Art teacher
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Develop an interest in each student's creative expression in visual terms by utilizing skills and techniques of artistic expression consistent with school guidelines; cultivate aesthetic understandings and appreciations to discover and create talents of students in the field of art. Demonstrated experience of art using acrylic paints including dry brushing, staining, layering, underpainting, monoprinting.

• Teach knowledge and skills in art, including drawing, painting, lettering, and art history
• Instruct students to develop aesthetic concepts and appreciations and the ability to make qualitative judgments about art
• Provide individual and small-group instruction to adapt the curriculum to the needs of students with varying intellectual and artistic abilities, and to accommodate a variety of instructional activities.
• Organize storage areas and control the use of materials, equipment, and tools to prevent loss or abuse, and to minimize the time required for distribution and collection.
• Evaluate each student’s performance and growth in knowledge and aesthetic understandings and prepare progress reports.
• Maintain required inventory records by selecting books, instructional materials, tools, instructional, and aids.
• Plan and present art displays and exhibitions designed to exhibit students’ work for the school and the community.
• Communicate with parents and school counselors on pupil progress.
• Participate in curriculum and developmental programs, such as after-school art club.

Recent college graduate with volunteer experience in teaching art lessons to children 5-8 years of age at a recreation center.

• Planned art lessons for three groups of nine children aged 5-8 in a recreation center’s afterschool program.
• Supervised children to see that they did not misbehave or leave the room unattended.
• Bought art supplies such as construction paper, stain-resistant paint and markers, crayon boxes, and stickers for use in art lessons.
• Complimented children frequently on their artistic abilities and put their artwork up for display in hallway of recreation center.
• Successfully got additional children to enroll in art lessons that I taught in the afterschool program.

Worked as an art teacher for an elementary school with 300+ students and 50+ faculty and administration.

• Planned lessons involving art creation with a variety of materials including watercolor and acrylic paints, canvases, splinter-free wood, and paintbrushes.
• Taught students how to use creative software programs such as Adobe Photoshop to create and edit artwork.
• Outlined objectives for each lesson plan and achieved positive results in developing and honing artistic skills in 75% of students.
• Effectively managed student behavior while carrying out lesson plans.
• Collaborated with class teachers in including art-related activities in other lessons (e.g., drawing a fish diagram for a science lesson).