Wendy Goodwin
Music Teacher at Cathedral School
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWendy Goodwin is a dynamic music educator and professional violinist with 11+ years of teaching experience and a deep background in performance, composition, and arts entrepreneurship. Based in Portland, she blends classical training, jazz improvisation, and original songwriting to create data-informed, culturally responsive curricula that build social-emotional skills and creative confidence in young learners. As founder of Effesenden Music and producer of a long-running concert series, she has practical experience designing large-scale musical productions, mentoring artists, and delivering custom arrangements for high-profile clients. She also applies web and SEO skills from her work as a WordPress developer and front-end collaborator to promote projects and engage communities. Wendy’s teaching is shaped by continuous self-evaluation and close collaboration with families and administrators, ensuring instruction aligns with state and national standards while meeting students’ real-time needs. Outside the classroom she remains a working artist with recorded releases and tours, and she brings that active professional practice into her pedagogy.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA, Secondary Education and Teaching, Master of Arts - MA, Secondary Education and Teaching at George Fox UniversityWeb Foundations Series, Web Foundations Series at Portland Code SchoolMM, Music, MM, Music at Portland State University
Github Skills (6)
react4
javascript2
css2
scheduling2
mongodb1
nodejs1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
CelticCoffee/vSchool
Jul 2015 - Jun 2018
Contributions:99 PRs, 374 pushes, 113 branches in 2 years 11 months
updateschool-website
Karandashnik/Project-Pencil
Oct 2015 - Dec 2016
Introducing Jot, a sleek scheduling app for small business
Contributions:69 commits, 20 PRs, 56 pushes in 1 year 2 months
reactschedulingsmall-businessjotsleek
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