Anna Gullion

4911 Poitier Court Louisville, KY 40218

(812) 528-3562
annaggullion@gmail.com
To Whom It May Concern,
I am extremely interested in a position within your school district. I believe my
experiences throughout college and with the various schools I have taught at the last four years
have prepared me for this position. I know that I will be able to help take this great school to
even greater heights!
I completed my student teaching experiences at Iroquois High School and Tully
Elementary School in Louisville, KY. I expect to graduate with a Bachelor of Music Education
degree from the University of Louisville with a certification in K-12 music with an instrumental
emphasis in May 2018. During my time student teaching at Iroquois, I was able to contribute to
their band and general music programs extensively. I led both the beginning and concert bands as
they learned concert, pep band, and solo and ensemble selections. I was also able to work with
two guitar ensemble classes, one consisting of mainly English Language Learners. While at
Iroquois I worked with many ELL, special needs, and economically disadvantaged students.
Those students taught me so much and I learned so much about being patient and working to
differentiate instruction during my time there. That placement also allowed me to coach and
conduct a percussion ensemble in their preparations for solo and ensemble contest. I was able to
build a strong bond with the percussion students and I introduced them to new techniques and
skills within the realm of percussion. Expanding percussion pedagogy is something I am
passionate about and something I want to bring to any program I work with.
My second student teaching placement was at Tully Elementary School. While there, I
worked with K-5 students in the general music classroom, getting a variety of experiences
working with younger students. I came to truly love working with that age group and found I
have a passion and talent for teaching elementary music. Tully has an Orff ensemble composed
of 3 rd-5th grade students who play songs on xylophones, metallophones, and glockenspiels. I
am a percussionist with a lot of experience with those instruments and I took classes in the Orff
approach while at UofL, so I was able to help a lot with that ensemble as they prepared for a big
performance. I would love to bring a similar kind of ensemble experience to my own elementary
classroom someday. I also worked with many students during my time there from ECE classes
that were mainstreamed into the music classroom. I had to work to find ways to include them and
help them be successful and I gained a lot of knowledge about ways to do that in my future
classroom as well.
Prior to student teaching I had an undergraduate internship at Farnsley Middle School
where I led band warm-ups, conducted pieces, held sectionals, worked with soloists, and led
percussion ensemble rehearsals. I have also been the head percussion instructor for four years at
Jennings County High School in North Vernon, IN. My duties there include writing, arranging,
and teaching all percussion music for the marching season. I have enjoyed getting to work with
that program over the years and to take part in the students’ learning and transformation as a
growing competitive marching ensemble.
Music connects us all and my music classroom will be a place where students feel free to
express themselves and voice their opinion. Music is the universal language and I want to create
a space where everyone has a voice. Thank you for your consideration. If you need any more
information you can contact me at (812) 528-3562 or annaggullion@gmail.com.

Sincerely,

Anna Gullion