Tim taught all subjects in Title-1 elementary schools in Los Angeles for 18 years before giving up his tenure to launch Griffin Education Solutions, better known as GriffinEd. He loves researching, writing, and sharing new music with kids and watching them not only get excited about the STEM and other subjects we teach through song, but actually perform better on standards-based assessments of their knowledge and vocabulary when they work with our music. Tim has performed to great hilarity and edification for the National Science Teachers’ Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, NASA, and scores of science fiction & filk conventions; plus a few hundred schools, libraries, museums, and other places of learning. Tim has won the Pegasus Award for Best Songwriter/Composer and for Best Song (Lucy On The Line), and has been nominated five times as Best Performer. He has been a chosen participant in the Annenberg Alchemy Lab for nonprofit leadership and was a finalist in the Social Venture Partners’ Fast Pitch competition for nonprofits, which sometimes brings him back as a coach.
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Tim Griffin’s appearance at TusCon is sponsored by the Phoenix Filk Circle