Seeking further opportunities to teach Drama and/or Gifted Education, at primary, elementary, middle or high school levels.

Email

tommallan@hotmail.com


Telephone (Home/Daytime)

703-237-1718


Telephone (Cell)

703-622-5139


Skype (worldwide)

tom.mallan


Mailing address

1920 North Quintana Street

Arlington VA 22205


Website  

www.tommallan.com

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Fulltime positions, individual schools


(Please scroll down to see itinerant and resident teaching artist experience)

CONTACT


OBJECTIVE

2008-2009    Gifted Education Coordinator

                            middle & high school

                            American School of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)


  1. •Developed a new ‘gifted education’ department at the middle and high school level, including analysis of school needs and resources, proposal of multiple models and recommendation for best fitting model.

  2. •Implemented that program, naming it ‘Autonomous Learning and Acceleration’ (ALA).

  3. •Developed and implemented school-wide identification process, combining teacher referrals, academic records, personal history and test scores.

  4. •Worked with identified students, grades 6-10 to develop plans of study based on each individual’s interests, skills, talents, readiness, challenge level.

  5. •Also created group settings to address the social-emotional needs of gifted students.

  6. •Created short- and long-term courses of study, ranging from self-paced online courses, to individual and small-group independent study,  to hands-on projects in the fields of math, science, history and English, as well as creative projects in the arts.

  7. •Collaborated with teachers to ensure differentiation to ALA students’ level, whenever possible, within the classroom.

  8. •Worked closely with teachers and administrators to schedule students’ ALA work to occur when students could most afford to miss portions of their ‘regular’ classes.

  9. •Systematically communicated their activities and progress to parents in regular written reports.



2008-2009    Drama Teacher

                           elementary & high school

                            American School of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)


  1. •Developed and implemented semester-long high school elective drama course for grades 9 and 10.

  2. •Worked with the full range of ability and experience, differentiating appropriately to each student’s level.

  3. •Taught using both improvisation and published scripts

  4. •Taught students to evaluate both their own work and that of others, both as actors and directors.

  5. •Taught students to think critically and to direct and improve each other’s improvisational and scripted acting work.

  6. •Created a weekly, year-long drama course for all 4th graders in the school based on the same principles but designed to be age-appropriate.

  7. •Created a new after-school high school drama club in which highly motivated students could learn and explore the artform on a deeper level.

  8. •Created a new after-school elementary drama club in which students from grades 1-4 learned to act, improvise, write and direct short scenes.

  9. •Collaborated with colleagues to integrate drama and film studies into long-term humanities projects, including narrative short films about American slavery in 9th grade history; competitive poetry readings in 10th grade English; and a performance-based enrichment ‘residency’ in Greek Tragedy during the 10th grade study of Oedipus Rex.

 


2003-2007    Director of Drama

                            preschool, elementary, middle & high school

                            Marian Baker School (San José, Costa Rica)

 

  1. •Developed and implemented age-appropriate, vertically aligned drama curriculum across all grade levels including preschool, elementary, middle and high school

  2. •Taught daily classes to students in all four age groups.

  3. •Ran year-round after-school drama program.

  4. •Directed original stage productions, featuring students from preschool through high school. (Please also see directing resumé - theater for youth).

  5. •Worked with students (through consensus discussion, improvisation, movement and writing exercises)  to create group adaptations of literature for the stage.

  6. •Offer high school level classes in specific areas including costume & set design and construction; lighting and sound design (by computer); video production and editing; acting; directing; playwriting; improvisation; classical and contemporary theater.

  7. •Mentored and produced student-written and directed productions at the middle and high school level.

  8. •Initiated and produced school-wide drama festival featuring original works written and directed by  students from all grades.

  9. •Prepared and participated with students in 2006 international (AASCA) festival of Central American schools, held in Guatemala.

  10. •While at festival taught workshops to students from across Central America

 

 

1996-1998    Director of Drama

                           middle & high school

                            Academia Cotopaxi International School (Quito, Ecuador)


  1. •Developed and implemented drama curriculum at middle and high school level.

