objective

To teach art at the college, high school or middle school level or  to integrate art into an elementary program

education

MFA, Art and Consciousness (JFKU, Orinda, Ca. 2003)

BS, Home Economics/education (UAA, Anchorage, Ak. 1975)

California Teaching Certificate (Preliminary Single Subject: Art/Home Ec. (1999)

Alaska Teaching Certificate Grades 7-12, (1975) Elementary Endorsement, K-8 (1987) Art Endorsement (1993)

professional experience

1999-2003 Oakland Unified School Dist., ART PREP, grades 1-5

1993-1999  Anchorage School Dist ART SPECIALIST, grades K-8

1987-1992  Anchorage school District, Middle School:  ART, High School: FOODS AND NUTRITION, CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PARENTING, PERSONAL FINANCE, HUMAN RESOURCES AND CARE GIVING

1983-1989  Mat-Su School Dist. Alaska, Middle School: HOME EC, ENGLISH, SIXTH GRADE, SECOND GRADE

1978-1979 Skwentna School,  Skwentna, Ak. High School: GENERAL STUDIES/TITLE I

related experience

1974-2001 Talaheim Lodge, Alaska: Co-owner/operator/creator private fishing lodge.

Exhibiting painter; floral designer; all phases of food industry;  licensed day-care experience, homeowner-builder; mother

educational philosophy

On beng a professional teacher…Standards, rules and on-going education all play their  part in my role as a professional teacher. It’s important to me that I maintain high personal, academic and moral standards so that I can be a role model and an influence with sincerity and authenticity. The dynamics of teaching is but the dynamics of life…curiosity, wonder an enthusiasm need to be in constant stimulation.

On classroom management…I see classroom management as having three distinct but related focuses.  First is the plan for scheduling and socializing students into the various processes, second is academic knowledge and presentation, and the third focal point centers on building a positive working relationship with students.  If not enough attention and/or thought is put into any one of these areas the program falters.  It takes strength, organization, knowledge, experience, patience, wisdom, focused energy and love to make a learning environment and its inhabitants successful and productive.  Lots can go wrong; the ideal is not always realized.  I choose to take the daily challenge of being a sensitive, flexible, problem solver working towards the ideal.