Who I Am
- Creator and Owner
of Rhythms & Tunes with Ms Taku, LLC
- Multicultural Music and Dance
Enrichment Specialist
- Educator, Performer, Songwriter
- Resident
of Green Bay WI
- Substitute Teacher K-12: Menominee Indian School District
- Active Community Volunteer
Mole Dance at 2013 Summer Program
Brown County Public Library
Howard Weyers-Hilliard Branch, Howard WI
Education
Antioch/New
England Graduate School, Keene, NH Master of Education (M. Ed) in Guidance
and Counseling/Dance-Movement Therapy - Counseling/Dance-Movement Therapy Internship: Mendota Mental
Health Institute, Madison WI (Children’s Unit and Adult Forensic Unit)
University of Wisconsin – Green Bay
Bachelor of Art – Human Development/Psychology (co-major)
Cum Laude - 3.75 grade point average Performed Middle Eastern and Modern Dance in UWGB Theatres Taught Afro-Brazilian Dance thru
UWGB Outreach program Dance-Movement Therapy Independent Study Internship: Brown County
Mental Health Center - Children’s
Unit and at NEW Curative Rehabilitation
Center Directed Improv & Modern Dance Production with students at Howe Alternative
School
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
(NWTC) - Green Bay
Early Childhood Education Curriculum Planning
Urban Hope Entrepreneurial Series:
“Stepping Up to New Opportunities"
Other Related Education/Classes Taken
Music: Clarinet,
guitar, hand drumming, piano
Dance/Martial Arts: African-Congolese, Afro-Brazilian, Ballet, Baton Twirling, Hawaiian, Jazz, Middle Eastern, Modern, Salsa, Tahitian,
Tap, Tumbling, Tai Chi, Tae Kwon Do (earned 1st Degree Black Belt), and Yoga
Performer/Educator, Jan. 2007
- present - Rhythms
& Tunes with Ms Taku - Business Owner/director
of custom designed "hands-on" multicultural rhythms, music, dance and story program; conducted interactive performances
at public libraries, schools, day care centers, nursing homes, senior centers, and at community arts and music festivals.
Other Relevant Experiences:
Substitute Teacher: K-12
Feb. 2013 - present: Menominee
Indian School District, Keshena WI
Substitute Teacher: K-12, (5.5 years) Pulaski School
District, WI - Classes
taught include: Art, Band, Choir, Health, Language Arts, Music (K-5), Physical Education, Science, Social Studies, Spanish,
and Special Education
Enrichment Specialist, (1 day/week):
YMCA, Green Bay WI - Developed “Rhythms & Tunes with Ms Taku" for YMCA After School Enrichment Program (13 locations)
Site Leader and Substitute Activity Leader – YMCA after school program and summer program Education Assistant and Activity Leader – Boys and Girls
Club – West Substitute Teacher – Encompass Child Care Health
Educator (tobacco prevention) – Brown County Health Department, Green
Bay area and statewide (5 years - grant position) Expressive Arts Therapist & Ropes Course Leader – Fox
Valley Psychiatric Hospital, Allouez (Note: moved out of Wisconsin) Alzheimer’s Unit Activity Director - San
Luis Manor Rehab Center Teacher’s
Aide (for developmentally delayed preschool children
and adults) – The Community Service Center (now ASPIRO)
Accreditations &
Honors
WI Short-Term Substitute Teacher Permit 2004 - present: Kindergarten
- Twelfth Grade (K-12) 2008 Urban Hope Grant Recipient: Rhythms
and Tunes with Ms Taku, LLC Business Plan 3,000 Post
Graduate Supervised Counseling Hours: State of WI Oct. 2007 Bay Business Journal: Honored
by the Chamber of Commerce as one of “125 people You Should Know” in Greater Green Bay Oct. 2006 Bay Business Journal: Honored by the Chamber of Commerce as one of “50 people You Should Know”
in Greater Green Bay Wrote songs used in first place 'Music Video' contest winner in 1989:sponsored by WI Public Television (The Nature of Love is Unity
and Wage Peace Not War).
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