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Certification program alumni stories

They took the leap. So can you.

Real reviews from real graduates of the Arts Integration Certification™ Program.

Featured reviews

In their own words

Five star review
“This program promotes deep thinking about new content areas and about the content areas you think you have mastery of. The program’s progression helps you dip your toe into the other content areas in manageable ways.”
Katy Shirey
Katy Shirey
Certification Alumni
Five star review
“Thank you for this program. All of the people involved in making this program have been nothing but excellent the entire time and it brings me joy to be around people like me who are passionate about the arts and want to use that to make a bigger impact on education and the world.”
Chantele Rountree
Chan’tele Rountree
Certification Alumni
Five star review
“This is an excellent program that brings the “Aha” back into the learning both for the teacher and student. Rather than just giving ideas, the program, actually shows how to take Arts and blend it with the core subjects without adding any extra work for the teacher. As an aspiring Arts Integration Specialist, through the program, you create a portfolio which is an excellent resource and a great starting point for you and your colleagues.”
Shilpa Verma
Shilpa Verma
Certification Alumni
Five star review
“If you are an advocate for the arts in education, or even understand the value and power, yet hesitant to implement, this program is for you. You will grow professionally and bring experiences that will change your students and school community. The support you get from this program is beyond expectations. This program is rooted in best practices, research-based methodology, standards, and assessments, yet allows for creativity and innovation, something that is missing from those mandated curriculums. There is nothing else out there like this program for arts integration.”
Stephanie McKenney
Stephanie McKenney
Certification Alumni
Alumni stories

Hear it straight from our graduates

Short video stories from alumni on what the program changed for them.

Helped me help others
“Going through the Certification Program is one of the most growing experiences I’ve had in 20 years as an educator.”
Cathryn Deering
Opportunities increased
“I wanted something I could add to my professional portfolio that would make me stand apart. This has! Since graduating, my consulting has increased and I am given opportunities to lead.”
Beth McCoy
Powerful stuff
“Do it! It worked into my working schedule in ways that I don’t think my Master’s program will ever be able to. I want you to know: this is powerful stuff. These are intelligent people, it’s a rigorous program, and nobody’s going to waste your time.”
Stephanie PintoStephanie Pinto
Worth your while
“This will really help you grow and think succinctly as a professional. It will help you think about how to tie in so many connections the world provides.”
Latasha Casterlow-Lalla
I would do it all over again
“The doors this has opened for me have been incredible. The support you receive, the friendships you make, and the resources you receive are irreplaceable.”
Christy Talmage
Next-level work
“This program has really helped to take my work to the next level. And I am so grateful for that.”
Shawna LongoShawna Longo
No longer on an island
“Before, I really felt like I was on an island. But now, this program has given me a process that I’m able to share with other teachers.”
Elizabeth BrooksElizabeth Brooks
Adaptable to any setting
“What I love most about the program is that the assignments aren’t just assignments for the sake of assignments. They are adaptable to whatever setting you’re in.”
Holly ValentineHolly Valentine
An alumni story

Marly’s story

Marly Parker

Marly Parker

Drama/Literacy and Arts Integration Specialist

“I’ve been a fan of IAS for many years and when the opportunity came up to apply to be part of the first cohort of like-minded people working towards an Arts Integration Specialist certification, I jumped at the chance. Lucky for me I was selected. I was thrilled to be a part of this program and went into it anxious to learn and grow.

The program has offered me more than I could’ve imagined. My current teaching position is as a drama/literacy and arts integration specialist. I’ve held this position for 7 years. Prior to that I was an elementary classroom teacher for 16 years. I work at an 18 year old magnet school that has the magnet theme of arts integration. Having been a school that uses this approach for 18 years, spicing up the veterans, informing the newbies, and creating an overall motivational place to work for both teachers and students needed some tweaking. Over the past 7 years in my current role, I have made some changes to our program approach, implemented new ideas, and helped to reignite a collaborative environment. However, thanks to the IAS certification program, this current school year has seen the biggest impact on ideas, collaborations, and programs.

I have learned so much regarding the nuts and bolts of arts integration, that I’ve found myself inspiring others when sharing what I’ve learned. I’ve done long and short presentations, modeled lessons and strategies, collaborated on the creation of lessons and units, listened to and responded to the needs of my staff and have succeeded in bringing our magnet theme back to the forefront. The certification process has caused my brain to spark ideas (sometimes I can’t keep up with the sparks!) and expanded my love of teaching using arts integration. It has confirmed for me that this approach brings teachers and students together allowing time to practice true collaboration.

