Experience

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Instructor

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  Teaching art classes. Teaching art classes.



Spokane Coeur D’Alene Living Magazine

• Media Production

• Freelance Contributor

  • Feb 2018 - Present

  Writer and Artist Writer and Artist



Spokane Art School

• United States
• Photography

• Instructor

  • Sep 2018 - Present



Megan Perkins Art

• Artist

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Teaching art classes, commission work, and exhibiting and selling personal work. Teaching art classes, commission work, and exhibiting and selling personal work.



Corbin Art Center

• Instructor

  • Apr 2012 - Present

  • Teaching arts, crafts, cooking and adventure investigations with children ages 3-11 in groups from 5-25 in hour long classes, day classes, “art parties”, and week-long camps.• Monitoring children and running games during lunch hour.• Planning the classes in terms of subjects, timing, and gathering necessary supplies.• Teaching adult knitting and gardening classes during the school year. • Teaching arts, crafts, cooking and adventure investigations with children ages 3-11 in groups from 5-25 in hour long classes, day classes, “art parties”, and week-long camps.• Monitoring children and running games during lunch hour.• Planning the classes in terms of subjects, timing, and gathering necessary supplies.• Teaching adult knitting and gardening classes during the school year.



Scales NW

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing

• Adminstrative Assistant

  • Feb 2013 - Oct 2015

  Administrative Assistant• Paying bills and managing the petty cash.• Creating work orders, organizing the scheduling, processing paperwork.• Keeping inventory of stock in shop and on vehicles.• Processing and entering employee receipts.• Ordering supplies such as scales, printers, indicators, power supplies, tickets, labels, office paraphernalia, etc.• Issuing and receiving purchase orders.• Putting together estimates for work to be done. • Processing drive logs, employee time sheets, W-9 requests and safety meeting information.• Managing mail, receiving and sending.• Answering phone lines and taking messages.• Enhancing communication between five regional offices.



Deer Park School District

• Mental Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Substitute Teacher

  • Sep 2012 - Feb 2013

  • Working with special needs children, accompanying them through their classes and lunch.• Supervising all children during lunch and recesses.• Administering testing and lesson plans as arranged by primary teacher. • Working with special needs children, accompanying them through their classes and lunch.• Supervising all children during lunch and recesses.• Administering testing and lesson plans as arranged by primary teacher.



Cataldo Catholic School

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

• Teachers Aide & After School Care Supervisor

  • Sep 2011 - Jun 2012

  Teacher's Aide• Assisting in third and sixth grade classes.• Grading, field trip accompaniment, handling papers, answering questions and copy work• Managing projects, such as Mavis Beacon, Powerpoint, research work, and monitoring groups both at the school library and computer lab.• Writing a weekly newsletter for parents with the third graders.• Creating the third grade class's spelling lists-selecting words, testing for knowledge, and selecting new words. • Working in small groups to read Time for Kids articles and complete worksheets.• Assisting in math, social studies, religion, handwriting, English and grammar lessons.• Reading assessment using Fountas & Pinell.• Leading small group lessons on elements of non-fiction, fiction, and parts of a story.• Teaching art lessons, such as painting, illustrating books, paper snowmen, etc.• Helping to decorate the classroom.After School Care• Supervising 20-36 children, ages 3-12 in outdoor play as well as indoor games and craft projects.• Running safety and fire drills.• Supervising three other employees.• Helping children with homework.• Ensuring safety of children during time at school and in check out process to appropriate adult.



The Center for Wooden Boats

• United States
• Maritime Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Intern & Field Trip Instructor

  • May 2010 - Sep 2010

  Intern• Updating the atlakeunionpark.org website and the At Lake Union Park Calendar, posting events for the Center for Wooden Boats as well as for other members of the Lake Union Working Group such as Northwest Seaport, Discovery Modelers, Sound Experience and the Puget Sound Historical Maritime Society.• Promoting the Working Group via social media such as fliers, media contacts, websites and online calendars.• Writing the twice-monthly wharf report, concerning the activities on and use of the city-owned, Center for Wooden Boats-managed wharf.• Attending twice-monthly Working Group meetings and recording the minutes as well as enhancing communication between Working Group Members.Field Trip Manager• Scheduling, planning, & executing activities for visiting groups of children ages 5-11 in groups of 10-20.• Activities include teaching canoeing skills and water safety, an excursion onto Lake Union in an umiak canoe with up to 18 children & adults on Lake Union, story time, touring a historic tugboat, crafts and building toy boats.