Dave Allu, M.A.

WolfJamMusic.com

Music

Objective
A rewarding career as Music Educator in the Public Education System. The continued dissemination of knowledge, skills, patience, discipline and passion that music can bring to students lives. Due to my many years of equal development of my singing voice, guitar playing and the teaching of both disciplines, I have the rare distinction of being equally qualified to teach both vocal and instrumental based music.

Experience
The Delbarton School, Morristown, NJ April 2006 - Present

Music Teacher: Responsibilities include teaching private music lessons on guitar, bass, voice and piano. Developing students skills in ear training, music theory, music history and appreciation while enhancing comprehensive musicianship in an enjoyable, rewarding and memorable way. - Rock Band Ensemble founder and facilitator: While at Delbarton I started a Rock Band club. This group is designed to foster good ensemble playing technique in a genre of music that is very accessible and relevant to school aged children: Pop and Rock. This group also fosters democratic practices and social skills due to my curriculum, in which each student takes an active role in the groups mission, repertoire and direction. Private Music Lesson Instructor (self employed) 1997 - Present

I began giving private music lessons during my undergraduate career and continued during my first postgraduate foray in the business world. I regularly teach an average of 30 40 students per week, on voice and guitar. My reliability, accepting nature, constant requests to meet high standards and drive to inject lessons with humor have kept many students returning and referring friends and neighbors. UPS Feb 1999 April 2006

While at UPS, I worked on computer systems in their corporate billing department. I began as a help desk technician, but due to my adaptability I was quickly promoted first to supervisor, then to Quality Assurance Analyst and a role as Special Project Manager. Some of my education oriented duties included: - Trained software users, customer service department and billing clerks on software enhancements. - Educated Business Systems analyst and help desk personnel on functionality of billing systems, in order for them to troubleshoot and support those systems. - Development of my team so they understood how to properly test and evaluate / assess new software. - Created testing plans for my team to follow. - Held classes to inform package handling personal and their management the proper way to utilize proprietary hardware. - Assessed the performance of our systems against strict, rigorous, and detailed metrics and success criteria.

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Education, Certification, Professional Affiliations
Montclair State University (2010 -2012) Master of Arts in Teaching/Music. NJ Certificate of Eligibility with Advanced Standing (completed May 2012). 4.0 GPA. William Paterson University (1993 -1998) Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Management and Classical Performance. Guitar and Voice. Deans List Four Semesters. Vocal Training and Performing with Bobby McFerrin (2011) 50 hour intensive workshop and performances, covering vocal improvisation and circle singing with this master singer. Action Theater Conservatory (1994) Studied musical theater and acting as a recipient of a select work-study scholarship. Praxis: passed Member of National Association for Music Education (NAfME)

Skills
15 years teaching experience, 5 of which are at Delbarton: one of the most elite and prestigious private schools in NJ. In 2007, The Wall Street Journal ranked Delbarton School ninth among America's high schools. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Dynamic classroom presenter. Equally able to work appropriately with any age group: from Kindergarten, through high school. Very comfortable with technology. Experience dealing with Special Needs Children, specifically Pervasive Developmental Disorder (P.D.D. i.e. Autism/Aspergers). I have a 5-year-old son on the spectrum. We have actively engaged in early intervention for him. In addition, I was diagnosed with ADD and Learning Disabilities as a very young child, therefore I have insight into working with and overcoming disabilities and their challenges. Main Instruments: Guitar (31 years), Voice (20 years since initial private lessons) and Electric Bass Secondary Instruments: Piano, Strings, Drum kit and Percussion.

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Student Teaching and Fieldwork
Four weeks of Fieldwork teaching music to a Kindergarten class, which included up to 6 special needs students on the Pervasive Developmental Disorder spectrum (P.D.D. i.e. Autism/Aspergers). Kinnelon, NJ: Fall 2011 Fieldwork and Student Teaching: Fernbrook Elementary School, Randolph NJ, General Music K 5: Oct 2011 March 2012. o In this position, I wrote lesson plans and delivered 1-hour lessons for grades 1 5 and 30-minute lessons for Kindergarten. All the lessons, focused on nurturing the fundamentals of musicianship, music literacy and appreciation in a solidly Kodaly based method. I also utilized Orff-style accompaniments to foster the ability for students to sing while simultaneously playing complementary and contrasting Ostinato patterns. A substantial portion of the curriculum centered around developing and utilizing the childrens singing voices and strengthening pitch matching and healthy vocal technique. My cooperating teacher entrusted me to deliver an entire days worth of lessons for a significant period of time.

Student Teaching: Randolph Middle School, 7th & 8th Grade General Music and Media Arts: March 2012 May 2012. o In this position, I wrote lesson plans and delivered daily lessons for a cycle based General Music class and a Media Arts class. The music class centered on students learning beginner guitar, piano, music theory and music technology. The Media Arts class was a technology-based class focusing on the use of MacBooks and the iLife suite of programs.

Hobbies
Running: trained and completed Jersey Shore marathon (26.2 miles) Yoga Meditation Comparative Religious Studies Ice Hockey: played competitively from age 6 through high school. Fly Fishing (beginner) Educating students on the dangers and fallacies regarding drugs and alcohol in the music field and elsewhere, as well as promoting success stories of people who have done their best work while clean and sober.