I’m grateful to be a part of the certification program. The sprints offer what needs to be learned in bite size increments that allow for deep learning and offer ample time for project development that authentically represents the topic learned. I am a better teacher because of this program and soon I’ll hopefully be able to say with conviction that I am officially a certified Arts Integration Specialist.

Thank you for wanting to know my story.”

Even more reviews

What else our alumni say

“This program helps you become more centered as a teacher. This arts integration program challenges you to look at lesson plans and standards with purpose and intent.”
Frances Carlo
“This program isn’t only about arts integration. It teaches you how to be a more deliberate teacher, reflecting on best practices, but giving solid tools to improve.”
Leslie Granneman
“It’ll change how you think about standards, in a good way – you’ll learn the value of having clearly articulated goals and learning targets. You’ll think deeply and creatively and remember why you love teaching and learning.”
Jael Goldstein
“Not only is this helpful in creating an Arts-supported learning environment, but it helps enhance how you teach regardless. I have learned a lot about my own teaching style, and ways to improve, as well as how to write and implement Arts Integration lessons.”
Dawnyelle Moore
“This has rejuvenated my way of thinking and helping find my way back to what I love and the way I love to teach. I feel the most supported in this program. The members are the most amazing people. People who don’t even know me that well are more supportive than people I come in contact with on a regular basis.”
Joy TricaricoEnglish Teacher
“The most practical things I can say are, parents happy that their kids don’t only read but love to be first to read in class. Parents are excited that their child finally loves school after several years of different schools.”
Noel Em SadiconSchool Administrator
“The support is GREAT. Typhani and Shawna have gone above and beyond the call to help me over some hurdles and it is obvious that Susan is invested in our success.”
Karen CroccoProgram Administrator and Music Educator
“I have learned so much! I have gained so much knowledge and confidence in my abilities as an educator. I have gain new technology and presentation skills as well. I’m proud of myself!”
Sommer Harris
“When our school began the journey of STEAM and integration we honestly had no clue what we were doing. Now that I have taken this course I have clear vision of where I would like to see our school goal as well as growing as a specialist that can help other schools and districts.”
Katie Schisler
Alumni directory

We’re proud of our graduates!

Here’s a list of our Arts Integration Certification and STEAM Certification alumni.

