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ABOUT

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It's Nice to Meet You!

I believe in promoting creativity and connection as  central components of the collaboration process in working with students, teachers, artists and stakeholders any community.

 

Education & Credentials

National Board Certified Teacher NBCT

Early Adolescence/Young Adulthood Art;

Achieved 2011

Advanced Professional Teacher Certification

(Master’s EQ)

Maryland
Art PK-12

B.S.

Art Education

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Magna Cum Laude distinction

2005

Awards & Recognitions

Excellence In Education

Teacher of the Year

Top 5 Finalist

Anne Arundel County Public Schools

 

2011-2012

Outstanding New Elementary Art Teacher

Maryland Art Education Association & AACPS

 

2006-2007

Campus Technology Impact Award; 2018 Education Futurists

The Campus Technology Impact Awards honor exemplary colleges and universities that are making an extraordinary impact with technology on campus, doing important work in the service of teaching, learning, administration and operations. Formerly known as the Campus Technology Innovators Awards, the Impact Awards serve to broaden the scope of that recognition — to include both cutting-edge and well established projects. The goal is to honor projects large and small that have had the greatest impact on the institution and on the higher education community.
Education Futurists: including, but not limited to: visionary learning technology development; new program development; institutional reformation; trend spotters: technology and society

2018 Innovation Awards: Future Steward

National Digital Stewardship Alliance

The annual Innovation Awards were established by the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) to recognize and encourage

innovation in the field of digital preservation stewardship. These awards highlight and commend creative individuals, projects,

organizations, and future stewards demonstrating originality and excellence in their contributions to the field of digital

preservation.

Teaching Experience

Washington College
Chestertown, Maryland

 

Lecturer:

EDU 403
Methods of Teaching Art

 

Fall 2016

 

Instructional Technologist

 

July 2015-Present

 

 

 

Initiatives and Projects:
iPads to Archives
Augmented Archives
Teacher Portfolios: Putting your best "DIGITAL FOOTPRINT" forward

Tech for Pre-Service Educators
Websites for Artists
Manuscripts at Your Fingertips

Infographics for Learning

 

Severn River Middle School

Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Maryland

 

Art Educator:

Digital and Traditional Visual Art

 

Art Department Lead Teacher

 

Fall 2008-June 2015

 

Co-Curricular Activities:
 

-National Junior Art Honor Society Coordinator,

-Mentor Teacher for student interns—MICA and College of Notre Dame
-PBIS Committee, Faculty Council, Financial Committee,  

Craft Night coordinator,

guest artist facilitator,

Dance Company Co-Director, Drama-Theatre Consultant 

Jessup Elementary School

Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Maryland

 

Art Educator:

Visual Art :Grades 1-5

 

Cultural Arts Department Chair

 

Fall 2005-Spring 2008

 

Co-Curricular Activities

 

-Three-time recipient of Washington Post Grants in the Arts grant for art extension projects,   

-Dance Company Director,

-Co-director of School Musicals,

-Art Club Coordinator, Coordinator for Student Talent Showcase,

Craft Night Coordinator,

Evening of the Arts Coordinator,
-PBIS Committee,

Human Relations Committee,

EMT team member,

SIT team member,

Student Mentor

Instructional Design Experience

Curriculum Writer

 

 

 


2014: Photography and Digital Processes

AACPS

 

Collaborated with Visual Arts teachers and LSS educator to create curriculum for high school level courses. Instigated and developed Digital Citizenship lessons for each level of the curriculum.

2009: Tour of Italy

PVA Integrated Arts Foreign Language Class

AACPS

 

Collaborated with teachers from multiple disciplines: Art, Music, Foreign Language, and Social Studies to design an integrated-arts curriculum for the AACPS PVA magnet school.Influential in designing curriculum for the Visual Arts as well as Dance and Theatre.

 

Assessment Designer:

Reflective Assessment

 

 

Co-Designed* a Visual Arts assessment model, Reflective Assessment ,  that includes pre-assessment, formative, summative and student self-assessment.

