Elizabeth Flocker-Aming

Seasoned music teacher over 30 years' experience in music instruction and steel drum band director. Accomplished in preparing students for music examinations in Trinity College and Royal School of Music. Demonstrated leverage expertise to advance organizational goals and guide students towards excellence in musical performances.

• ESOL
• Gifted
• Elementary K-6
• Music K-12
• Highly Qualified (NCLB)

• Night School Adult Education instructor/lab instructor, Miami Dade County Public Schools, August 2015, 2018
• Mentored and evaluated CMA’s at the Teach For America Summer Institute, June 13, 2018, July 15, 2021
• Rising 1st grade: taught Math, Language Arts and Science/STEAM, June, July 2023
• Chess Facilitator for the Title I/Chess2Think program

• Grant Writer: Personal Classroom Grant proposals—Over 200 classroom project requests funded
• School-Wide Grant Proposals—DonorsChoose Ambassador support for over 700 successful project requests funded
• University of Miami NafMe Grant for Teacher excellence in music
• FIU Musical Arts Program Grant for excellence in Music
• Music and the Brain: $10,000. Grant. May, 2023

Twice awarded the most outstanding student honor for the University of the West Indies’ Certificate in Music program: academic year 1996-97, and BA Special in Musical Arts program: academic year 1998-99 Received three grants between 1996 and 1999 from various education funds for books and supplies to pursue my Certificate and BA in music at the University of the West Indies (St. Augustine Campus, Republic of Trinidad & Tobago) Received a full scholarship from the Ministry of Culture (Republic of Trinidad & Tobago) to read my BA in Musical Arts, Steelpan (1998 & 1999) University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Republic of Trinidad & Tobago: Newman Alexander Prize- Best Musical Arts Certificate Student (1998-99) Received a bursary from the University of the West Indies for outstanding results in the 1997 final examination The first candidate in the history of the University of the West Indies to complete the BA degree in Musical Arts Awarded a two-year graduate assistantship scholarship through the Les Trilla Foundation to pursue my Masters in Music (specializing in the Steel Drums) at Northern Illinois University Awarded the Anna Larson and Mary Jane Larson Baird Scholarship for minority students at Northern Illinois University on March 29th 2000 Awarded the Northern Illinois University Graduate School’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship: 2004-05 academic year Awarded the Met Life Fellowship for outstanding teachers in the field (October 2007) Awarded the Miami-Dade County Public School Board District’s “Teacher of the Month” recognition for writing the most successful grants in the region (February, 2013) Recognition of dedicated Visual and Performing Arts Educators, City of North Miami, Black History Month Celebration of Black Culture and the Arts. February 23, 2018 Local 10 News Tribute to Teachers Honoree, May 9, 2023

• Featured in the Dekalb (Illinois) Chronicle: “Citizen of the Day” (March 9, 2000)
• Featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams/MSNBC News: Making A Difference: “Elementary School Music Teacher Helps Kids Stay Out Of Trouble By Teaching Them The Music Of Their Cultural Heritage” (April, 2008)
• Featured on MSNBC News: Making A Difference- Own Words Story with Mark Potter (April, 2008)
• Featured on Miami Herald Newscast /Video by Jose A. Iglesias: “Steel Drum Band Helps Kids Perform Better” (March, 2008)
• Featured in the Miami Herald Article/Metro & State, Section 4B (Education): “Learning a Beat” by Carla Teproff (March 13, 2008)
• Featured in the Catholic News (Trinidad & Tobago): “A call for youth and adults to ‘raise’ peace” Multicultural Peace Corp (July 27, 2008)
• Featured on Local 10 News: Article & Newscast: “Website helps donors control where their contributions go” (Oct 25, 2012)
• After school Elementary Steel Drum Band. February 2007-Present. Students perform at community, regional and district events, including the Superintendent’s 5K Run
• Music coordinator, Annunciation Catholic Church, West Park, Florida. August 2023-September 30th, 2023. Volunteered as the English Mass Music coordinator until officially hired for the position on October 1, 2023
• Choir director, Annunciation Catholic Church, August 2023-present
• DonorsChoose Ambassador: For the 2022-23 school year, together with 6,000 fellow Ambassadors, we raised more than $49 million towards classroom resources and saw more than 36,000 teachers receive the funding they need
• Campaign Creator on DonorsChoose.org: Raised over $43,000. In support of public school teachers through my giving pages

• Joyce R. Jones, jrjones@dadeschools.net, (786) 517-7106
• Rosalind Jackson, 179470@dadeschools.net, (305) 915-2515
• Kevin Ramos, kevinlramos@gmail.com, (786) 436-0620