  • Abigail JoyAnn Bramley Knoche ’24
  • Abiola Ojebola ’20
  • Adrienne Rowley-Quintero ’22
  • Aimee Garcia ’18
  • Aimee Scrivner ’18
  • Alexandra Novak Foster ’21
  • Alison Greenhouse ’22
  • Alyssa Pilarcik ’18
  • Alyssa Wilson ’20
  • Amanda Fuller ’20
  • Amanda Koonlaba ’18
  • Amanda Serrano ’23
  • Ambre Mehenni ’23
  • Ameerah Eaddy ’19
  • Amy DeLong ’21
  • Amy Salomone ’22
  • Amy Traggianese ’18
  • Andria Adams ’18
  • Angela Capuzzi ’21
  • Angela Karamian ’18
  • Angela Randall ’22
  • Anna Pilhoefer ’20
  • Annette Copeland ’18
  • Annette Trammell ’23
  • Annie Devito ’18
  • Antoinette Ellis ’21
  • April Skinner ’19
  • Ashley Boggess ’21
  • Ashley Nicole Miller ’22
  • Ashley Sullivan ’20
  • Ashley Webb ’22
  • Asia Goode ’22
  • Asia Hester ’18
  • Audrey Irick ’23
  • Barb Sandstrom ’18
  • Barbara Imperiale Sanders ’20
  • Barry Morang ’19
  • Belinda A. Jackson ’26
  • Beth McCoy ’20
  • Bettie Lane ’18
  • Brandi Goodwin ’23
  • Brenda Mullard ’20
  • Brian Scheller ’19
  • Brian Wilson ’20
  • Brittany Crawford ’22
  • Candia McFarlane ’18
  • Careen L. Cuffy-Jules ’26
  • Carol Marie Vossler ’18
  • Caroline Lorimer ’19
  • Casaundra Taylor ’18
  • Casey Dorsey ’19
  • Catherine McFaddin ’24
  • Catherine Robinson ’20
  • Catherine Wiseman ’22
  • Cathryn Deering ’20
  • Catrina Adamez ’18
  • Cayla Marie Barnes ’26
  • Chad Beegle ’18
  • Chan’tele Rountree ’22
  • Chase Trout ’26
  • Cherise Albright ’18
  • Cheryl Sanlin ’19
  • Christy Talmage ’20
  • Ciera Cyrus ’20
  • Cindy Pride ’19
  • Cintia Franco Bastos ’18
  • Cori Zancanella ’22
  • Courtney Prugh ’19
  • Crystal DeVaughn Marsh ’26
  • Cynthia Baker ’18
  • Damariscotta Rouelle ’22
  • D’Arcy Rowe ’19
  • Darla Briganti Kain ’21
  • Daveen Leonard-Nibbs ’26
  • Dawn Briscoe ’18
  • Dawn DeTurk ’20
  • Dawn Getzandanner ’18
  • Dawnyelle Lee Moore ’23
  • Debora Porter ’18
  • Deborah Miksa ’21
  • Deborah Mueller ’21
  • Debra Embert ’22
  • Dee Christie ’18
  • Delinda Gentry ’21
  • Denise Castro ’22
  • Denise Foster Fumagali ’24
  • Denise Lewis ’21
  • DeOnna Goodloe ’20
  • Donna Swift ’18
  • Donovan Smalls ’22
  • Dwayne Small ’26
  • Edric Debos ’20
  • Elisabeth Anziano ’19
  • Elizabeth Bourne ’22
  • Elizabeth Brooks ’18
  • Elizabeth Hensley ’21
  • Elizabeth O’Brien ’18
  • Elizabeth Roy ’25
  • Elizabeth Wagner ’19
  • Emily Barrett ’26
  • Emily Beerbower ’21
  • Emily Glass ’22
  • Emily Hillman ’22
  • Emily Pang ’21
  • Emily Yewell Volin ’26
  • Eric Jackson ’19
  • Eric Peters ’25
  • Erica Coleman ’18
  • Erik Ohlson ’22
  • Erin Jean Patrick ’18
  • Erin Wicklund ’21
  • Estee Marie Nsek ’21
  • Evelyn Mariano ’18
  • Faith Lenhart ’19
  • Frances Carlo ’22
  • Gabriela Mora ’21
  • Hannah Blomstedt ’20
  • Heather Kasdan ’22
  • Heather May ’19
  • Heather McLearen ’19
  • Heather Vereen ’19
  • Heavenly McDuffie ’19
  • Heidi Aarts Michels ’22
  • Helene Monier-Lemnah ’22
  • Holly Valentine ’18
  • Holly Weinstein ’26
  • Ibrahim Akram Salah ’23
  • Jael Goldstein ’23
  • Jane Shelly ’22
  • Jason Hui ’22
  • Jayne Latta ’23
  • Jeannette Fetterhoff ’24
  • Jelena S. Holcomb ’24
  • Jennifer Alison Carroll ’26
  • Jennifer Berube ’19
  • Jennifer Brinkley ’19
  • Jennifer Connell ’18
  • Jennifer Furman ’19
  • Jennifer Kendall ’19
  • Jennifer M. Jackson Parker ’25
  • Jennifer Morse ’18
  • Jennifer R. Martin ’24
  • Jenny Palzer ’22
  • Jesse Dones ’18
  • Jessica Atwood ’23
  • Jessica Frint ’25
  • Jessica Goffredo-Englehart ’23
  • Jessica Houghton Moss ’25
  • Jessica Jenkins ’21
  • Jessica Payne ’19
  • Joelle Williams ’19
  • John Andreadis ’22
  • Jonathan Thomas ’22
  • Joselyn Ludtke ’22
  • Josh Atkins ’18
  • Josie Snow ’21
  • Joy Tricarico ’19
  • Judi Russell ’19
  • Julia Lazaroff ’19
