Sample Art Teacher Resume

Objective

Seeking to find an elementary art teacher position in a public school.

Three years + of part time elementary art teaching plus high school art teacher replacements

Credentials include: State of New Jersey Art Education Certification (Praxis score -196), BA in Art Education, Substitute Teaching Certification-Hunterdon Central Regional H.S.

Education

New Teacher Induction Training, Hunterdon Central Regional High School 2011

The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ: B.A. in Art Education, K-12 2008

Fine & Digital Art Training: Ringling School of Art and Design, FL

Raritan Valley Community College, NJ; Mercer Community College, NJ

Experience

Hunterdon Central Regional High School Flemington, NJ Jan 2011 - Present
Art Teacher

Taught Art One, Exploring Art, Craft & Design to grades 9-12 in 80-minute blocks.

Responsibilities: grading art, designing rubrics, parent/counsel/V.P. contact, back-to-school night presentations, supplies management, after school tutorials, students' art displays.

Techniques taught: drawing, painting, cut paper art, book arts, printmaking, mask making.

Lessons contained: Core Curriculum Standards structure, basic art elements, multi-cultural themes, art history, cross-content, modifications for special needs students.

Technology: Students maintain online folders, Internet research, Photoshop, PowerPoint.

KidzArt, Inc. Flemington, NJ 2009-2010
Art Teacher

Taught 60-minute after school art classes of 8 to 24 students, preK-7th

Responsibilities: present drawing-based lessons and objectives, manage materials on-the-cart, modify lessons for multiple ages in same class, lead right brain drawing warm-ups, accommodate different learning styles and abilities, communicate with parents.

Stress reducing physical exercises were conducted before making art.

Present multi-cultural lessons with cross-content

Summer Art Camp in Warwick Recreation Center, PA 2010-11
Art Teacher Volunteer

Taught 60-minute private art classes to children of domestic violence, ages 3-17

Francis A. Desmares Elementary Flemington, NJ 2008
Student Teacher

Taught 40-minute art classes of 20-24 students in grades one through four.

Integrated art history into lessons drawing upon styles of Miro, Chagall, and Mondrian.

Combined social studies with lessons: petroglyph designs and metal tooling; dome houses and clay (based on Cal-Earth Project's dome shelters for the homeless).

Lessons used curriculum standards exploring surrealism, still life, abstraction, landscapes.

Hunterdon Art Museum Clinton, NJ 2007-08
Art Teacher Assistant Volunteer

Organized materials and helped elementary students with their art.

Taught 45-minute paper collage lesson based on Matisse, with story telling, to ages 9-11.

Mendham Elementary, Mendham, NJ 2007
Art Teacher Volunteer

Taught a 45-minute lesson, "Pinwheels for Peace", to second graders.

East West School at Yoga Society of New York Monroe, NY 1996
Art Teacher

State Grant received for art workshops for ages 6-15 in quilted-painting.

Directed and organized monthly art shows and events.

Summer camp counselor for ages 6-12.