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DocuSign Envelope ID:6CA4CFFO-E42B-451 F-892F-164653D2CF39 <br /> For over fourteen years, I have designed, written, and taught rich, original art curricula, in a <br /> variety of educational settings (schools, museums, and community art centers), which focus on <br /> art production(in all media), art history, art criticism and aesthetics and which are designed in <br /> accordance with state and national art learning standards. <br /> As a teaching artist, I have worked closely with teachers in an array of different classroom <br /> settings, bringing rich art instruction to their students and helping the teachers imbue their own <br /> curricula with pedagogically sound art education and arts integration. <br /> During residencies, I maintain close working relationships with classroom teachers by sending <br /> weekly (sometimes daily) emails informing teachers of upcoming projects, materials, themes, <br /> and any other information integral to our time together. I encourage my partner teachers to email, <br /> text, or call with any and all questions, concerns, or suggestions, believing that good <br /> communication is the key to a successful residency. <br /> I have many years of experience using Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) with students as well as <br /> creating and teaching STEAM-focused lessons for students of various ages. <br /> My experience training teachers includes mentoring first and second year art educators; <br /> providing professional development workshops at the North Carolina Museum of Art's <br /> Educators'Night Out events; running smaller workshops to teach Pre-K teachers how to include <br /> more fine art and art history in their curricula; and contributing to larger retreat-type workshops <br /> focused on teaching educators to develop art-rich, interdisciplinary lessons for use in their <br /> classrooms. <br /> I am skilled at differentiating lessons to meet the needs of all learners and have had four years of <br /> experience teaching students with mild to severe special needs in self-contained classroom <br /> settings as well as in integrated, regular education settings. <br /> I have created a number of interdisciplinary art lessons utilizing community resources and <br /> institutions (e.g. The Buffalo Holocaust Museum,Albright Knox Art Gallery, University of Notre <br /> Dame Kellogg Institute for International Studies, South Bend Museum of Art, Duke University's <br /> Literacy Through Photography, Carolina Ballet, Marbles Kid's Museum, etc.) often in <br /> collaboration with teacher colleagues in other disciplines. <br /> I maintain a solid understanding of theories in art education, pedagogy, child development, art <br /> history and criticism, learning models and child psychology and often attend national <br /> conferences to improve my teaching craft. <br /> While in public and private schools, I created ongoing, rotating displays of student art throughout <br /> the school year in the school halls, entryways, school administrative offices, and district <br /> administrative offices.At the end of each school year, I organized and put on an all-school art <br /> show involving at least two to three pieces of art per student and open to the entire school <br /> 11 <br />