Alexander Armstead
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Teaching Experience

Edsel Ford High School
​Dearborn Public Schools

Dearborn, MI

June 2014 - Present
Director of Instrumental Music: Edsel Ford High School.
5th Grade Instrumental Music: Lindbergh Elementary and Snow Elementary. 

Director of Instrumental Music for multiple buildings and grade levels. Duties include the oversight of daily instruction, curricular updates, program finances, public relations, and student recruitment & retention. Areas of instruction include:
  • Symphonic Band
  • Marching Band
  • JazzBand 
  • String Orchestra
  • Pit Orchestra​
  • Tri- M Music Honors Society (Advisor) 
  • 5th Grade - Band
  • 5th Grade - Strings


Founder and Organizer of Dearborn Schools Band and Orchestra Festival - an adjudication event and clinic for Dearborn MS & HS Instrumental Music programs. 

Experience in incorporating data-driven instruction in the music classroom through multiple modalities.  

Lead instructor for the incorporation of technology in the music classroom at Edsel Ford High School. 

Leader for renewal of district instrumental music curriculum and the creation of common assessments to measure student proficiency. 

Southfield-Lathrup High School
​Southfield Public Schools

Southfield, MI

June 2012 - June 2014
Director of Instrumental Music for the Arts & Communications Academy at Southfield-Lathrup High School. Duties include the oversight of daily instruction, curricular design, financial allocations, fundraising, recruitment, public relations, and guidance of students in areas of instruction including: 
  • Symphonic Band
  • Marching Band
  • Jazz Band 
  • Chamber Strings
  • Percussion Techniques
  • Music for Students with ASD 
  • Guitar
  • ​Piano I ​​
Proficiency in developing and incorporating data driven instruction in alignment with Michigan Arts Standards and Core Curriculum.

Extensive experience with differentiated instruction for students of all needs, including those with visual, physical and cognitive impairments.


​Proficiency with introductory, elective music courses at the high school level including: guitar, piano, percussion & theory. 

Instructor - Private Lessons
June 2007 - Present
French Horn & Piano



​Instructor - Marching Band
July 2011 - Present
Contracted Music & Visual instructor for:
  • Jenison High School
  • Hastings High School
  • Watervliet High School
  • Edsel Ford High School
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