High School Design

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Brooklyn,Ny,*****.

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ART TEACHER

Resourceful and imaginative teaching professional,highly trained in a wide array of artistic mediums .Talent for instilling art appreciation,student interaction and promoting creativity and open mindedness .Proven ability to maintain a well disciplined and highly motivated classroom .Offer individualized support and provide positive encouragement to ensure that each child succeeds .Collaborative educator,with outstanding communication and inter person skills to cultivate and sustain relationships within the student community.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Classroom management,student motivation,artistic instruction, interactive learning,thematic units,different medium /materials,visual aids,portfolio preparation for students

EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

High school of Art and Design -Manhattan-4 years

School of Visual Arts-23rd street,Manhattan-1 semester

F.I.T(Fashion Institute of Technology)-27th street bet. 8th and 9th Ave.,Manhattan-4 years

TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS

Creative Classrooms-

K-8th grades

Arts Horizons-(Englewood New Jersey)

K-8th grades

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Creative Classrooms -Art Instructor

Arts Horizons-1998-2011 Taught in multiple schools throughout New York

-School of the Ascension-3years

-St .Joseph of the Holy Family-8years (2002-present)

Design and present exciting lessons that actively engage learners,while educating on proper artistic methodologies and various technical aspects.

Provide students with opportunities to reach their fullest potential through creative expression,cognitive strategies and a broad range of historical,critical and production experiences .

Offer extra-curricular tutoring to ensure each student is able to understand the material.

-Created fun and engaging educational and recreational projects.

-taught students the division of space in creating there own composition through the use of mixed media.

-Implemented techniques where students created original pieces by observing other artistes work.

-Always implemented a history lesson together with art lesson whether it may be about another artist or about culture.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

-Art Appreciation

-The well disciplined classroom

-Discipline made easy

-Parent communication

-Encourage exhibitions for students

-Using positive reinforcement in classroom

-Incorporating Visual images

-Producing portfolio type work

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

-Creative classrooms

-Arts horizons

-Bredth Forum

-Hudson Guild

-Taller Boricua

Currently an independent contractor as translator for LIS translations

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