Education and Technology Strategy
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- Co-Owner / Chief Technical Officer at 88stories, LLC
- Owner / Strategy Consultant at Nathan Pedretti: K-12 Website Strategy (Sole Proprietorship)
- K-5 Music Teacher at North Chicago CUSD #187
- Past
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- K-8 Music Teacher at Chicago Public Schools
- Education
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- Northeastern Illinois University
- Indiana University Bloomington
- Whitefish Bay High School
- Connections
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- Industry
- Education Management
- Websites
Nathan Pedretti’s Summary
Licensed teacher and school administrator in the state of Illinois. Brings a unique mix educational experience with software development, business development, and communication planning expertise. Bridge builder on teams and comfortable working with diverse groups of people, ideas, and cultures.
Nathan Pedretti’s Specialties:
School website strategy, business website strategy, school communication planning, internet development, curriculum development and alignment, standards assessment, adult professional development programming
Nathan Pedretti’s Experience
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Co-Owner / Chief Technical Officer
88stories, LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
November 2007 — Present (1 year)
Create strategic vision for family-oriented multimedia storytelling company. Manage product development requests cycle and provide architecture guidance and implementation for website hosting,
online tool development, library selection and refactoring and technology
change planning (software design and implementation, database and code optimization in PHP, MySQL, and SQL) -
Owner / Strategy Consultant
Nathan Pedretti: K-12 Website Strategy (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Education Management industry)
August 2005 — Present (3 years 3 months)
Provide website strategy, communication planning, site development, internet marketing optimization, and website analysis consulting services for K-12 schools, small businesses, and churches for a range of budgets.
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K-5 Music Teacher
North Chicago CUSD #187
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Education Management industry)
August 2003 — Present (5 years 3 months)
I work closely with students, parents, staff, and administrators to create an engaging, lively music program that uses world, folk, and improvised music from a variety of traditions. I provide school improvement planning expertise to a wide range of activities from target goal setting, technology development, and human resources programs.
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K-8 Music Teacher
Chicago Public Schools
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Education Management industry)
August 2001 — August 2003 (2 years 1 month)
I led K-8 music activities for 800 students in a predominantly black/latino area of chicago. I worked closely with the other specials teachers to plan and coordinate school wide events, programs, and special activities.
Nathan Pedretti’s Education
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Northeastern Illinois University
MS, Educational Leadership, 2004 — 2006
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Indiana University Bloomington
BME, Music Education, 1997 — 2001
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Whitefish Bay High School
Diploma, 1992 — 1997
- Activities and Societies:
- High Honors, Computer Science Team, Yearbook, Band, Choir
Additional Information
Nathan Pedretti’s Websites:
Nathan Pedretti’s Interests:
teacher training, technology planning. communication strategy, climate and culture, formative and cumulative assessments, test data analysis, long-term and short-term strategy planning
Nathan Pedretti’s Groups:
Indiana University Alumni Association, NEIU Alumni Association, Phi Delta Kappa, Music Educators National Conference
Nathan Pedretti’s Honors:
BME with distinction, Indiana University
MA with distinction, Northeastern Illinois University
Nathan Pedretti’s Contact Settings
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