 

Making the Grade: Reflective Assessment

Presented at Maryland Art Education Association Conference:2013:

Presented at AACPS Secondary Lead-Teachers Meeting: 2012

 

Best practices for assessment, grading, data collection and data-driven dialogues regarding student achievement and response to artworks and art-making were discussed. Participants were provided with assessment tools ready to be implemented in classrooms.

 

*Co-designer Erika Oldershaw
 

Assessment Designer/

Collaborative Conversations Facilitator

 

Developer: Visual Arts Common Assessment Model

Facilitator: Common Assessment Conversations

AACPS Secondary Lead-Teachers Meeting: Fall 2013

AACPS Elementary Teachers Meeting: 2013

 

 

Facilitated conversations, collaborative activities and teacher input regarding assessment in the Visual Arts in Anne Arundel County Public Schools. Collected and compiled data from teacher input, responses and current assessment practices to be used in the development of an AACPS Visual Arts common assessment model. Consulted with the Visual Arts Curriculum Writing team to develop a common assessment model to implement in all AACPS Visual Arts classrooms.

The Augmented Archives Project

The Augmented Archives Project is an initiative designed to leverage emerging technologies to increase access to and engagement with primary source materials in Washington College’s Archives & Special Collections.

Fueled by student research, the Augmented Archives project presents an opportunity for students to curate exhibits of historic artifacts and significant objects. These exhibits come to life using augmented reality technology to make rare documents, fragile artifacts and curator commentary videos accessible to exhibit visitors.

The Augmented Archives Project is a collaboration between the Washington College Archives and Washington College’s Academic Technology Department—marrying the primary source materials in our Special Collections with the technological and instructional

resources in Academic Technology.

Digital Scholarship in Museum Partnerships

The Digital Scholarship in Community Partnerships project seeks to engage Washington College students in authentic learning

experiences by embedding technology-enhanced museum partnership projects into instruction.

Through this project, students work in partnership with local museums to develop technology-rich outreach resources which help

convey the message of the museum to the world.

Working with the museum affords students the opportunity to apply concepts and best practices learned in the classroom to a

project that makes a real impact for the local community.

Resources created by students involved in the project are then leveraged by local school systems to develop instructional

sequences that utilize these resources to meet state standards through the teaching of local history.

PocketMuseum

PocketMuseum is an augmented reality app which allows a museum gallery to materialize around the viewer. Once the museum

materializes, the viewer can physically walk around the space viewing the exhibit as though it was comprised of corporeal objects.

The app was developed by the Augmented Archives team at Washington College in the spring of 2018. We are currently seeking

opportunities to move PocketMuseum beyond its prototype stage into an application to

Creative Consultant Experience

Vice President of the Board

Chestertown RiverArts

 

Chestertown, MD

2015-Present

 

Leadership on board of directors for community arts non-profit. 

Chestertown RiverArts strives to promote the arts through workshops, classes, and exhibitions; to foster an appreciation of and encourage activity in art and design; to support and promote local artists; and to cooperate with other organizations with similar objectives.

 

 

 

 

Artistic Director

Creating Communities

Arts Mentorship Academy

 

Annapolis, MD

2013-2015

 

Worked with other arts mentors to develop performance/exhibit culminating a week-long arts intensive program for at-risk youth. Modeled and facilitated positive teacher-student-volunteer-community interaction and instruction. Liaison with Maryland Hall staff to communicate and execute program needs.

 

 

 

 

Advisory Committee Chair

KidSPOT Children's Creativity Center

 

Chestertown, MD

2015-Present

 

KidSPOT is a hands-on creative learning center for children aged 2-12. KidSPOT offers weekly family arts programming free of charge. 

The Center is a destination for area children where they can look forward to interacting with a variety of stimulating activities that expand their horizons in activities that incorporate visual arts, performing arts, literary arts, music, science and technology. 

 

 

 

 

Mentor Artist

Creating Communities

Arts Mentorship Academy

 

Annapolis, MD

2008-2013

 

Designed lessons/experiences which integrated Social Studies and Language Arts concepts.

Collaborated with other professional teaching-artists in developing programming and integrating student learning from guest artists.

Supported international service-learning project, helping students to craft poems to be sent along with a mural to an orphanage in Botswana, Africa. 

 

 

 

 

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