Employment:
Trudy Levy, Integrating Art, Movement & Learning Idyllwild, CA. 2003-present San Clemente, CA. 2001-2003.
Instruct students ages 6 to adult. Assess student strengths and weaknesses. Establish positive work and study habits. Serve as parent-teacher liaison. Teach discipline based Art curriculum to educators. Instruct children in making clay sculptures and vessels, individually and/or with their parents. Instruct beginning and intermediate taijiquan skills to adults. My goal is to aide each learner’s growth and development socially, emotionally, and cognitively.
Workshop Facilitator, California Association of Bilingual Educators, Los Angeles & San Jose, CA. 2001-Present.
Introduce theoretical foundation for teaching Art to all learners. Demonstrate the building blocks for discipline based art education with hands on activities. Discuss, demonstrate, and facilitate critiquing of art work.
Curriculum Development, Orange County Department of Education, Costa Mesa, CA. 2000.
Developed curriculum to prepare teachers to pass the Visual and Performing Arts section of the MSAT for the Orange County Department of Education. Worked cooperatively with a fellow art educator. Attended group meetings to share and coordinate curriculum in order to meet Department objectives for the project.
Educator, Capistrano Unified School District, Dana Point, CA. 1998-1999.
Developed a discipline based Art curriculum that supported student learning of the district curriculum. Established a classroom management system based upon learning, understanding and respecting individual rights and responsibilities. Advised administrators in implementing the Success For All program. Served on the School Site Council. Inserviced teachers in implementing a Multicultural Art curriculum.
Bilingual Educator, Newport-Mesa Unified School District, Costa Mesa, CA. 1993-1998.
Taught culturally diverse and linguistically mixed group of second grade students. Mastered teaching a research based reading program, Success For All. Developed a bilingual curriculum based on whole language, phonics, and thematic instruction incorporating daily English Language Development. Taught Spanish as a Second Language to English speakers.
Bilingual Educator, Santa Ana Unified School District, Santa Ana, CA. 1991-1993.
Taught third and fourth grade curriculum to bilingual Spanish students. Taught ELD through district materials, the integration of English literature, music and trade books. Communicated with parents and students about progress in class. Initiated a discipline system based upon learning, understanding, and respecting individual rights.
Ceramics Instructor, The Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA 1991-1994.
Instructed parents and children in monthly Family Clay Time activities. Designed monthly curriculum and modeled, then assisted in the completion of low fire clay projects.
Reading Tutor, The Reading Tutors, Huntington Beach, CA. 1990-1991.
Taught students ages six to adult in a one to one setting. Accompanied them in their mastery of reading comprehension and oral reading through the use of phonics and word decoding. Tutored students in math concepts up to Algebra. Contacted parents and submitted assessment reports every 25 lessons.
Studio
Experience:
Heart
of Clay Ceramics, Personal Residence, San Clemente, CA. 1998-Present.
California
State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA. 1996.
Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA. 1995.
Studio, Personal Residence, Costa Mesa, CA. 1991-1998.
Ceramic
Studio, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA. 1990-1991.
Art
of Fire Ceramic Studio, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. 1989.
Ruby
O’Burke’s Studio, San Francisco, CA. 1987-1988.
Churruca
Studio, Madrid, Spain. 1985-1986.
Ceramic
Studio, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. 1984-1987.
Ceramic Studio, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA. 1983.
Education:
Master
of Science in Education, California State University, Fullerton, 1999
BCLAD, 1995
Supplementary
Authorizations: Spanish in 1994, and Art in 1998
California Multiple Subject Clear Credential, 1994
Teacher
Education Intern, University of California, Irvine, 1993
Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Literature
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
University of California, Berkeley, 1987
University of Madrid, Junior Year, 1985-1986