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TEACHING & RELATED EXPERIENCE

                                                          Bachelor of Fine Arts in Education (May 2017)                      

Bowling Green State University (BGSU)  

Six weeks at SACHI Florence, Italy, 2015

GPA: 3.5

Concentration Area: Oil Painting

Long Term Art Sub

April 2018-June 2018, Hope Learning Academy, Toledo, OH

• Taught grades Kindergarden-8th grade.
• Oversaw planned individualized instructions and projects until May and made lesson plans for the other half of the stay.

• Majority of students on IEPs with class size of 10-15.
• Other duties: overseeing school garden with students, notes to parents on behavior, morning monitor, and mounting art for art show.

Student Teacher

January 2017-June 2017, Eastwood Middle School, Pemberville, OH

• Created lesson plans and taught under the supervision of a university and Eastwood advisor for grades 5th-8th.
• Classroom lesson plans included painting, printmaking, drawing, cover art/design, watercolor, oil pastel, cut paper mosaic, ink, sculpture with multimedia, and cultural exploration.
• Other duties: assisted in school wide art show, created all art showcase displays, after school homework club, lunch time assistant (for those still working on projects).

Head Counselor

Summer 2016 & 2017, Maumee Valley Country Day School, Maumee, OH

• Helped out in a variety of classes ranging from Kindergarten to 5th grade with class sizes varying from 5-22 campers all day.
• Classroom activities included cooking, gardening, experimentation with candy, fiber arts, sewing, beadwork, sculpture, comic book creation, copper enameling, papermaking, paper mache, clay, science experiments, cultural exploration, and painting.
• Other duties: first aid, recess supervisor, cafeteria supervisor, and student drop off supervisor.

Saturday Art Teacher

Spring 2016, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

Taught varied lesson plans to seventeen 3rd and 4th graders every Saturday from 9-11:30 am

Created lesson plans based on bead making, painting, sculpture, drum making, drawing, and story telling.

In Classroom Assistant

Spring Semester 2016, Scott High School, Toledo, OH

•Helped students in grades 9-12 in the art room with projects, grading, as well as keeping order in the classroom.
•Created a lesson plan that was used for an independent class of 5 students.

In Classroom Assistant

Fall Semester 2015, Glendale Feilbach Elementary School, Maumee, OH

• Wrote and taught basic art lesson plans for the 1st graders of Mrs. Gail’s classroom with a primary focus in drawing, painting, and clay.

In Classroom Obervations

November 2014-December 2014, Kenwood Elementary School, Maumee, OH

•Served as an intern for 1st through 5th grade students with primary focus on painting, drawing, and multimedia projects.

In Classroom Fieldwork

November 2014-December 2014, Bowling Green High School, Bowling Green, OH

• Served as an intern for 9th through 12th grade students with primary focus on painting, art history, and introductory art concepts.

Tutor

May 2014-August 2014, Residential Home, Bay Village, OH

• Taught 15-year-old student, with a learning disability, the basics of drawings and painting every Monday-Thursday.

• Taught student how to study for her OAA and proper test taking strategies for essays and multiple-choice questions.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

• President of of F.A.N.D.O.M

• Vice President of F.A.N.D.O.M club at BGSU   

• Secretary of Falcon Swing Society at BGSU

• Community Outreach Chair of Tuition Raffle at BGSU

• Stage Manager at Bay Village High School

Spring 2016-Summer 2017

Spring 2014-Winter 2015

Spring 2014-Spring 2016

Fall 2013-Spring 2015

Fall 2012-Spring 2013

AWARDS & HONORS

• Cayton Award in the BFA show at BGSU ($750)

BGSU Honor’s Program Scholarship

BGSU Academic Scholarship

Personal Studio space in Fine Arts Building

Member of Mortar Board

Member of Omicron Delta Kappa  

Medici Circle grant for SACI study abroad($800)

March 2017

Fall 2013-Spring 2017

Fall 2013- Spring 2017

Fall 2016

Since Spring 2016

Since Spring 2016

Summer 2015

EXHIBITIONS

Black Swamp Arts Festival

• Group Show

• Fall 2016

• Bowling Green, OH

65th Annual Undergraduate Art  & Design Exhibition

• Juried Show

• February 2016

• Dorthy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green, OH

"Toil and Trouble" Art Exhibition

• Juried Show

• October 2016

• Collingwood Arts Center, Toledo, OH

"Untitled" Art Exhibition

• Juried Show

• December 2016

• Collingwood Arts Center, Toledo, OH

“Frame Work” Bachelor of Fine Arts Show

• Juried Show

• March 2017

• Dorthy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green , OH

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