  2. •Increased  high school's curricular offerings from single general drama class (part-time position) to a full-time program include acting, advanced acting, directing and technical theater course offerings; increased middle school offerings to include exploratory classes at all grade levels.

  3. •Directed student & adult productions, including award winning bilingual productions.

  4. •Increased performance offerings from single production to year-round 'subscription' season of musical comedy, dramatic plays, bilingual productions, student-directed one-acts, evenings of improvisation, cultural and seasonal celebrations.

  5. •Engaged students, staff and parents in all aspects of technical theater, including design, construction and operation of set, costumes, lighting and sound.

  6. •Led students in two-year fundraising and theater subscription drive resulting in doubling of lighting and sound equipment, set and costume stock.

  7. •Led students in culminating activity of converting a large classroom into a functioning second performance space, a black box theater with full lighting and sound system.

  8. •Gave Shakespeare in-services to teachers from several Quito schools.

 

 

1996-1997    English Teacher

                           high school

                            Academia Cotopaxi International School (Quito, Ecuador)


  1. •Taught 9th grade English, including literature and grammar studies. 

 

 

1993-1996    Director of Drama

                           elementary school

                            Janney Elementary, DC Public Schools.

 

  1. •Founded drama program (approached by school after short-term residency); coordinated with school system, PTA and colleagues to fund and schedule program; developed it into pilot, then part time and finally full time drama program which continues to the present day.

  2. •Developed and implemented hands-on curriculum for preschool through 6th grade incorporating creative movement, vocal development, improvisation, play writing and performance.

  3. •Developed and implemented special ‘Gifted’ curriculum on classical drama.


 

1990-1992       Drama Teacher

                                middle & high school

                                    Lab School of Washington


  1. •Taught and directed severely learning-disabled middle and high school students;

  2. •Developed multi-intelligence curriculum of improvisation and multicultural litearature.

  3. •Directed after-school Drama club productions of contemporary and classical works.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Artist Positions, itinerant and resident.


(Please also see teacher training c.v.)

2009-Present   Director of Professional & Curriculum Development

                               Educational Theatre Company

  1. •Helped found and design a teacher training program for Educational Theatre Company, a non-profit professional theater outreach program specializing in performing arts residencies for students & teachers throughout Washington, DC Metro Area, Maryland and Virginia.

  2. •Designed and implemented training for first year teaching artists, coordination of peer evaluation and support system.

  3. •Personally mentor trainee and veteran teaching artists, as well as developing system for training other mentors.

  4. •Coordinate workshop events, including workshops by outside experts and in-house experts, and ‘peer lesson swap’ workshops.  Coordinate and invite school teachers to attend workshops as well as ETC teaching artists.

  5. •Developed web forum for the posting of lesson plans; developed template for lesson plans; train ETC teachers in lesson plan and curriculum development.


1997-Present    Founding Member / Master Teaching Artist 

                                Educational Theatre Company

 

  1. •Helped found and design Educational Theatre Company, a non-profit professional theater outreach program specializing in performing arts residencies for students & teachers throughout Washington, DC Metro Area, Maryland and Virginia.

  2. •Served as Director of Teacher Education, designing and offering teacher in-services in Shakespeare for company teaching artists and for public school teachers. (Please also see teacher training c.v.)

  3. •Served as Director of 'Shakespeare in the Schools' program, designing, managing and conducting Shakespeare-based school residencies ranging from 1 day to 2 months.

  4. •Produced and directed large professional productions, as well as associated educational outreach component for each production.

  5. •Direct summer camp programs; please see below.

 

 

1994-Present    Camp Director

                                Educational Theatre Company

                               ETC summer classic,

                                 Camp Comedy, Shakespeare’s Shorts

                           

  1. •Founded, design and direct summer camps and classes in Shakespeare, Greek Theater, bilingual theater, film making and other advanced topics for children ages 8 to 18.

  2. •Camp includes special ‘Counselor in Training’ program providing work training track from young campers up through position of counselor.

  3. •Children learn to interpret, adapt, act and direct Shakespeare, as well as many other higher-order drama-related skills, in fun and relaxed ‘summer camp’ context.


