Sharon Flannery(I)
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Sharon has always enjoyed working with children and comes from a family of teachers. She began her teaching career as a teacher for Los Angeles Unified School District. Some years later, she heard of the intriguing job of a Studio Teacher, and soon thereafter, became a licensed Studio Teacher. She initially worked on a few independent movies, commercials and print jobs, but shortly thereafter was hired as the Studio Teacher for two high school girls on the Roseanne show. Sharon continued working on the Roseanne show for the girls' four years of high school and helped guide them with the college application process. Both "girls" worked hard and did well! And, now, Sharon still gets to work and see "her girls" regularly again by working on The Conners, a spin-off of the original Roseanne series! One of her former students is an Executive Producer of the show. Both former students are wonderful with the "new" young actors on the show, helping to mentor them as experienced and excellent role models.
During hiatus weeks or the long hiatuses between show seasons, Sharon works independently and has been engaged as a Studio Teacher on movies, television series, commercials, photo shoots, events, theatre, opera, new media, voice overs, and concerts. Sharon has privately tutored students since her college days and continues to do so via zoom, and now in-person, again!
Sharon continues to educate herself, familiarizing herself with different educational pedagogical approaches, such as Montessori, Waldorf and Reggio Emilia, as well as the Singapore Math Method, and others.
For some years, Sharon limited her availability as a Studio Teacher to focus on raising her children and traveling the world with her Producer-Director husband. She has two stepsons, a daughter and another son. Sharon's four children are now a Fire Battalion Chief, a Chef, a Zoologist/Sommelier, and an Aerospace Engineer/Staff Product Manager. Sharon shares her father's interest in Alternative Healing Therapies so Mindfulness and Yoga naturally followed and have become lifetime curiosities that have influenced her daily in her personal and professional life.
Each project is unique and Sharon has many years of experience working with minors, and a variety of productions.