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Education
- BFA in Art Education | May 2020
Objective
To obtain a position as an Art Educator
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Certification
State of Virginia K-12 Teaching Licensure
Praxis I Core ACAD Skills For Educ: MATH (5732): 162
Praxis II Art Content Knowledge (5134): 163
VCLA: 475
CPR, AED, and First Aid certified
Dean’s List six semesters | Current GPA: 3.62
NAEA member since 2020
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Professional Teaching Experience
-Gretna and Chatham Middle School | 2020- Present
I have created engaging curriculum for 6-8 graders for the past two years, both virtually and in- person, while maintaining a safe, inclusive learning environment.
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Student Teaching Experience: Spring 2020
- Highland Springs Elementary School, Henrico, Virginia| Spring 2020
Ashley Melnichak
I observed Mrs. Melnichek's class for a week before implementing my own two week curriculum for grades K-5. The art lessons included cyanotypes, wire sculptures, papermaking, creating clay coins, and mosaics.
-Manchester Middle School, Chesterfield, Virginia|Spring 2020
Megan Hartsoe
I observed Ms. Hartsoe for a week, before creating my own lessons for her sixth, seventh, eighth, and advanced eighth graders. Although, before getting to teach these lessons, COVID-19 forced schools to continue virtual. I create additional virtual lessons for students to complete at home.
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Practicum Teaching: Fall 2019
-Hungary Creek Middle School, Glen Allen, Virginia | Fall 2019
Laura Van Bylandt
Adapted Mrs. Van Bylandt’s lesson and facilitated instruction to advanced 8th grade art class. Students created monochromatic grid portraits of a person of their choosing.
-Glen Allen High School, Glen Allen, Virginia | Fall 2019
Amy Harnsberger
Taught a lesson on color theory to Mrs. Harnsberger’s Art I students. This lesson was designed to help students understand and implement basic color theory to their next lesson; painting an apple still life.
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Other Teaching Experiences
-Maybeury Elementary School, Henrico, Virginia | Spring 2019
Catherine Moore
Created and taught two lessons to Mrs. Moore’s second grade class. With inspiration from artist and author, Eric Carle, I had students use different texture samples to press into paint and stamp onto paper. For the next lesson, students traded textured prints and cut and pasted shapes to form a plant or animal.
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-Binford Middle School, Richmond, Virginia | Spring 2018
Ryan Patton
Taught collaboratively to a group of students different ways to incorporate technology in art; stop-motion animation, photography basics, video basics.
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-Carver Promise, Richmond, Virginia | Fall 2017-Spring 2018
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Related Work Experience
-All Fired Up, Glen Allen, Virginia | Summer 2019- May 2020
Instruct children and adults how to glaze ceramics, create with clay, and create glass fusing projects.
-YMCA, Altavista, Virginia | Summer 2018
Worked as an art councilor, creating and teaching lessons to grades K-7 at a summer program.
-Swim Instructor, Altavista, Virginia | Fall 2016- 2020
Instruct adults and children on how to swim, float, and safety rules for in and around water.
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Other Work Experience
-Traveling Lifeguard | 2014- 2020
-Babysitting | 2014- 2019
-Commissioned Artist | 2014- Present
-Mentored Exceptional Learning Class at Altavista High School | Fall 2015- Spring 2016
Assisted classes with art basics and lead small groups of students in helpful activities.
Teaching with Technology
-Processing
-Gamemaker
-Audacity
-iMovie
-Stop-motion animation
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(Selected) Presentation and Exhibition History
Gallery 5 Show: Fall 2017
- In my Two- Dimensional Art Experience class, my classmates and I created collaborative woodcuts, wherein we were responsible for producing a portion of a “body,” that was then mixed and matched to be printed. As a completed “body,” each piece was eighteen inches by forty-two inches.