Employment History: Subject, School, and Dates of Employment:
Employment History: Subject, School, and Dates of Employment:
- Art & Design, Clark Middle School, August 2021 - present
- Art & Ceramics Standley Middle School: October 2019 - June 2020 (COVID year, ending online).
- Traditional Art & Digital Art, Creative Performing Media Arts, August 2015 - October 2019
- Graphic Design & Digital Photography, Mission Hills High School, San Marcos Unified School District, Temporary/Replacement Contract, for a teacher who was on maternity leave. February - June 2015
- Substitute Teacher, including Long-Term position at the School of Creative & Performing Arts, from September 2013 - February 2015
- Visual Art & Design, Kearny High School's Science, Connections & Technology (now called, "Biomedical Science & Technology), September 2010 - June 2013
Websites I created for each school where I worked: (the most recent, first).
Websites I created for each school where I worked: (the most recent, first).
The 2019-20 school year was a period of transition -- in more ways than COVID-19 for me, as I was excessed at the beginning of the school year from CPMA (Creative Performing Media Arts Middle School; I was hired at Standley Middle School for the remainder of that school year. This was until the District closed the schools, and we completed that year online.
The 2019-20 school year was a period of transition -- in more ways than COVID-19 for me, as I was excessed at the beginning of the school year from CPMA (Creative Performing Media Arts Middle School; I was hired at Standley Middle School for the remainder of that school year. This was until the District closed the schools, and we completed that year online.
I was excessed for a second time at the end of the 2019 - 2020 school year, but then hired to teach Art at Monroe Clark Middle School, whose mascot is the Trojan. As has been my tradition for the duration of my teaching career, the first thing I did was to purchase TrojanArt.com (NOTE: All of the links to students' sites are only viewable to employees and students at San Diego Unified School District, due to SDUSD's closed system).
I was excessed for a second time at the end of the 2019 - 2020 school year, but then hired to teach Art at Monroe Clark Middle School, whose mascot is the Trojan. As has been my tradition for the duration of my teaching career, the first thing I did was to purchase TrojanArt.com (NOTE: All of the links to students' sites are only viewable to employees and students at San Diego Unified School District, due to SDUSD's closed system).
In October 2019, I was excessed from CPMA and reassigned to Standley Middle School. One of the ways I interact with students is by purchasing a domain name with my subject and the mascot from the school, so I bought seahawkarts.com and updated the site through the end of the 2019-2020 school year, as Distance Learning became the norm, due to COVID-19 shutdowns. I have subsequently cancelled that domain, but the Google Site still exists at https://sites.google.com/view/seahawkarts/home.
In October 2019, I was excessed from CPMA and reassigned to Standley Middle School. One of the ways I interact with students is by purchasing a domain name with my subject and the mascot from the school, so I bought seahawkarts.com and updated the site through the end of the 2019-2020 school year, as Distance Learning became the norm, due to COVID-19 shutdowns. I have subsequently cancelled that domain, but the Google Site still exists at https://sites.google.com/view/seahawkarts/home.
As the mascot at CPMA is a Star, I bought SuperStArtists.com using Weebly and forwarded the site http://superstartists.weebly.com/ to that domain. However, after a lot of students had login issues with Weebly at the beginning of the 2017-18 school year, I began teaching (and using) Google Sites instead.
As the mascot at CPMA is a Star, I bought SuperStArtists.com using Weebly and forwarded the site http://superstartists.weebly.com/ to that domain. However, after a lot of students had login issues with Weebly at the beginning of the 2017-18 school year, I began teaching (and using) Google Sites instead.
Mission Hills High School mascot is the Grizzly, so (tongue in cheek), I created GrizzleDesign.com (since I am a grizzled Designer). I created this site when I got hired on a replacement contract from January through June of 2015 at Mission Hills High School (MHHS), in San Marcos.
Mission Hills High School mascot is the Grizzly, so (tongue in cheek), I created GrizzleDesign.com (since I am a grizzled Designer). I created this site when I got hired on a replacement contract from January through June of 2015 at Mission Hills High School (MHHS), in San Marcos.
In addition to the Graphic Design classes I taught at MHHS, I also taught Digital Photography and set up another sample site for those students to use as an example for their portfolio website. It is still active at http://dijid.weebly.com/
In addition to the Graphic Design classes I taught at MHHS, I also taught Digital Photography and set up another sample site for those students to use as an example for their portfolio website. It is still active at http://dijid.weebly.com/
http://scpajr.weebly.com/ is the site I created for the Middle School Students at SCPA (School of Creative Performing Arts), where I was a long-term substitute, from December 2013 - May 2014
http://scpajr.weebly.com/ is the site I created for the Middle School Students at SCPA (School of Creative Performing Arts), where I was a long-term substitute, from December 2013 - May 2014
https://jaywingz.weebly.com/ is a sample site for the students I taught at a long-term substitute position at Lincoln High School’s Engineering Department at the beginning of the 2013-14 school year.
https://jaywingz.weebly.com/ is a sample site for the students I taught at a long-term substitute position at Lincoln High School’s Engineering Department at the beginning of the 2013-14 school year.
https://captivarting.weebly.com/ was my first detailed website, while I was employed at Kearny High School, from September 2010 - 2013 (This link is for downloading website worksheets that I've used at several of my schools. This one focused on Weebly, from my pre-Google Sites days).
https://captivarting.weebly.com/ was my first detailed website, while I was employed at Kearny High School, from September 2010 - 2013 (This link is for downloading website worksheets that I've used at several of my schools. This one focused on Weebly, from my pre-Google Sites days).
I used WordPress for a while when I worked at Kearny High School, as I was trying a variety of tools at the time, but abandoned it for Weebly, as it was easier for students to create and navigate. This posting on the topic of "Synchronicity" was used as a reflective writing example for students, chronicling an event that happened when I was asked to chaperone the Seniors to a college tour in 2011, and was the last time I updated the blog.
I used WordPress for a while when I worked at Kearny High School, as I was trying a variety of tools at the time, but abandoned it for Weebly, as it was easier for students to create and navigate. This posting on the topic of "Synchronicity" was used as a reflective writing example for students, chronicling an event that happened when I was asked to chaperone the Seniors to a college tour in 2011, and was the last time I updated the blog.
The following are the sites from my freelance Design career & other projects
The following are the sites from my freelance Design career & other projects
The site I created at the tail-end of my freelance Design career, showcasing a variety of projects and product-based sites I’ve created through the years, is HISwork.com,
The site I created at the tail-end of my freelance Design career, showcasing a variety of projects and product-based sites I’ve created through the years, is HISwork.com,
One year I was doing a study on semiotics (the study of symbols and symbolism) and began a "thought experiment" with the question, "How did the swastika come to mean hatred and bigotry?" Art-Nazi.com is the domain I purchased, but have decided to let it expire, as it proved to be more controversial than I first considered.
One year I was doing a study on semiotics (the study of symbols and symbolism) and began a "thought experiment" with the question, "How did the swastika come to mean hatred and bigotry?" Art-Nazi.com is the domain I purchased, but have decided to let it expire, as it proved to be more controversial than I first considered.