Frank Barnes

Experience

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  8084

  Nov 1982 - now

  Bass player; vocalist

  I played guitar with 8084 from 1982 until the spring of 2001. Original surviving members include guitarist Andre Maquera, lead singer Randy Smith, drummer Gary Spaulding, and me. The band reunited in 2009 to do a mini-tour in support of Randy's solo album, "Bittersweet." An 8084 tour of northern New England followed in the spring of 2011, and the band continues to perform together on a limited basis.

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  West Street Digital, Inc.

  Jan 1994 - now

  Co-owner

  West Street Digital is a recording studio located in beautiful Fairfield, Vermont. Andre Maquera and Frank Barnes opened the studio in 1994 as a facility in which to record their own music as well as produce other artists. Maquera is chief engineer, producer, and operations manager. Barnes' involvement with West Street diminished considerably after pursuing a career in education, though he maintains 50% of the stock in the corporation.

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  Mount Anthony Union High School

  Aug 2000 - Oct 2011

  English Teacher/ Assistant Principal

  My teaching duties included all levels of high school English, including AP Language and Composition and creative writing. I also co-taught freshman honors humanities and sophomore humanities courses, and I was the advisor of the Writers Club, Photography Club, and the student newspaper. As assistant principal, I was co-chair of the steering committee for both our student advisory program and our NEASC team.

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  Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union

  Oct 2011 - Nov 2021

  Director of Eductional Technology

  Frank is the Director of Educational Technology in the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union (SVSU), which comprises five school districts and eight separate campuses. He works closely with the building principals and Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment to coordinate best practices to embed technology into teaching and learning. Responsibilities also include oversight of a staff of 16 that encompasses tech support, network and data management, communications infrastructure, hardware and software, security, tech integration specialists, and tech education for staff, among other areas of management relating to technology in education. Show less

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  Vermont Virtual Learning Cooperative

  Oct 2018 - now

  Online Teacher

  Retired from my position as the Director of Educational Technology at the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union, I continue to teach high school English courses online, a position I've held part-time since 2018.