EDUCATION
May 2011
Master of Arts in Teaching: Art Education, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, USA
May 2010
Bachelor of Fine Arts, General Fine Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, USA - Summa cum laude
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
August 2021-present
Murray Hill Middle School & Hammond Middle School, Howard County Public School System, MD
◊ Collaborate with colleagues to develop curriculum and resources for Art Studio A. ◊ Facilitate student growth and created a culture of success by differentiating instruction, tracking progress, communicating feedback, and cultivating relationships. ◊ Prepare and display artwork within the school and in public art exhibits
September 2018—March 2021
Didcot Girls' School, Ridgeway Education Trust, Didcot, UK
Teacher, Design & Visual Arts Department
◊ Developed and taught a variety of courses at the secondary level including Textiles, Design Technology, and Personal Development. ◊ Differentiated instruction to support all students, tracked feedback to ensure progress, and cultivated relationships with students and their parents to create a culture of success. ◊ Provided personal, social, and emotional support to advisory class through daily interactions and activities during Student Guidance period. ◊ Supported whole school community development in my role as Head of House Kennedy by working with student leadership team to organize and run school wide events, community service projects, and whole house assembly. ◊ Created technology resources as member of our school's "Digital Champions", a group of staff that provides technological support for students and staff alike in order to increase school wide technology literacy.
September 2017—July 2018
The Cherwell School, River Learning Trust, Oxford, UK
Teacher, Art & Design Department
◊ Developed and taught a variety of courses at the secondary level including Textiles, Art, Digital Photography, and Graphic Design. ◊ Differentiated instruction to support all students, tracked feedback to ensure progress, and cultivated relationships with students and their parents to create a culture of success. ◊ Provided personal, social, and emotional support to advisory class through daily interactions and activities during Student Guidance period.
September 2016—July 2017
The Cherwell School, Oxfordshire County Council, UK
Teaching Assistant, Communication & Interaction Resource Base (CIRB)
◊ Provide support to KS3 students who have autism in mainstream classes in order to ensure that they have the strategies to succeed academically. ◊ Help students same improve their communication and socials skills through non-academic, collaborative activities within CIRB ◊ Communicate and collaborate with classroom teachers and teaching assistants to ensure students in CIRB have the support they need.
August 2016—February 2018
Lonely Reader, Zhuomo Culture Communication Company, Beijing, China
Teacher, Aesthetics Department
◊ Teach an online art history course to adult English language learners in China. ◊ Provide lessons that are differentiated and accessible to learners with a varying degrees of English language skills. ◊ Design a curriculum that is inquiry and discussion based in order to promote critical thinking skills about art history and aesthetic theory
January 2015—June 2016
Annapolis High School, Anne Arundel County, MD, USA
Art Department Chair
◊ Managed the budget, arranged teacher schedules, attended administrative meetings, and guided collaborative and curricular planning for the visual arts team.
August 2011—June 2016
Annapolis High School, Anne Arundel County, MD, USA
Teacher, Art Department
◊ Developed and taught a variety of courses to secondary students including International Bacchelaurate (IB) art, Foundations of Art, 3D and 2D design, and Art History. ◊ Created lessons that achieved high level thinking and a deeper understanding of art through the integration of art history, inquiry, research, metacognitive thinking, and collaboration. ◊ Prepared and hung artwork for display within school and in public art exhibits.
OTHER EXPERIENCES
April 2015—August 2015
Nancy Hammond Editions Gallery, Annapolis, MD, USA
Assistant to framer
◊ Constructed frames, cut glass, mounted artwork, added dust covers and attached hangers and wires to the small fine art prints in order to display for sale in the gallery.
Summer of 2013 and 2014
Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Annapolis, MD, USA
Curriculum writer, Performing and Visual Arts Magnet Program
◊ Wrote curriculum for the Performing and Visual Arts magnet program for a 2D Design course and a 3D installation course called Time and Space that centered on inquiry based learning.
August 2014
Performing and Visual Arts (PVA) Magnet Program, Barnard Castle, Yorkshire, UK
Instructor and chaperone
◊ Accompanied a group of visual arts students from the Annapolis High School PVA program on a weeklong trip to Yorkshire, England where I co-instructed students in the creation, curation, and installation of a one-day exhibit at The Nest Café and Gallery in Barnard Castle.
PRESENTATIONS
2015
Letting Your Students Fail: Maryland Art Education Association (MAEA) State Convention, Clarksville, MD
Arts Integration using Stop Animation: End of Session Professional Development, Annapolis High School, Annapolis MD
EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
2014
Less is More: Small Works in a Great Space, The Mitchell Gallery, Annapolis, MD, USA
Maryland Art Educators Associates New High School Art Educator of the Year
2011
Patricia Lion Krongard Education Award, finalist
2010
Art All Night, Roebling Wire Works, Trenton, NJ, USA
Master of Arts in Teaching Thesis Exhibition, fox 3 gallery, Baltimore MD, USA
Grainger Marburg Travel Grant, finalist
Connections, Project Space Gallery, Baltimore, MD, USA
Waldorf Alumni Show, Waldorf School of Princeton, NJ, USA
STUDIO SKILLS
2D Arts: extensive experience with oil paint, acrylic paint, and both wet and dry drawing media
Ceramics: hand-building, throwing; slip and glaze surfacing; operation of a electric kiln
Fiber arts: paper-making; knitting; crocheting; weaving; embroidery; rope making
Photography: 35mm camera, darkroom B&W photography; digital photography; cyanotype prints
Printmaking: lithography; woodcut; linoleum cut; collography; drypoint
Computer: Mac and PC platforms; Microsoft Office; Adobe Photoshop
May 2011
Master of Arts in Teaching: Art Education, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, USA
May 2010
Bachelor of Fine Arts, General Fine Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, USA - Summa cum laude
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
August 2021-present
Murray Hill Middle School & Hammond Middle School, Howard County Public School System, MD
◊ Collaborate with colleagues to develop curriculum and resources for Art Studio A. ◊ Facilitate student growth and created a culture of success by differentiating instruction, tracking progress, communicating feedback, and cultivating relationships. ◊ Prepare and display artwork within the school and in public art exhibits
September 2018—March 2021
Didcot Girls' School, Ridgeway Education Trust, Didcot, UK
Teacher, Design & Visual Arts Department
◊ Developed and taught a variety of courses at the secondary level including Textiles, Design Technology, and Personal Development. ◊ Differentiated instruction to support all students, tracked feedback to ensure progress, and cultivated relationships with students and their parents to create a culture of success. ◊ Provided personal, social, and emotional support to advisory class through daily interactions and activities during Student Guidance period. ◊ Supported whole school community development in my role as Head of House Kennedy by working with student leadership team to organize and run school wide events, community service projects, and whole house assembly. ◊ Created technology resources as member of our school's "Digital Champions", a group of staff that provides technological support for students and staff alike in order to increase school wide technology literacy.
