My vision as an Arts Coordinator is to assist in the development of and promote creativity and critical thinking by providing an engaging curriculum that challenges students. In the time I have been teaching I have taught across R-12, assisting primary and secondary teachers with Visual Arts and teaching primary drama classes. I thrive on opportunities to improve my practice and support others with theirs, this is evident through my high participation and dedication to training and development and my part time study of a Master’s in Education. I aim to promote highly effective teaching and learning pedagogies to improve student achievement and engagement through sharing my research and leading professional development workshops. High expectations
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Locally I have been a part of the Arts forum and actively participate in meetings, workshops and annual festivals. I have organized several local art exhibitions and developed close relationships with local artists who often mentor my year 12 students. I have led committee’s to plan and organise events such as the ‘Come Out’ Festival, live school performances, indigenous dance workshops and drama workshops by Bell Shakespeare. Living in a remote area has restricted the shows and events that our students can visit. To overcome this challenge I have worked hard to organize online virtual excursions enabling our students to immerse themselves in the Arts and still access and communicate with artists.
I have established working relationships with the Art teachers across the Far North Partnership and have provided them with my programs and resources. I collaborate with these teachers at our annual partnership training days and regularly communicate through email.
Demonstrated oral and written communication skills which are effective with a diversity of groups and …show more content…
I have initiated and scheduled meetings for the Arts Faculty to discuss programs, share ideas and resources, moderate work, plan programs and provide collegial support. I have led my own professional development workshops which have been delivered to R-6 teachers and secondary Art teachers. These workshops were designed to assist teachers in understanding the Visual Arts Australian Curriculum and offered hands on tasks for teachers to use in their own classrooms. Feedback from these sessions were positive.
I have developed an implementation plan for teachers to introduce project based learning into their learning areas, which is being offered to Middle School teachers. The implementation plan was based on research around inquiry based learning, providing Middle School students with research skills in preparation for the Research Project. I am an active participant in the SACE Improvement Team and I lead the Middle School improvement
Locally I have been a part of the Arts forum and actively participate in meetings, workshops and annual festivals. I have organized several local art exhibitions and developed close relationships with local artists who often mentor my year 12 students. I have led committee’s to plan and organise events such as the ‘Come Out’ Festival, live school performances, indigenous dance workshops and drama workshops by Bell Shakespeare. Living in a remote area has restricted the shows and events that our students can visit. To overcome this challenge I have worked hard to organize online virtual excursions enabling our students to immerse themselves in the Arts and still access and communicate with artists.
I have established working relationships with the Art teachers across the Far North Partnership and have provided them with my programs and resources. I collaborate with these teachers at our annual partnership training days and regularly communicate through email.
Demonstrated oral and written communication skills which are effective with a diversity of groups and …show more content…
I have initiated and scheduled meetings for the Arts Faculty to discuss programs, share ideas and resources, moderate work, plan programs and provide collegial support. I have led my own professional development workshops which have been delivered to R-6 teachers and secondary Art teachers. These workshops were designed to assist teachers in understanding the Visual Arts Australian Curriculum and offered hands on tasks for teachers to use in their own classrooms. Feedback from these sessions were positive.
I have developed an implementation plan for teachers to introduce project based learning into their learning areas, which is being offered to Middle School teachers. The implementation plan was based on research around inquiry based learning, providing Middle School students with research skills in preparation for the Research Project. I am an active participant in the SACE Improvement Team and I lead the Middle School improvement