  • Julianne Elizabeth Neal ’25
  • Julie Adler ’26
  • Julie Behrendt ’18
  • Karen Crocco ’19
  • Karen Johnson ’21
  • Karen M Stout ’25
  • Karen Moreno Gold ’19
  • Karen Nori ’18
  • Kari McCarthy ’21
  • Katey Shirey ’22
  • Kathee Cook ’18
  • Katherine Schisler ’22
  • Katie Bouwhuis ’22
  • Katie O.Brown ’19
  • Katrina McMenamy ’19
  • Katy Lee ’19
  • Kelly Betz ’18
  • Kelly Garcia ’23
  • Kelly Torrans ’18
  • Kelsey Gibson ’22
  • Kemi Barrow ’20
  • Kiersten Demmond ’18
  • Kim Estelle ’18
  • Kim Falco ’26
  • Kim Tunnell ’21
  • Kim Wilson ’21
  • Kimberly A. Kroetsch ’23
  • Kimberly Bergamini ’22
  • Kimberly Dube ’20
  • Kimberly Washington-Ballard ’18
  • Kira Johnson ’21
  • Kirsti Lewis ’24
  • Kit Lee Meow Gek ’22
  • Kristi Corey ’21
  • K’wana A. N. Barnes ’26
  • LaMar Bagley ’18
  • Latasha Casterlow-Lalla ’20
  • Laura Stuart-Wonderlie ’19
  • Lauren Latesha Welch ’26
  • Lauren Parsinitz ’22
  • Lauren Saracino ’22
  • Leah Dix-Nelson ’22
  • Leona G. Faulkner ’26
  • Leonardo Jaramillo Jones ’26
  • Leslie Granneman ’22
  • Linda Johnson ’18
  • Linda Swann ’21
  • Lindy Stice ’18
  • Lisa Byrne ’18
  • Lisa Hakkinen ’18
  • Lisa Love ’19
  • Lisa Pritchard Spence ’24
  • Liza Schlienger ’20
  • Lora Amy Bright ’20
  • Lynne Cassidy ’18
  • Macy John-Mahoney ’26
  • Maggie Tappana ’21
  • Manju Durairaj ’20
  • Marcella Fain ’23
  • Marcella Hitchcock ’22
  • Margot-Marie Wood ’18
  • Maria Di Giacomo-Holcomb ’21
  • Maria Earl ’18
  • Maria Franzini ’25
  • Maria Golden ’19
  • Marie Webb ’23
  • Marisa North ’23
  • Markiss Barnes ’21
  • Marly Parker ’21
  • Martha Maxey ’21
  • Marwa El Hajj ’22
  • Mary Dagani ’18
  • Matt Schuppert ’18
  • Max Medlock ’22
  • Mayra Ocasio Cuadrado ’26
  • Megan Bellister ’23
  • Meghan Durden ’22
  • Meghan Scribner ’21
  • Melanie Gregg ’23
  • Melissa McIntyre ’25
  • Melissa Schantz Wood ’20
  • Meryl Cullom ’18
  • Michael Lindsay ’22
  • Michal Taylor-Phillips ’18
  • Michelle Brown ’18
  • Michelle Venable ’18
  • Miriam Septimus ’19
  • Molly Foster ’19
  • Molly Lucareli ’21
  • Morgan Eggink ’18
  • Nancy Movall ’20
  • Nicole Chouinard ’21
  • Nicole Dekker ’20
  • Nicole McDorman ’21
  • Nicole Padilla ’19
  • Nicole Reeves ’25
  • Nitasha Biju ’19
  • Oprah S. Lettsome ’26
  • Pam Vesely ’21
  • Peggy L Benkeser ’22
  • Peggy Valenti ’22
  • Priscilla Bessick ’22
  • Rachel Nadeau ’20
  • Rebecca Lund ’23
  • Rebekah Schuster ’22
  • Regi Strickland ’18
  • Renee Armstrong ’22
  • Renee Schumacher ’20
  • Rhonda Edwards ’19
  • Rickollete N. Johnson ’26
  • Ross Momaney ’21
  • Salem Prince ’23
  • Sara Amato-Larabee ’19
  • Sara Grippa ’22
  • Sara Martino ’22
  • Sara Womack ’23
  • Sarah Boone ’18
  • Sarah Maggie Polk Olivo ’23
  • Sarah Schaefer ’22
  • Seah Ser Hui ’22
  • Shana Templin ’23
  • Shannon Dozoryst ’22
  • Shannon Pyles ’25
  • Shanthi Veerashingam ’21
  • Sharon Furey ’18
  • Sharon Nicolaus ’20
  • Shawna Longo ’18
  • Shawna Marion ’18
  • Sheila Ambrosio ’18
  • Sheila Garth ’18
  • Shelly Karstens ’19
  • Sheneice Smith ’19
  • Sherry Hatton ’21
  • Shilpa Verma ’20
  • Shivan Hill ’26
  • Sommer Harris ’22
  • Stacey Quillen ’23
  • Stephanie Higham ’22
  • Stephanie McKeever ’20
  • Stephanie Pinto ’20
  • Stephen Schisler ’22
  • Susan Coyle Curley ’20
  • Susan Fenley ’22
  • Susan Wall ’20
  • Tacy Moore ’22
  • Tammi-Lyn Strachan ’18
  • Tammy McKissic ’18
  • Tanya Coleman ’19
  • Terri Froiland ’18
  • Theresa Nero ’18
  • Tifaney Allen ’22
  • Tiffany Festa-Sneddon ’18
  • Tiffany Jones Hoff ’26
  • Tiffany Wall ’18
  • Tracye Salters ’18
  • Trish Brownlee ’19
  • Valerie Poole ’18
  • Vanessa Zwirner ’20
  • Vicki Wilson-Jiwatram ’18
  • Virginia Otey ’18
  • Weston Kent Brabeck ’25

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