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Matthew Etherington
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Work Experience
- Woods Charter School
Chapel Hill, NC
2008 – present
Middle School Director & Performing Arts Director
- Division Director for 160+ students in Grades 5-8
- Responsibilities include: leading team of 20+ faculty; communicating with parents, curriculum development, short and long-term planning, scheduling, hiring new faculty, strategic plan board member, student guidance, budgeting, K-12 programming.
- Camelot Academy
Durham, NC
2006 – 2008
Performing Arts Director & Technology Coordinator
- Milton Academy
Milton, MA
2004 – 2006
Upper School Advisor and Dormitory Parent
- Milton Academy
Milton, MA
2003 – 2006
Lower School Music Director
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Education
- University of Bristol
2001 – 2002
Bristol, United Kingdom
Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)
- University of Bristol
2000 – 2001
Bristol, United Kingdom
Master of Arts (M.A.) Composition for Film and Television
- University of Leeds
1994 – 1997
Leeds, United Kingdom
Bachelor of Arts (Honors) Jazz Studies
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Teaching Certificates
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2007
North Carolina Teaching Certificate (Music K-12)
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2005
Orff-Schulwerk Level 3 Certification (University of Memphis, TN)
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2003
Massachusetts Provisional License (Music – All Areas)
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2002
Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (Qualified Teacher Status, United Kingdom)
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Professional Development
- The Power of Professional Learning Communities at Work (Dec 2010)
- First Aid & CPR (Sept. 2009)
- Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (Feb. 2009)
- DPI Writing Across the Curriculum (Nov. 2008)
- Media Ready Training of Teacher-Trainers Workshop (July 2008)
- Northeast Consortium For Staff Development In-Service Certificate: Digital Audio Recording for the Music Classroom (2004)
- Milton Academy Boarding Staff Conference, Milton, MA (2004)
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Publications
- Etherington. 2011. A New Chapter in North Carolina. The TI:MES, Volume 3, Number 1 - Winter 2011, 2,11
- Etherington. 2010. One Computer & A Microphone: Technology as a Mirror in the Music Classroom. The TI:MES, Volume 2, Number 1 - Winter 2010, 9,13
Burns, Amy (M. Etherington - contributor). 2008. Technology Integration in the Elementary Music Classroom. Hal Leonard.
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Clinics
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2011
TI:ME: What Can It Do For Your Music Classroom?, NCMEA Conference, Winston-Salem, NC, NCMEA Conference, Winston-Salem, NC
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2011
Confessions of a Music Tech Teacher: Starting a Music Technology Course in your School, NCMEA Conference, Winston-Salem, NC
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2011
GarageBand 101, NCMEA Conference, Winston-Salem, NC
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2011
One Computer and a Microphone: Technology as a Mirror in the Music Classroom, NCMEA Conference, Winston-Salem, NC
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2011
Basic Skills: Instructional Software, Communications, and Digital Media (TI:ME 1B course), Chapel Hill, NC
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2011
The Musical Capabilities of the iPhone, TI:ME National Conference, Cincinnati, OH
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2011
Facebook and Social Media: Inside (and Outside) your Classroom, TI:ME National Conference, Cincinnati, OH
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2010
TI:ME: What Can It Do For Your Music Classroom?, NCMEA Conference, Winston-Salem, NC
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2010
The Musical Capabilities of the iPhone, NCMEA Conference, Winston-Salem, NC
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2010
One Computer and a Microphone: Technology as a Mirror in the Music Classroom, NCMEA Conference, Winston-Salem, NC
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2010
Basic Skills in Music Technology: Electronic Keyboards, MIDI Sequencing, and Notation (TI:ME 1A course), Chapel Hill, NC
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2010
The Musical Capabilities of the iPhone, TI:ME National Conference, East Brunswick, NJ
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2009
Basic Skills in Music Technology: Electronic Keyboards, MIDI Sequencing, and Notation (TI:ME 1A course), Chapel Hill, NC
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2009
One Computer and a Microphone: Technology as a Mirror in the Music Classroom, TI:ME National Conference, San Antonio, TX
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Websites