Category: ARTS

         STUDENT TEACHER         Summary     Visual Arts Specialist with 11 years experience in elementary art education. Demonstrated skill in individualizing instruction based on students' needs and interests.       Highlights         Adobe Creative Cloud: Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Muse   Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint   WordPress   iMovie      Ohio Teaching Licensure, Visual Arts, PK-12              Experience      Company Name     October 2003       Student Teacher   City  ,   State      Designed and implemented daily lesson plans based on Oak Hills School District Visual Arts Curriculum, National Visual Arts Standards and Ohio Visual Arts Standards.  Evaluated student artwork based on stated criteria.  Displayed student artwork throughout the school building.          Company Name     October 2003   to   Current     Student Teacher   City  ,   State      Designed and implemented daily lesson plans based on Oak Hills School District Visual Arts Curriculum, National Visual Arts Standards and Ohio Visual Arts Standards Initiated and arranged a school field trip to Cincinnati Art Museum and Contemporary Arts Center as an extension of classroom learning Assessed student artwork based on stated criteria Displayed student artwork throughout the school building Planned and installed student sculpture exhibit at Delhi Public Library.          Company Name     January 2004   to   Current     Visual Arts Teacher   City  ,   State      Design and implement daily lesson plans for grades 1-8 based on National Visual Arts Standards and Ohio Visual Arts Standards Teach interdisciplinary units with grade level teachers that integrate reading, language arts, cultural studies and technology with art production Evaluate student performance based on stated criteria and prepare grades for quarterly report cards Display student artwork throughout the school building including biannual all-school art exhibits held during Catholic Schools Week Open House and annual Fine Arts Festival Participate in regional, state and national art competitions and exhibitions such as the Scholastic Art Competition, Ohio Art Education Association Youth Art Month Exhibition, Young Peoples Art Exhibition, Cincinnati Arts Association Art Exhibit, Catholics United for the Poor Drawing Competition, and the Knights of Columbus Substance Abuse Awareness Poster Competition Facilitate student Art Criticism written submissions to Jerry Tollifson Art Criticism Open Competition (OAEA) Prepare and teach annual after-school student art workshops during Youth Art Month Design and manage art classroom website including online art gallery and blog, www.olvisitation.com.          Education      Xavier University     May, 2012       Masters  :   Education Secondary Education    City  ,   State      Education Secondary Education        Mount St. Joseph University     May, 2004       Bachelor of Arts  :   Art Education    City  ,   State      Art Education             May, 2004       Bachelor of Fine Arts  :   Painting    Painting        Mount St. Joseph University     May 1989       Associate of Arts  :   Graphic Design    City  ,   State       Graphic Design         Licensure
Visual Arts Specialist, Grades PK-12, Ohio              Interests    SWOAEA Art Workshops Summer Teacher Institute, Cincinnati Art Museum Evenings for Educators, Cincinnati Art Museum Teacher Workshops, Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center Art Exhibitions & AWARDS Parallel Visions", exhibition of regional art educators, Studio San Guiseppe Gallery Pendleton Arts Center, studio exhibitor, July - December 2004 Life and Times of Education", annual juried exhibit of college student artwork, OAEA and STRS Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 2001 - 2004, 2004 Award Winner MSJ Thesis Exhibit, Studio San Guiseppe, 2004 MSJ Annual Student Exhibit, faculty selected artwork, Studio San Guiseppe, 2001 - 2004       Skills    Adobe, Photoshop, Arts, Art, com, exhibitions, Drawing, Illustrator, InDesign, Excel, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Word, reading, sculpture, website, workshops, written      Additional Information      OAEA Annual Conventions SWOAEA Art Workshops Summer Teacher Institute, Cincinnati Art Museum Evenings for Educators, Cincinnati Art Museum Teacher Workshops, Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center Art Exhibitions & AWARDS Parallel Visions", exhibition of regional art educators, Studio San Guiseppe Gallery Pendleton Arts Center, studio exhibitor, July - December 2004 Life and Times of Education", annual juried exhibit of college student artwork, OAEA and STRS Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 2001 - 2004, 2004 Award Winner MSJ Thesis Exhibit, Studio San Guiseppe, 2004 MSJ Annual Student Exhibit, faculty selected artwork, Studio San Guiseppe, 2001 - 2004         Professional Affiliations     National Art Education Association (NAEA) member, 2002 - present Ohio Art Education Association (OAEA) member, 2000 - present Southwest Art Education Association (SWOAEA) member, 2000 - present Cincinnati Art Museum member, 1989 - present Taft Art Museum member, 2000 - present SWOAEA Nuts and Bolts, art lesson exchange presenter