8607 Mill Reef Road, Upperville, Virginia, 20184 (540)454-0940 crshaffer79@aol.

com

Christina R. Shaffer
Objective

To secure a position in administration

Experience

2004-2015

2002-2004

Elementary Music Teacher

Substitute Teacher

Education

Fauquier County Public Schools, Virginia

Vacation Bible School Director

Upperville Baptist Church,

Clinician through the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia (2012)

Organized and led the Vacation Bible School program
Led all music activities within the VBS program
Taught Bible classes within the VBS program (2006-2013)

1999-2014

Buckingham County, Virginia

Substituted for classes in kindergarten through eighth grade in various schools

Summers of 2000-2014
Upperville, Virginia

Fauquier County, Virginia

Taught general music classes to students in Project F.O.U.R. (preschool program) through
fourth grade within Dillwyn Primary and Buckingham Primary schools
Coordinated programs for PTA meetings and special events at both schools

2000-2002

Elementary Music Teacher

Nominated for the Agnes Meyer Teacher of the Year award (2011-2012 school year)
Taught general music classes to students in preschool through fifth grades at Margaret M.
Pierce Elementary School
Wrote, directed, and coordinated programs for every grade level and various special events
Instructed students in keyboards, recorders, and guitars
Coordinated an after-school fourth and fifth grade voluntary chorus (2004-2012)

Children/Youth Director

Upperville Baptist Church, Upperville, Virginia

Organized activities and curriculum for children and youth ministries

Taught children/youth Sunday school
Organized and participated with Nursery/Childrens Ministry during Sunday morning worship
services
Created and maintained a church Facebook page

2013-2015 Shenandoah University Winchester, Virginia

Master of Science in Education Administration
Completion date: August 2015
2003-2009

1997-2002

Shenandoah University

Winchester, Virginia

Master of Music Education

Thesis: Classroom Management Techniques for the Elementary Regular and Music
Classrooms, August 2009
Postgraduate Professional License issued October 8, 2009, from the Commonwealth of
Virginia for Music: Instrumental PreK-12

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

Bachelor of Music with a Teacher Licensure

Minor in Youth Ministries
Collegiate Professional License issued July 1, 2002, from the Commonwealth of Virginia for
Music: Instrumental PreK-12

1994-1997 Fauquier High School

Advanced Studies Diploma

Warrenton, Virginia

Other

2012-2013

Fauquier Community Band

December 2012

Destination Imagination Appraiser

Team Priss Committee

Fauquier County, Virginia

Summer School

Fauquier County, Virginia

Assisted as an administrator with high school summer school sessions

December 2014

Virginia

Co-organizer of a fundraising committee for a breast cancer fighter

Assisted in setting up various events including a Victory Walk
Assisted in maintaining a Team Priss Facebook page

July 2014

Manassas, Virginia

Instant Challenge appraiser for the Northwest Region Destination Imagination Tournament
Instant Challenge appraiser for the Virginia State Tournament

January-April 2013

Adjudicator

Adjudication of high school flutists auditioning for All-District Band

2013-2015

Warrenton, Virginia

Flutist, participant in rehearsals and concerts

Adjudicator

Nokesville, Virginia

Adjudication of middle school flutists auditioning for All-District Band

Spring 2015 Extended School Year Fauquier County, Virginia

Assisted with the coordination of ESY for students preschool through high school

Affiliations

National Association for Music Education; Virginia Elementary Music Educators

Association; Christian Educators Association, International; Alpha Lambda Delta

References Ms. Jennifer Kilcullen, Former Art Teacher at M.M. Pierce Elementary; Friend
Austin, TX

(571)224-5924

Dr. Christine Wolfe, Human Resources Specialist

320 Hospital Drive, Warrenton, VA 20186

(540)422-8319

Mrs. Elizabeth Furr, Secretary of M.M. Pierce Elementary

18366 Fox Mountain Lane, Culpeper, VA 22701

(540)222-0232

Mr. Brandon Thomas, Co-Organizer of Team Priss Committee; Regional Marketing

Director for Fire House Subs; Friend
P.O. Box 196, Upperville, VA 20185

(713)582-9924

More references available upon request