9902 N Heather Dr, Castle Rock, CO, 80108 | 303-884-8976 |
COLORADO TEACHING LICENSE Visual Arts (K-12) Endorsement 05/2020
EDUCATION Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 05/2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts in art education with a studio emphasis in painting
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Community College of Aurora, Aurora, CO 08/2021– Present Concurrent Enrollment/ Adjunct Instructor Design and provide high school students the opportunity to take college credit-bearing courses for Art 131 Visual Concepts 2D Design (3 Credit Hours) and MGD 133 Graphic Design 1 (3 Credit Hours). Teach students how to apply design principles to visually communicate through printed, environmental and digital media utilizing Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.
Eaglecrest High School, Centennial, CO 08/2020– Present Visual Arts Teacher Design and teach Drawing and Painting 1, Photography 1, Digital Art 1 and Digital Art 2 classes. Students learn how to appreciate and take inspiration from cultural relevant and historical artwork to create unique and individualistic artwork.
Arrowhead Elementary School, Centennial, CO 03/2020 – 04/2020 Student Teacher Designed and taught 3 weeks of various art projects, to K-5 students in the classroom. Designed and remotely taught 5 weeks of at-home art activities by providing access to videos through YouTube, Google Doc, and Schoology. Created an Arrowhead Specials Instagram account to further the accessibility of remote learning lessons.
Eaglecrest High School, Centennial, CO 01/2020 – 02/2020 Student Teacher Designed and taught 8 weeks of Drawing and Painting 2,3, AP and Ceramics 1 classes. Lessons taught focused on developing skills in watercolor, oil painting, acrylic painting, drawing, and sculptural building.
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, Fort Collins, CO 10/2019 – 11/2019 Teacher Candidate Designed and facilitated museum tours and art activities to 70 students from Title I schools. The museum tour was an interactive experience where students were exposed to contemporary artwork from the “Moon Museum: Unofficial Art on Apollo 12” and historical artwork from the Hartford-Tandstad Gallery.
Beattie Elementary, Fort Collins, CO 08/2019 – 12/2019 Teacher Candidate Designed and co-taught 30 hours of choice based mixed media art lessons with 2 team members to 80 1st and 2nd grade students.
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 02/2018 – 04/2019 2D Artistic Abilities Art Instructor Designed and taught 24 hours of differentiated drawing, painting, printmaking and ceramic art lessons with to a class of 9 adults with developmental disabilities.
Thompson Valley High School, Loveland, CO 09/2018 - 11/2019 Teacher candidate Performed 30 hours of supervised fieldwork in the Jewelry 2, Drawing Painting 1, and AVID classrooms teaching 90 students in grades 9-12.
Webber Middle School, Fort Collins, CO 01/2018- 05/2018 AVID Tutor and Teacher Candidate Facilitated small group instruction to 7 at-risk students by guiding them through collaborative group work focused in: Mathematics, History, English, and Science.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE Aquatics Co Teacher, Loveland, CO 08/2018 – 11/2019 Volunteer Teacher Volunteer Aquatics Co Teacher at Thompson Valley High School Mission Trip, Belize 05/2015 Mission Trip Volunteer Supervised and provided learning opportunities for 45 children in local schools and VBS Mission Trip, Nicaragua 03/2013 & 03/2014 Mission Trip Volunteer Assisted in building community growth through building beds, providing food and developing relationships
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Remote Learning Private Tutor| Highlands Ranch | March 13 2020 – August 2020 · Provided 1:1 learning experience for a DCSD 2nd grade student to succeed in an online learning environment. Subjects included Math, Reading, Writing, Social Studies, Science and Art. Nanny | castle pines | Summer OF MAY 2017 – August 2020 · Invested in children’s everyday growth for ages 11 and 15 years Swim Instructor | Lone Tree| summers of may 2015 – August 2020 · Private lesson instructor for ages 3-18 years and swimmers with disabilities Swim Coach | wild cat tigersharks | summers of may 2015 – july 2019 · Summer swim team coach for ages 4-11 years
AWARDS/SHOWS/CERTIFICATIONS CURC Exhibition, Fort Collins, CO 04/2020 AVID Trained 12/2019 Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED 12/2019 CURC Exhibition, Fort Collins, CO 09/2019 Vincent A. LaPerriere Scholarship 08/2019 Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, CO 04/2017- 05/2017
ART SKILLS: Painting, Drawing, Photography, Sculpture, Ceramics, Wood Working, Digital Drawing and Graphic Design, Fibers, Jewelry/Metalsmithing