Lead Teacher and Outreach Instructor, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA June 2012-2014

• Plan, prepare for, and teach after-school art classes for ages 4-6 throughout school year

• Plan, prepare for, and teach over 30 summer art camps for children ages 4-6 and 7-11

  • Oversee assistants and volunteers

• Help plan, prepare for, and participate in special events such as India Festival, MLK Day, Holiday Festival, etc.

  • NAEA Grant: Develop and teach traveling classes on Indian art at four local community centers, leading up to exhibition of student work at LHAC India Festival

  • Write final assessment and reflection of outreach portion of grant

 

Lead Preschool Teacher, Arrow Space for Families, Athens, GA August 2012- December 2013

• Plan, prepare for, and teach 2-3 yr. old “seedlings” class based on the Waldorf philosophy, through music, movement, imaginative play, nature and science, art, reading and early literacy

• Nurture a loving, safe and exploratory environment

• Write monthly newsletter for parents

• Compose and sing original songs with the children connected to weekly theme

• Maintain cleanliness and organization of space

 

Activity Instructor, Treehouse Kid and Craft, Athens, GA September 2011-2014

• Plan, prepare for, and teach weekly classes and camps for infants to children 10 years old

 

Independent Artist, Tutor, and Babysitter, Fairfax, VA, Greensboro, NC, Athens, GA 2005-2014

• Commissioned portraits for various clients

• Murals

  • Designed and painted mural of a 12x7 ft. “50’s diner” made to appear as if an extension of room in employer’s home

  • Designed and painted two murals of trees for “Bloomingtales Bookstore” exhibit in Greensboro Children’s Museum

• Independent tutor in art, science, reading, and writing for young children; weekly babysitter for multiple families

 

Wait Staff and Child Outreach Instructor, Heirloom Café and Fresh Market, Athens, GA 2011-2012

• Perform opening duties and run front of the café for breakfast and lunch service

• Maintain a friendly and informative attitude with patrons

• Attend to needs of patrons (take order; serve food & drinks; fulfill any requests; present check & process payment)

• Develop bi-monthly classes for children; design, prepare, and lead art and craft activities

 

After-school Preschool Instructor, Little Ones Academy, Athens, GA 2011

• Develop art activities in coordination with daily learning objectives

• Ensure the safety of all children

• Lead group activities, such as reading to children, singing songs, playing interactive games

• Maintain cleanliness and organization of space

 

Art Education Director, Greensboro Children’s Museum, Greensboro, NC 2009-2011

• Create and sustain programming for art exhibit “Creation Station”

• Envision, design, prepare, and facilitate five different art activities for up to 500 children a week on different artists, cultures, history, science, and literature through a variety of artistic mediums

  • Write curricula weekly for all projects

• Perform general maintenance of exhibit

• Assist Education team members in programming and inclusion of arts into exhibits

• Assist Marketing and Edible Schoolyard teams with inclusion of arts

 

Development Assistant, Greensboro Children’s Museum, Greensboro, NC 2009

• Enter all donations into donor database

• Write specialized templates for thank you letters to donations and generate letters on daily basis as donations are received

• Write and edit internal documents, such as Executive Summaries, Board materials

• Assist CEO and Development Director in daily tasks, such as market research, data entry, creation of marketing materials

 

Intern, Program Assistant, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Alexandria, VA 2006-2009

• Manage multiple tasks on a deadline for State Management, Quality Partners, and Communications departments

• Write original abstracts of internal publications for the agency website

• Analyze conference data and create quantitative and qualitative reports

• Serve as secretary for various committees and provide minutes reports

• Manage and create multiple databases