Class Guitar for Beginners, Level 10

Hello, my name is James E. Guin, and for the past twenty one years I have have had the privilege to teach class guitar, private guitar, Western music appreciation, jazz appreciation, and world music appreciation. Since beginning English Education studies at Kennesaw State University in 2007, I have published a few short stories and taught ESL privately and for VIPKID. You can find out more about my guitar lessons at guinguitar.wordpress.com  or learnguitarandmore at youtube.com and about my publishing history at jameseguin.wordpress.com.

Resume:

James E. Guin

Guitar Instructor/Survey of Western Music, World Music, and Jazz:

Temple School of Music, Hattiesburg, MS, 6/2016 to Present.
Johnson Ferry Conservatory for the Arts, Marietta, GA, 1/2005 to 5/2015.
Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL8/200 to 5/2004.
Alabama School of Math and Science, Mobile, AL, 4/2002 to 5/2004.

English Related Positions:

VIPKID - ESL Online, Level 2, 3, and Level 2 Interactive, 10/2018 to Present.
Test Rater California SBAC (ELA Grades 3-5)-Educational Testing Service, Online, 3/2014 to 		
	Present. 
Writing Assistant-Writing Center at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, 8/2007 	to 
	6/2008.

Education

Majored in English Education at Kennesaw State University, 3.8 GPA,, 1000 Chastain Road, Kennesaw, GA 30144, Attended 01/2007 to 12/2010

Master of Music (1998), 3.8 GPA. Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA 70402. 504-549-2000, Attended 8/93 to 5/98.

Bachelor of Music (1996), William Carey College, 498 Tuscan Avenue, Hattiesburg, MS 39401. 601-582-5051, Attended 8/93 to 5/96.


Articles published

Fiction Publications (Recent. Extensive list at https://jameseguin.wordpress.com/)
“From Adam to Eleodoro” 600 Second Saga October 10, 2018.
“Nadroj, Binder of Nations” The Flash Fiction Press May 8, 2017
“Intergalactic Language” Jerry Jazz Musician July 20, 2016
“Olympus Mons” Perihelion Science Fiction June 12, 2015
“Druy’s Space Junk”   T. Gene Davis’ Speculative Blog June 1, 2015
“Anila, the Wind, and the Sea” Jenny   April 17, 2015

Professional Development Courses

Additional Certificates/Awards--------------------------------------------------------------------
1.	Advanced Fiction Writing-(ed2go.com Learn4Life) Completed 04/05/2013
2.	Writing Fiction like A Pro-(ed2go.com Learn4Life) Completed 05/15/2013
3.	Keys to Effective Editing-(ed2go.com Learn4Life) Completed 06/02/2013
4.	Mystery Writing-(ed2go.com Learn4Life) Completed 08/29/2013

AVID Training: completed 30 hours of AVID Tutoring-09/08/2007

Teaching Philosophy:

People often say that one needs to be talented in order to succeed in certain fields, and although I do believe talent is a factor, throughout my teaching career it has been my goal that no matter how much talent or how little talent a student possesses my job is to aide in improving their skills. Learning is a journey that involves a desire to participate, hard work, and encouraging teachers.

At Spring Hill College in Mobile, AL, I taught guitar, jazz appreciation and world music appreciation. The most enjoyable part about teaching at Spring Hill was sharing with students how music and culture are inseparable. Certainty students with previous musical training were excited to learn about scales, chord structures, and the many other aspects of music theory, but what delighted both music majors and non-music majors was how a gas shortage affected jazz in the late 1930s and the early 1940s or how a culture’s natural resources and philosophies aid in the development of their musical instruments and musical composition. Recent years are a perfect example of how the economy and technology continue to affect music. It is my belief and teaching practice that music does not exist in a vacuum.

My instructor positions at Temple School of Music, Johnson Ferry Conservatory for the Performing Arts, Spring Hill College, and the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science have prepared me for instruction with a diverse student population. Teaching such a diverse population has convinced me to center my lesson plans on student needs such as creating lessons that include demonstrations and examples for auditory, visual, interpersonal, intrapersonal and even kinesthetic and logical personalities. In a class with thirty or forty students or in a class with one student, the instructor must continually search for the most efficient teaching techniques.

Teaching writing at the Writing Center at Kennesaw State University, ESL online with VIPKID, and grading tests online for the Educational Testing Service has instilled in me a new perspective of how spoken language and music evolve from each other. These three experiences has also given me a new understanding of assessing a students knowledge, helping them improve their communication skills, and how technology can enhance and improve learning.


Something Fun and Personal:

In order to supplement my teaching income, I have had a plethora of jobs over the years and have grown to notice and believe that no matter how minimal a task may feel always do your best. As I question successful people and read biographies about them, one of the common factors I find is that most successful people do their best no matter what they are doing. This has led me to become interested in leadership development especially as it relates to millennials. 
A few months ago I bought a set of throwing knives and have since enjoyed learning about the art of throwing knives.