André Michael Rodriguez

8101 West Pomona Drive Arvada, CO 80005  Phone: 303.982.0724     Email:amrodrig@jeffco.k12.co.us    

Websites: www.amrodriguez.pbworks.com

www.pomonacatwalktheatre.com

 

 

Career Objective: To create inspirational educational experiences for secondary students at a school that endorses the arts as an essential learning tool

 

Education

University of Northern Colorado            

Graduation: May 2009

Major: Theatre Arts            

Concentration: Secondary Teaching           

Secondary Licensure: Theatre Education

Minor: English (NCLB Highly Qualified)

Drama and English PLACE Exam (Passed)

 

Teaching Experience and Employment Summary

Pomona High School (Fall 2009 to present)               Grades 9—12

Theatre and English Instructor (Pomona Arts and Humanities Program)

Co-Director of the Catwalk Theatre Company

Director of Colorado State Thespian Troupe 4203

 

• ·      Pomona Arts and Humanities Instructor—English and Theatre
• ·      Developed and conducted arts integration methods in the English classroom: Lessons aligned with Jeffco CAP documentation and Colorado State Model Content Standards

 

• ·      Distinguished in curriculum and instructional design; focus on student learning
• ·      Individualized instruction sessions with diverse student population
• ·      CSAP Proctor: complete facilitation of reading and mathematics assessment
• ·      Director of All Shook Up
• ·      Technical Director of Almost, Maine
• ·      Technical Director of Rocket Man
• ·      Catwalk Theatre Guild meetings, budget, fundraising, community development
• ·      Professional Development Training: Pomona Parent and Staff Partnership, RTI, Jeffco Theatre District meetings, AEIC Art Institution

 

 

Creative Spaces                                                                      

Teaching Artist with Gillian McNally

UNC Drama/Visual Arts Summer Camp for Teens            

Summer 2008

 

Denver School of Science and Technology                            

Teaching Artist—Improv

 

Moore Middle School           

Stage Combat and Improv Workshops

 

Theatre Education Workshop                                       

Colorado Thespian Conference     

 

Workshops, Presentations, and Specialized Training

• ·  Creative Drama—complementing traditional teaching methods by integrating the arts into the core curriculum
• ·  Improvisational Theatre; Musical Theatre; Acting; Directing; Commedia del Arte; Shakespeare; Masks; Stage Combat; Playwriting; Stage Makeup; Carpentry; Set Design
• ·  Theatre for Young Audiences workshop with the Minneapolis Children’s Theatre
• ·  Arts Advocacy in Education—Workshop at UNC
• ·  UNC’s Recruitment Program—Developed close relationships with top theatre universities from around the country; recruited students at Colorado State Thespian Conference and the International Thespian Festival
• ·  Colorado State Thespian High School Adjudicator and Registration

UNC’s Leadership Program in Education Workshop

 

 

 

 

Directing Credits

 

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Director

Catwalk Theatre Company

Fall 2011

 

The Drowsy Chaperone

Director

Catwalk Theatre Company

Spring 2011

 

All Shook Up                                     

Director                      

Catwalk Theatre Company        

Spring 2010

 

The Amazing Food Detective                                   

Director                       

Kaiser Permanente and Weld County

Dept. of Public Health

Summer 2009

 

Sweeney Todd                                           

Assistant Director           

Catwalk Theatre Company

Spring 2009

 

The Laramie Project                                      

Director                      

University of Northern Colorado

Fall 2008

 

Amadeus                                                    

Assistant Director           

University of Northern Colorado

Spring 2008

 

Hairspray                                                      

Assistant Director           

Educational Theatre Association

Summer 2008

 

 

 

Technical Directing Credits

Out of Order

Technical Director

Catwalk Theatre Company

Fall 2011

 

The Servant of Two Masters

Technical Director

Catwalk Theatre Company

Fall 2010

 

Rocket Man

Technical Director

Catwalk Theatre Company

Fall 2009

 

Almost, Maine

Technical Director

Catwalk Theatre Company

Fall 2009

 

Children’s Theatre Experience

• ·      The Amazing Food Detective: Director—partnership with Kaiser Permanente and Weld County’s Live Well Program to advance health       awareness to K—5 children
• ·      Tomato Plant Girl—Actor in traveling tour; UNC 2008
• ·      The Incredible Jungle Journey of Fenda Maria—Actor in the Helen Langworthy Theatre; UNC 2006

 

 

Honors and Awards

• ·      Staged Reading of Ten Years Later: An Epilogue with keynote speaker, Judy Shepard
• ·      Best Director and Play in 2008 for The Laramie Project credited by the Greeley Tribune
• ·      Best Musical in 2008 for Hairspray credited by the Greeley Tribune—Assistant Director
• ·      Recipient of the University of Northern Colorado Price and Glady’s Hopkins Scholarship
• ·      Recipient of the University of Northern Colorado Leadership Scholarship
• ·      Awarded Theatre Student of the Year in 2007 by the College of Performing and Visual Arts
• ·      Member of the University of Northern Colorado Dean’s List 2007/2008

 

 

 

References

Mary Schuttler, Academic Advisor (970) 690-7176

Gillian McNally, University Professor (970) 351-2597

R. Gavin Mayer, Mentor (303) 210-8724