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Ruth Catchen is available to engage in new STEM/STEAM curriculum or enrichment activity projects. Ruth Catchen received her Bachelor of Music degree from American University and her Master of Music degree from The Catholic University of America, in Vocal Performance and performed with many distinguished opera companies, conductors and orchestras in the United States. During that time, she created a series of lecture recitals called “opera coffees” in which she performed and discussed the history of pieces of music and operatic traditions. Later in her career, she turned her direction to music education and founded a youth chorale with the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra in Naples, Florida. This group grew from 45 children to over a hundred from a three county area. They performed with the orchestra as well as with well-known conductors such as Pops great, Erich Kunzel. After moving to Colorado, Catchen focused her attention to public education, hoping to better its quality and depth. She received her second master’s degree in 2007 from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in Curriculum and Instruction/Leadership. Since then, she has worked in developing arts integrated curriculum programs for various schools and school districts. Her work has included the creation, development and marketing of educational programs through social media. Through her consulting work, Ruth brings educational opportunities to disadvantaged youth, schools, and other non-profit organizations. Her passion is to promote excellent instruction that supports teachers and to bring education and the arts to life for children by connecting the arts to other core academics. Specialties: Music curriculum, integrated arts curriculum, arts marketing, education marketing, social media, new media marketing, project management, voice teacher, youth chorale director.Improving Teacher Quality is Essential — Are We Missing the Point?
You can have the greatest programs in the world-tried and tested but if they are not implemented with great instruction, […]
My “Ah-Ha” Moment about Teacher Preparation and Quality
Anyone interested in education reform should be thinking about what makes a good, great teacher? How does one train? What […]
YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE MISSING!
IT’S THE ARTS! ENGAGEMENT! PASSION! CONNECTION! LEARNING WITH RIGOR AND PURPOSE! I am asked over and over again, how can […]
Exactly how do you want to improve the creativity and problem solving ability of our students?
I just read this post from Project Lead the Way CEO Vince Bertram entitled, “We have to get serious about […]
Is Being Poor the Hardest Job in America?
Reality Check: Is Being Poor the Hardest Job in America? It is another day and I am running around doing […]
STEM is MORE than Science!!
My brain has been on fire about this subject. It doesn’t have to be STE[a]M and it isn’t just STEM. […]
The Importance of the Scientific Method for Learning and Life
The scientific method is a time-tested method of discovery. It is the foundation used to investigate, refine and communicate new […]
Does Pink Inspire or Reinforce Stereotypes?
I have been thinking about the “pink” thing for a long time. I don’t like pink, never really have. I […]
Being Your Best Self
Being Your Best Self are words that resonate with me. It may sound silly because who doesn’t want to be […]