< Back Tessil J. Collins           Industry Cluster Coordinator of Arts Media & Communications Technology, Boston Public Schools‚ Office of High School Renewal Tessil J. Collins is the Industry Cluster Coordinator of Arts Media & Communications Technology for the Boston Public Schools‚ Office of High School Renewal. In this role Tessil provides support to schools and assists in securing resources. His focus is on curriculum design, interdisciplinary learning, student to career opportunities, business and higher education partnership development, program evaluation and research, and grant development.   AMCT theme schools are Boston Arts Academy, Brighton High School, Jeremiah Burke HS, Media HS, The English High School, Excel High School, Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, and Tech Boston Academy. Tessil Collins was born in Boston and is a graduate of Tufts University and the Boston Latin School.  Mr. Collins spent 23 years an instructor of Communication Arts/Television Production at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School. Tessil worked at Boston radio stations WBCN, WZLX, WILD and served as Director of Public Service for WBZ Radio in Boston. He was Promotion Manager for Atlantic and Polygram Records; Field Marketing Manager for RCA, A&M, and Arista Records; and National Director of Promotion for Beantown Music. As Creative Director for Spectrum Creatives, Mr. Collins wrote anti-smoking advertising for the Massachusetts Department of Health.