Talon Krummel Walter
Cottage Grove,MN
Summary
Highly skilled and passionate music teacher with a variety of comprehensive experience inside a teaching environment, exhibiting a vested interest in learning and educating others. Skilled in designing tailored lesson plans that foster students' musical growth, inspire creativity, and help them achieve their goals. Committed to creating an inclusive and supportive classroom culture that encourages students to explore their potential and develop a lifelong appreciation for music.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Speech Assistant Coach
East Ridge High School
10.2024 - Current
- Provides Individualized Coaching: Works one-on-one with students to improve speech performance, focusing on delivery, interpretation, and overall presentation skills
- Scheduling: Creates and manages individualized practice calendars for speech students, scheduling sessions to maximize preparation while accommodating diverse availability and competition timelines
- Collaborates with Head Coach: Supports the head coach in planning team strategies, organizing events, and mentoring new members of the team
Student Teacher
Eagan High School
11.2024 - 12.2024
- Instrument Repairs: Performed basic instrument repair jobs on a variety of instruments such as French horns, euphoniums, clarinets, flutes, and chime sets
- Organizational Work: Assisted in reorganizing the school's music library and storage area to create a more effective design
- Leading Classroom: Worked with each ensemble on a variety of music
- Studied scores thoroughly in order to effectively teach core concepts
- Differentiated instruction as needed to fit each class by providing individualized feedback during sectionals and lessons, addressing specific technical challenges such as finger positioning for clarinet players or embouchure adjustments for brass students
Student Teacher
Black Hawk Middle School
08.2024 - 11.2024
- Leading Classroom: Took charge of a 51 student 7th grade class for the duration of time in the school
- Selected repertoire that students are capable of performing while appropriately challenging them to promote growth
- Documented lesson plans for each class period taught
- Created an effective learning segment that built on students prior learning
- Organizational Work: Assisted in getting the instrument storage area organized before the school year started
- Collaborated with mentor teacher to assign each student to an instrument
- Private Lessons: Led both small group and individual instrument lessons during the school day
- Choose assignments that fit the needs of each individual student
- Gave students feedback relevant to their instrument to help them grow musically
- Graded students' performances after lessons based on a variety of criteria
Education
Bachelor of Science - Music Education
Minnesota State University
12.2024
Skills
- Intermediate Production Skills (Video, Audio, Photo)
- Basic instrument repair
- Organizational skills
- Expertise in brass techniques
- Intermediate woodwind techniques
- Collaboration
- Fast and Eager Learner
Other Relevant Experience
- Tutoring AVID: Mankato East High School
- Leading Instrument Sectionals: MNSU Mankato
- Leading small ensemble through rehearsals and performance: MNSU Mankato
- Several years of judging high school level speech.
- Extensive musical theater experience, both on and off stage.
Timeline
Student Teacher
Eagan High School
11.2024 - 12.2024
Speech Assistant Coach
East Ridge High School
10.2024 - Current
Student Teacher
Black Hawk Middle School
08.2024 - 11.2024
Bachelor of Science - Music Education
Minnesota State University
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