Professional Experience
Visual Arts and Humanities Teacher
AR Gould School- Long Creek Youth Development Center
South Portland, ME
Jan 2015- Present
Providing standards and proficiency-based instruction to adjudicated middle and high school students
Creating and implementing curriculum which addresses the needs of a multi-abilitied classroom
Participation in the creation and implementation of IEP goals
Providing intervention and advisory services
Serving on Curriculum and Instruction, and Technology committees
Organizing and installing facility-wide community arts exhibitions
Maintaining traditional and proficiency-based student records
Mentoring student teachers and community interns
Teaching college-level art introduction course via SMCC
Restorative Justice
Trauma-informed Practices
Visual Arts Teacher
Liberty Local Schools
Liberty TWP, OH
Aug 2005-June 2011
Provided standards-based art education instruction to learners in grades 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8
Collaborated with the visual arts faculty in creating theme-based public art exhibitions
Created and implemented a comprehensive and interdisciplinary middle school visual arts curriculum
Visual Arts Teacher
Campbell City Schools
Campbell, OH
Aug 2011- June 2011
Provided standards-based art education instruction to learners in grades 5, 6, 7, and 8
Ordered and maintained a school-wide art supple inventory
Created and maintained a rotating display of student artwork
Visual Arts Teacher
Austintown Local Schools
Austintown, OH
Aug 2006-June 2007
A one-year position providing art education services in a grades 9-12 special education intervention capacity
Provided accommodations and lesson modifications according to IEP objectives
Organized and participated in NE Ohio Regional Art Awards competition
Updated existing art curriculum to incorporate technology integrations