 

2000-2003        Teaching Artist

                               Kennedy Center Education Dept.

                                 (national touring ed. workshops)

 

  1. •Traveled the US giving theatre workshops to teachers on behalf of the Kennedy Center. 

  2. •Received extensive training in how to teach specific workshops, and precepts of teacher training in general, from leading national artists through national model program under umbrella of ArtsEdge.

  3. •For site and workshop listing, please also see teacher training c.v.

 


2000-2003        Writer

                               Kennedy Center Education Dept. 

                                (Cuesheets Study Guides Program)

  

  1. •Served as a writer of professional study guides for teachers and students attending  national-level performances at the Kennedy Center and affiliated national sites.

 

2000-2003        Teaching Artist

                                Wolf Trap Education Department

                                    (Classroom Residency Program)


  1. •Designed and Led 7-week arts residencies in Early Childhood classrooms.

  2. •Mentored and trained teachers to integrate the arts into their teaching as I taught their students.

  3. •Received extensive training and ongoing mentorship from master artists and education experts, in workshop design early childhood education, arts education, and in the Wolf Trap national model of teacher mentorship.

 

 

2000-2003        Teaching Artist

                                 Washington National Opera Ed. Dept.

                                (Kids Create Opera Program)


  1. •Spent the summer & school year advising & mentoring school teachers directing opera.

  2. •Offered directing workshops for teachers in the program.

  3. •Offered drama and acting workshops to students in the program.

 

  

2002-2003        Resident Artist

                                Ellen Glasgow Middle School,

                                Fairfax County, VA.

 

  1. •Directed Shakespeare-based summer institute for students grades 6-8.

  2. •Ran after-school classes in improvisation for students at Glasgow’s college prep ‘academy.’

 

 

 

1998-2003        Director: Senior Shakespeare

                                Imagination Stage

                                (Folger Library Festival)

 

  1. •Directed touring ‘Senior Shakespeare’ student troupe.

  2. •Trained students grades 8-12 in dramaturgy, performance.

  3. •Worked with students to create & rehearse original adaptations of Shakespeare’s work.

  4. •Residency culminated in annual performance at the Folger Library Festival.



1995-present    Teacher Workshop Artist

                                Independent; multiple sponsors.

                                (Please also see teacher training c.v.)


  1. •Offer a range of workshops, seminars and mentorships to teachers in the field of integrating the performing arts into the classroom.

  2. •Specialize in Shakespeare, opera, literacy enrichment, arts integration.

  3. •Work with grades pre-K through 12.

  4. •Work with mixed ability general ed., special ed., gifted ed., ESL.

  5. •Also model for teachers in workshops and residencies with students.


 

1993-1996           Founder and Director

                                Bard on Wheels

                                 (Washington Shakespeare Outreach)

 

  1. •Designed and ran program to bring classic texts to life in schools in DC, MD & VA.

  2. •Ran workshops, residencies and camps varying in length from one day to one year, fostering contact between professional actors and school children, grades K-12.

  3. •Booked school contracts and raised public and private funding for the program.

  4. •Hired and trained instructors in drama and literature studies, K-12.

  5. •Designed and ran in-services for teachers in teaching classics through performance.

 


1993-1996            Founder and Director

                                    Unity Acting Troupe, Cardozo High,

                                    (Washington, DC Public Schools)

  

  1. •Directed touring high school students, performing for and mentoring younger children across under-served areas of Washington DC.

  2. •Trained students to create issue-based improvisational and long-form scripted performances, including interaction with audiences of children.

  3. •Coordinated with fund-raising group, so that each troupe performance raised matching money for actors’ college scholarships.

 

 


1989-1993            Founder and Director

                                 Teen Drama Program

                                        Martha’s Table


  1. •Conceived and ran a free drama program for teenagers along the 14th Street corridor.

  2. •Created, produced and directed full-length original drama with students, Fourteenth Parallel, performed at Source Theater.

REFERENCES, EDUCATION,

RELATED SKILLS, AWARD & HONORS

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Please also see detailed resumés in these areas:


Directing Theater


Directing Theater with Youth


Teacher Training


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