Erika St. Denis

Experience

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  Target

  Jun 2007 - Aug 2007

  Cashier

  ➡️ Provided fast customer service as a cashier in the front checkout lanes.

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  Music Lessons with Erika

  Sept 2008 - now

  Owner

  ➡️ Provides musical instruction to saxophone, clarinet, and flute students.➡️ Designs instruction based on student needs and goals.➡️ Established and maintains client billing and bookkeeping processes.

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  Plant Essentials, Inc

  Jun 2011 - Jul 2019

  Field Representative

  ➡️ Cared for plants and provided customers with relevant information and recommendations based on their purchasing needs.

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  Horseheads Central School District

  Feb 2014 - Mar 2014

  Long-Term Substitute Music Teacher

  ➡️ Taught three middle school bands, small group music lessons, and several general music courses.

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  TST BOCES

  Sept 2014 - Jun 2018

  Elementary Music Teacher

  ➡️ Designed curriculum and instructional materials based on research and data collection.➡️ Integrated a variety of technology in lessons to help enhance learning.➡️ Participated in professional learning communities to collaborate on finding solutions to shared challenges.➡️ Coordinated teaching schedule between two component districts.

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  Ithaca City Schools

  Sept 2018 - now

  Elementary Music Teacher

  ➡️ Designs curriculum and instructional materials based on research and data collection.➡️ Utilizes learning management system (Google Classroom) to assist in delivering instruction.➡️ Integrates a variety of technology in lessons to help enhance learning.➡️ Participates in professional learning communities to collaborate on finding solutions to shared challenges.➡️ Teaches in virtual and in-person settings.

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  New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA)

  Sept 2020 - Jun 2023

  ➡️ Provides students with constructive feedback on how to improve their musical performances.➡️ Utilizes NYSSMA’s scoring parameters to guide students on where they should focus their practice time. ➡️ Hosted a virtual New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Solo & Ensemble Festival.➡️ Created instructional materials to help teachers navigate the new registration software.➡️ Received and accounted for all checks sent by participating school districts.➡️ Communicated regularly with participating teachers to help them understand festival rules, regulations, and procedures for the first and only virtual NYSSMA festival season.

  • NYSSMA Woodwind Adjudicator

    Jan 2019 - Jun 2023

  • NYSSMA Solo & Ensemble Festival Chairperson

    Sept 2020 - Jun 2021
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  Screen Rant

  Nov 2021 - Apr 2022

  TV/Movie Features Writer

  ➡️ Wrote a minimum of five analytical TV and movie feature pieces per week.➡️ Used Discord to pitch article ideas to editors.➡️ Used Asana to create pitches and keep track of writing tasks.➡️ Conformed to ScreenRant’s house style of formatting and utilized WordPress to submit articles.

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  Poplar Point Studio

  Jul 2022 - now

  Fine Gardener

  ➡️ Helped maintain and enhance clients’ gardens according to their specifications and preferences.➡️ Worked with teammates to split up tasks in an effort to work efficiently and effectively.➡️ Utilized Slack to communicate with teammates and share before-and-after photos of the day’s work.