Current Position:
Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction for Online and Degree Completion Programs, August 2012 –present
Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY
Appointed to direct and manage all academic and fiscal operations for Online and Adult Completion Programs. Responsibilities include developing and managing
undergraduate programs of study and non-credit course offerings. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, collaboration with Division Chairs and Faculty to support online and degree completion programs, program development, curriculum mapping, adjunct hiring, coordinating assessment of online and degree completion programs, and support of online and degree completion recruitment and advising.
Spring 2013 Projects:
Creating a new Special Topics course for MSMC: Women, Art, & Society. The course will be taught fully online for the first time this summer.
Currently teaching Creativity & the Visual World fully online for Plymouth State University.
Spring 2012 Projects:
I have completed the creation of "Creativity & the Visual World" for the fall online term. The course has been created in Moodle2 and I hope that it will be successful. I also created a graphic syllabus to support the visual learners in the course in Prezi. You can see it here: http://prezi.com/vnivxmfv4ne-/creativity-the-visual-world/
And ... I am wrapping up the three courses I have been teaching at PSU along with the observation reports for two student teachers in the field. It has been a very busy term for me!
Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction for Online and Degree Completion Programs, August 2012 –present
Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY
Appointed to direct and manage all academic and fiscal operations for Online and Adult Completion Programs. Responsibilities include developing and managing
undergraduate programs of study and non-credit course offerings. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, collaboration with Division Chairs and Faculty to support online and degree completion programs, program development, curriculum mapping, adjunct hiring, coordinating assessment of online and degree completion programs, and support of online and degree completion recruitment and advising.
Spring 2013 Projects:
Creating a new Special Topics course for MSMC: Women, Art, & Society. The course will be taught fully online for the first time this summer.
Currently teaching Creativity & the Visual World fully online for Plymouth State University.
Spring 2012 Projects:
I have completed the creation of "Creativity & the Visual World" for the fall online term. The course has been created in Moodle2 and I hope that it will be successful. I also created a graphic syllabus to support the visual learners in the course in Prezi. You can see it here: http://prezi.com/vnivxmfv4ne-/creativity-the-visual-world/
And ... I am wrapping up the three courses I have been teaching at PSU along with the observation reports for two student teachers in the field. It has been a very busy term for me!
January/February 2012 projects:
1) Chair of Youth Art Month, New Hampshire Art Educators' Association. This annual student exhibition is at Manchester City Hall for the months of March and April.
2) I am currently developing an online course for Plymouth State University entitled, Creativity and the Visual World. I have taught this class several times face to face and am now translating it into a full online course. The course will be offered in Fall 2012 as part of PSU undergraduate courses.
3) Teaching two sections of "Creativity & The Visual World," one section of "Introduction to Art Education," and am clinical faculty for three student teachers in the field.
1) Chair of Youth Art Month, New Hampshire Art Educators' Association. This annual student exhibition is at Manchester City Hall for the months of March and April.
2) I am currently developing an online course for Plymouth State University entitled, Creativity and the Visual World. I have taught this class several times face to face and am now translating it into a full online course. The course will be offered in Fall 2012 as part of PSU undergraduate courses.
3) Teaching two sections of "Creativity & The Visual World," one section of "Introduction to Art Education," and am clinical faculty for three student teachers in the field.
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Teaching Philosophy
There is a great deal of responsibility that comes with teaching and one must be fully aware of that responsibility. I have only to reflect back upon my own experience with teachers to see who inspired me to take the next step, to explore, to be creative, and to try new things. Those teachers encouraged and inspired me; they believed that I could do whatever I set out to do.
I believe that I am that kind of educator. I am the one who says, “of course, you can,” “I don’t know, let’s try it and see,” “that is a really good idea,” and “why not”? I like to encourage my students to try new things, to help each other, to share ideas and suggestions, and to be supportive of one another. I encourage my students to take risks. Making mistakes by taking risks are the only way we learn and that can be a good thing. There are lots of “happy accidents” in the art room and I encourage these moments to become something other than what was intended. Some amazing things come from these moments if they are embraced as opportunities rather than disappointments.
I also believe that creating and fostering a classroom community is as equally important as the curriculum. Building trust, respectfulness, playfulness, and collaboration are important components of a creative and fun learning environment. I spend a lot of time fostering a safe and trusting community, in which we can depend on one another, ask each other for help, and provide honest and respectful feedback and suggestions. One of my favorite things about making art is the collaborative aspect of it and a community must be created in which to do so.
Art provides the conditions for awakening to the world around us. In this sense, the arts provide a way of knowing. Elliot W. Eisner
Teaching Philosophy
There is a great deal of responsibility that comes with teaching and one must be fully aware of that responsibility. I have only to reflect back upon my own experience with teachers to see who inspired me to take the next step, to explore, to be creative, and to try new things. Those teachers encouraged and inspired me; they believed that I could do whatever I set out to do.
I believe that I am that kind of educator. I am the one who says, “of course, you can,” “I don’t know, let’s try it and see,” “that is a really good idea,” and “why not”? I like to encourage my students to try new things, to help each other, to share ideas and suggestions, and to be supportive of one another. I encourage my students to take risks. Making mistakes by taking risks are the only way we learn and that can be a good thing. There are lots of “happy accidents” in the art room and I encourage these moments to become something other than what was intended. Some amazing things come from these moments if they are embraced as opportunities rather than disappointments.
I also believe that creating and fostering a classroom community is as equally important as the curriculum. Building trust, respectfulness, playfulness, and collaboration are important components of a creative and fun learning environment. I spend a lot of time fostering a safe and trusting community, in which we can depend on one another, ask each other for help, and provide honest and respectful feedback and suggestions. One of my favorite things about making art is the collaborative aspect of it and a community must be created in which to do so.
Art provides the conditions for awakening to the world around us. In this sense, the arts provide a way of knowing. Elliot W. Eisner
