Melissa Dyar
**** ******* ****** ****-***. ***-Athens, GA 30605
770-***-**** - ******@*****.***
EDUCATION
Masters of Art Education
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
July 2010
Bachelor of Science in Art Education
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia
December 2008, Overall GPA: 3.3
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Teacher, September 2009- May 2010
Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, Georgia
Student Teacher, January 2009- April 2009
Cortona Elementary School, Cortona, Italy
Student Teacher, August 2008-December 2008
Mattie Lively Elementary School, Statesboro, Georgia
Practicum K-5 Student Teacher, May 2008- July 2008
Averitt Center, Statesboro, Georgia
Practicum 6-12 Student Teacher, August 2007 - December 2007
South East Bulloch Middle School, Brooklet, Georgia
Bryan County High School, Pembroke, Georgia
Methods 6-12 Student Teacher, January 2007 - May 2007
South East Bulloch High School, Brooklet, Georgia
Langston Chapel Middle School, Statesboro, Georgia
Methods K-5 Student Teacher, January 2007 - May 2007
Mattie Lively Elementary School, Statesboro, Georgia
WORK EXPERIENCE
Intern, Athens, Georgia 09/2009-
May 2010
I am an intern at the Lyndon House Arts Center. My responsibilities
include:
Assistant Teacher for 4-6 year old art class- Fall 2009
Assistant Teacher for 6-10 year old Drawing class- Fall 2009
Assistant Teacher for Adult Special Education Art Class- Fall 2009
Assistant Teacher for 2-4 year old art class- Spring 2010
Assistant Teacher for 4-6 year old art class- Spring 2010
Assistant Teacher for 6-10 year old Drawing class- Spring 2010
Assistant Teacher for 4-10 year old Home School art class- Spring
2010
Assistant Director for Barrett Elementary School- A is for Art field
trip
Assistant to Director for:
Clarke County Fifth Grade Field Trips- 12 fifth grade Clarke County
classes visited the Lyndon House over a period of a month and a half to
see the RA Miller Exhibit. I was responsible for co-teaching the art
activity for the students. I was responsible for organizing the activity
and work space.
Fall Festival- Organized art activities for community, assisted
community members with art projects, assisted community members with
sign up process
Monthly Community Day- Assisted community members with art projects
(artist appreciation for RA Miller, scarecrows, and Winter gingerbread
houses)
MLK Day- Assisted community members with book making
Spring Classes Registration- Assisted parents with sign up for Spring
classes- Collected information pertaining to students, checks, and
scholarship forms
35th Juried Exhibition Show- Directed and assisted artists with sign
up, payment, and placement for artwork being submitted-Assisted with
opening day exhibition party
GA County Conference- assisted hosting conference, provided tours of
Lyndon House
Nanny, Alpharetta, Georgia 04/2009-
Present
I am a Nanny for the Tavares family during the summer, winter break,
and weekends when I am available to be in Alpharetta.
Nanny, Alpharetta, Georgia 10/2000-
Present
I am a Nanny for the Hebert family during the summer, winter break,
and weekends when I am available to be in Alpharetta.
Bulloch County Board of Education, Statesboro, Georgia
04/2007 - 12/2008
Substitute Teacher
Substitute teaching for Bulloch County has prepared me to work with
all age levels.
EF College Break, Statesboro, Georgia
08/2005 - 10/2007
Travel consultant/representative
I spoke with and meet with parents and student travelers to discuss
overseas trips, experiences, and advice for traveling. This job is
phone based. November 2006, I was named Georgia Southern's Campus Manager.
Other representatives from the company at Georgia Southern reported to me
to discuss business transactions. I was in charge of monthly budgets to
promote EF College Break.
Ocean Galley, Statesboro, Georgia
May 2006- October 2006
Hostess
For this job, I was in charge of calculating bills for customers. I
used a cash register, and I was in charge of answering the phone and
taking to go orders. I distributed money for employee's paychecks.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Lyndon House Arts Center Volunteer (September 2009- May 2010)
Member, Professional Association of Georgia Educators, 2007- Present
Member, Alpha Delta Pi, 2004 - 2006
Member, Georgia Southern Ski Club, 2005-2006
Georgia Southern Jewelry Guild, 2007- 2008
Arts Fest Volunteer 2005- Present
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PrintMaster, Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign
REFERENCES
Available upon request
Student Teaching experiences, lesson plans, examples, skills, and duties
available upon request.