Amanda O’Connor
Columbia, MD 21045
adumpa@r.postjobfree.com
www.monstersandmermaidsfacepainting.weebly.com
Education
MAED/SPED Ashford University 2019
BS Arts Ed. The Pennsylvania State University 1998
Current Certification
MSDE APC Art:PK-12
Experience
Art Teacher 6-8, Dundalk Middle School (Inclusion of ESOL students), Baltimore County Public Schools, MD-8/2020-Present
Art Teacher PK-8 (Inclusion of Students with Autism) Westport Academy Baltimore City Public Schools, Baltimore, MD-8/2019-6/2020
Art Instructor (summer) KidzArt 1-5, Glenelg Country Day School, Glenelg, MD -7/2019-8/2019
Art Teacher 6-12, The Seed School of Maryland, Baltimore, MD-4/2015 - 6/2019
Ceramic Instructor (summer) Baltimore ClayWorks. Baltimore, MD 5/2015-7/2018
Owner/Operator Monsters & Mermaids Face Painting, Columbia, MD - 5/2011 – present
Art Instructor K-5 (after school and summer camps) KidzArt, Howard County Public Schools, Ellicott City, MD –1/2011-present.
Art History Praxis Tutor, Baltimore City Teacher Union, Baltimore, MD 1/2006 - 6/2006
Art Teacher PK-5, Robert Coleman Elementary School, Baltimore City Public Schools, Baltimore, MD – 8/2003 - 8/2006
Art Teacher PK-8, Montebello Academy - Edison Partnership, Baltimore, MD – 8/2001 - 6/2003
Art Teacher PK-5, Brahms Lane Elementary School Baltimore City Public Schools, Baltimore, MD -8/2000-6/20001
Art Teacher PK-8, St. William of York, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD -8/1998-6/2000
Substitute Teacher Howard County Public Schools Ellicott City, MD
9/1998-6/1999
Education
Ashford University- Masters in Education, Special Education - 8/2019
Community College Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD Ceramics; 9 credits - 8/2008 - 8/2010
Towson University, Towson, MD – Art Education Graduate Program; 12 credits – 8/2002 - 8/2005
Coppin State University, Baltimore, MD – Reading Graduate; 6 credits –1/2005
The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA – Bachelor of Science, Arts & Architecture – 5/1998
Art Based Volunteer Experience
Face Painter, Baltimore Clayworks Fundraiser 6/2018
Face Painter, CASA Fundraiser 6/2016
Face Painter, SPCA Fundraiser 5/2012 - 2015
Face Painter, Vision Walk Baltimore Inner Harbor 6/2011 - 6/2014
Art Judge, Act-So Owings Mills, MD –– 4/2005
References of professional supervisors upon request.