Experience

Bay City Public Schools

• United States
• Education Management
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Arts Educator, Instructional Support Specialist K-12 MTSS

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Instruct arts curriculum that supports social emotional learning through the exploration of the arts; dance/movement, music, theatre, and visual art. Provide training and modeling to teachers and schools teams that support the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework ensuring that all essential elements of MTSS are implemented to address the needs of the whole child (cognitive, physical, behavioral, social, emotional). Instruct arts curriculum that supports social emotional learning through the exploration of the arts; dance/movement, music, theatre, and visual art. Provide training and modeling to teachers and schools teams that support the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework ensuring that all essential elements of MTSS are implemented to address the needs of the whole child (cognitive, physical, behavioral, social, emotional).



Michigan Arts Education and Instruction Assessment Project (MAEIA) Assessment Team

• MAEIA Fellow/ Educational Consultant

  • 2007 - Present

  • Provide statewide training and support in program review, goal setting, instruction, curriculum alignment, assessment, teacher evaluation (student learning objectives) • Develop instruction and assessment resources that serve as statewide models that may be adopted or modified to support district level needs. Resources: Instructional Learning Plans for traditional and remote learning, K-12 Curriculum Maps, Culturally Responsive Teaching. • Collaboratively designed web-based model for Program Review Tool that provides school districts and schools with data analysis of arts programing. Show less



Bay-Arenac ISD Educational Service Center

• Arts Consultant, Adult & Continuing Educations Teacher

  • 2016 - Present

  Arts Consultant • Established an Arts Network that provides professional development opportunities for arts educators in the Great Lakes Bay Region, connects educators with community arts Arts Consultant • Develop annual professional learning and provide instructional coaching. • Established an Arts Network that provides professional development opportunities for arts educators in the Great Lakes Bay Region, grant writing /funding support, and connects educators with community arts organizations and practicing artists. The GLBR Arts Network has been selected by MAEIA and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs as a model for regional implementation to support arts educators statewide. Adult & Continuing Education High School Completion Instructor (2016-2021) • Manage the high school completion program. • Developed remote and in-person curriculum and programs to support adult learners. Show less



Central Michigan University Online

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Art Education Adjunct-Professor

  • Aug 2021 - May 2022



Bangor Township Schools

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Art Educator/ 6-12 Core Plus Curriculum Chair

  • Jul 1999 - Jan 2022



First Ward Community Center

• Art Smart Program Site Coordinator

  • 1998 - 2000



Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum

• Weekend Gallery Supervisor

  • 1998 - 1999