerts and shows in the community and out of state.• Collaborated with faculty to develop and implement curriculum for district music programs.• Combined discipline plan with effective measures and various lesson plans to increase concentration, participation, and progress in student accountability.• Led the team in creating music assessment tools for the district.• Provided constructive feedback to students for performance improvement.• Produced musical theatre productions.• Implemented vocal pedagogy, theory, piano, and sight-singing techniques.
EDUCATION
University of Central Florida
Master of Arts - MA, Music Education
University of Central Florida
Master of Arts, Music Teacher Education
Liberty University
Doctorate, Christian Worship
Oakwood University
Bachelor's degree, Music and Information Systems Managament
University of Central Florida
Master of Arts (MA), Music Education
Oakwood University
Bachelor of Arts, Music/Information Systems
Liberty University
Doctor of Philosophy
Oakwood University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Music and Information Systems
ABOUT ALICIA JONES-LUMBUZ
Well-qualified educator to work in an environment where I am able to utilize my experience as well as my interpersonal and leadership skills, to not only allow myself to grow personally and professionally, but to firmly contribute towards the achievement of the mission and values of your organization.Achievements:Established clear objectives for all lessons/projects and communicated with students, achieving a total understanding of grading rubric and overall class expectations.Trained students with no choral, music or singing experience to participate and perform at UIL (University Interscholastic League), and other choral competitions where they received scores of excellence, superior, and top overall performance.Coordinated and fundraise over for low-income students.Founding educator of a Title I ARTS for ALL middle school, which became the highest academic performing KIPP Houston school.Facilitated the creation of department missions, visions, and aligned assessment frameworks.Planned and conducted activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provided students with opportunities to observe, question, investigate, and lead.Regularly met with parents to discuss student issues and course weakness areas.Planned and coordinated activities for students to perform at local stores, retirement communities, homeless shelter, schools, local businesses, and with artists.Created collaborative fine arts experience with dance, orchestra, theatre, visual arts, and other schools within the district and outside of the district.Directed theater students and choir students for musicals.Serve as content lead for KIPP Houston district
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