September 2017—July 2018
The Cherwell School, River Learning Trust, Oxford, UK
Teacher, Art & Design Department
◊ Developed and taught a variety of courses at the secondary level including Textiles, Art, Digital Photography, and Graphic Design. ◊ Differentiated instruction to support all students, tracked feedback to ensure progress, and cultivated relationships with students and their parents to create a culture of success. ◊ Provided personal, social, and emotional support to advisory class through daily interactions and activities during Student Guidance period.
September 2016—July 2017
The Cherwell School, Oxfordshire County Council, UK
Teaching Assistant, Communication & Interaction Resource Base (CIRB)
◊ Provide support to KS3 students who have autism in mainstream classes in order to ensure that they have the strategies to succeed academically. ◊ Help students same improve their communication and socials skills through non-academic, collaborative activities within CIRB ◊ Communicate and collaborate with classroom teachers and teaching assistants to ensure students in CIRB have the support they need.
August 2016—February 2018
Lonely Reader, Zhuomo Culture Communication Company, Beijing, China
Teacher, Aesthetics Department
◊ Teach an online art history course to adult English language learners in China. ◊ Provide lessons that are differentiated and accessible to learners with a varying degrees of English language skills. ◊ Design a curriculum that is inquiry and discussion based in order to promote critical thinking skills about art history and aesthetic theory
January 2015—June 2016
Annapolis High School, Anne Arundel County, MD, USA
Art Department Chair
◊ Managed the budget, arranged teacher schedules, attended administrative meetings, and guided collaborative and curricular planning for the visual arts team.
August 2011—June 2016
Annapolis High School, Anne Arundel County, MD, USA
Teacher, Art Department
◊ Developed and taught a variety of courses to secondary students including International Bacchelaurate (IB) art, Foundations of Art, 3D and 2D design, and Art History. ◊ Created lessons that achieved high level thinking and a deeper understanding of art through the integration of art history, inquiry, research, metacognitive thinking, and collaboration. ◊ Prepared and hung artwork for display within school and in public art exhibits.
OTHER EXPERIENCES
April 2015—August 2015
Nancy Hammond Editions Gallery, Annapolis, MD, USA
Assistant to framer
◊ Constructed frames, cut glass, mounted artwork, added dust covers and attached hangers and wires to the small fine art prints in order to display for sale in the gallery.
Summer of 2013 and 2014
Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Annapolis, MD, USA
Curriculum writer, Performing and Visual Arts Magnet Program
◊ Wrote curriculum for the Performing and Visual Arts magnet program for a 2D Design course and a 3D installation course called Time and Space that centered on inquiry based learning.
August 2014
Performing and Visual Arts (PVA) Magnet Program, Barnard Castle, Yorkshire, UK
Instructor and chaperone
◊ Accompanied a group of visual arts students from the Annapolis High School PVA program on a weeklong trip to Yorkshire, England where I co-instructed students in the creation, curation, and installation of a one-day exhibit at The Nest Café and Gallery in Barnard Castle.
PRESENTATIONS
2015
Letting Your Students Fail: Maryland Art Education Association (MAEA) State Convention, Clarksville, MD
Arts Integration using Stop Animation: End of Session Professional Development, Annapolis High School, Annapolis MD
EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
2014
Less is More: Small Works in a Great Space, The Mitchell Gallery, Annapolis, MD, USA
Maryland Art Educators Associates New High School Art Educator of the Year
2011
Patricia Lion Krongard Education Award, finalist
2010
Art All Night, Roebling Wire Works, Trenton, NJ, USA
Master of Arts in Teaching Thesis Exhibition, fox 3 gallery, Baltimore MD, USA
Grainger Marburg Travel Grant, finalist
Connections, Project Space Gallery, Baltimore, MD, USA
Waldorf Alumni Show, Waldorf School of Princeton, NJ, USA
STUDIO SKILLS
2D Arts: extensive experience with oil paint, acrylic paint, and both wet and dry drawing media
Ceramics: hand-building, throwing; slip and glaze surfacing; operation of a electric kiln
Fiber arts: paper-making; knitting; crocheting; weaving; embroidery; rope making
Photography: 35mm camera, darkroom B&W photography; digital photography; cyanotype prints
Printmaking: lithography; woodcut; linoleum cut; collography; drypoint
Computer: Mac and PC platforms; Microsoft Office; Adobe Photoshop