→ Special Education

Experience working with children diagnosed with multiple disabilities and mood disorders using a UDL (universal design learning) differentiated learning approach. Previous work in the following classrooms and programs, skills, intensive case management or self-contained, in-school suspension, 1:1 teacher assistant, integrated disabilities room with a focus on autism in multiple grade levels.

→ Art Education

Attended SAIC (School of the Art Institute on Chicago) for a figure drawing course in 11th grade and received college credit. Awarded with multiple grants and scholarships upon graduation from high school. Attended Alfred University and SUNY Empire State College, awarded Bachelor’s in Art, Summa Cum Laude. Masters in Art Education awarded from Adelphi University. Fosdick Nelson Art Gallery work experience, museum education, link to site: https://www.alfred.edu/fosdicknelson/index.cfm

→ Community Service

Organized and created free ceramics course for locals at the Alfred local library. Included adults and children in course. Link to article, page 8: https://aura.alfred.edu/bitstream/handle/10829/4678/20101014.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Teaching Philosophy:

Blurb (full document below): Art a form of expression, showing the audience something of meaning. Artistic skills maybe the backbone to making a piece of work, but the true meaning of art is expression the piece creates. You may think of Jackson Pollock, his works do not take effort to make. It is the details that make his work significant. The used band aids, strands of hair, drops of blood, sand, and glass intertwined in his choice of colored paint. His works are elegant, and he has physically put himself into his pieces. The written briefs describing war stories, his continuous struggle with depression and alcoholism, his use of turning dark moments into beautiful pieces of work is what makes his art so significant.