Work History
July 2004 to present
Co-Founder School Loop – www.schoolloop.com
June 2005 to 2012
National Board Subsidy Administrator NESA – Athens, Greece
Subsidy Administrator for NESA, responsible for administering the grant that provides subsidies in the amount of $1000 toward the candidacy fees for teachers in American Schools in the NESA Region.
Artist in Residence Las Lomitas School District, Menlo Park, CA
Nov 2006 to June 2008
Facilitator: AERO Visual Arts Standards
Project AERO http://www.projectaero.org/aero_standards/AEROhomepage.html
US State Department Office of Overseas Schools Washington DC
A Project AERO facilitator, directing a group of visual arts teachers from schools throughout the NESA region for two years in the process of writing the AERO Visual Arts Standards.
July 2001 to June 2004
Mentor Teacher
New Teacher Project UC Santa Cruz www.newteachercenter.org Santa Cruz CA
Mentor teacher at Evergreen High School in San Jose (ESUSD), responsible for mentoring 5 new teachers through their first two years of teaching.
June 1999 to July 2001
Director of SJSU California Arts Project
Bay Area California Arts Project (BayCAP)
http://csmp.ucop.edu/tcap/regional/baycap.php
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
BayCAP is a regional subject matter project in Visual and Performing Arts.
Sept 1980 to June 1999
Classroom Teacher Mountain View/Whisman School District Mountain View California
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Communicating with Kids in the Digital Age
Co-Founder School Loop – www.schoolloop.com
- Works with the team to produce training materials such as online curricula, training documents and videos.
- Provides web conference training for teachers and administrators
- Provides on-site training for teachers and parents
- Provides Customer Support for School Loop administrators and teachers.
- Represents School Loop in a variety of settings
June 2005 to 2012
National Board Subsidy Administrator NESA – Athens, Greece
Subsidy Administrator for NESA, responsible for administering the grant that provides subsidies in the amount of $1000 toward the candidacy fees for teachers in American Schools in the NESA Region.
- Coordinated the subsidy applications
- Maintained records of Board Certified teachers in the NESA region
Artist in Residence Las Lomitas School District, Menlo Park, CA
Nov 2006 to June 2008
Facilitator: AERO Visual Arts Standards
Project AERO http://www.projectaero.org/aero_standards/AEROhomepage.html
US State Department Office of Overseas Schools Washington DC
A Project AERO facilitator, directing a group of visual arts teachers from schools throughout the NESA region for two years in the process of writing the AERO Visual Arts Standards.
- Cairo, Egypt - Nov 2006 standards writing
- Bangkok Thailand - March 2007 - standards writing
- Muscat Oman - Nov 2007 - standards writing
- Delhi India - Feb 2008 -Standards presentation
- Washington DC - June 2008 Standards Workshop - US State Department Office of Overseas Schools
July 2001 to June 2004
Mentor Teacher
New Teacher Project UC Santa Cruz www.newteachercenter.org Santa Cruz CA
Mentor teacher at Evergreen High School in San Jose (ESUSD), responsible for mentoring 5 new teachers through their first two years of teaching.
- Observed and evaluated the teaching methods of each teacher
- Supported new teachers with pedagogical information and strategies
- Maintained accurate record.
June 1999 to July 2001
Director of SJSU California Arts Project
Bay Area California Arts Project (BayCAP)
http://csmp.ucop.edu/tcap/regional/baycap.php
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
BayCAP is a regional subject matter project in Visual and Performing Arts.
- Developed instructional strategies to deepen teachers’ knowledge of dance, music, theatre, and visual art
- Worked in partnership with schools, districts, County Offices of Education, and local arts organizations,
- Planned and implemented Summer Arts Intensives
- Managed budgets and grants
- Planned and implemented semi-annual arts conferences for arts teachers in the Bay Area Region
- Advocated for the arts in public schools
Sept 1980 to June 1999
Classroom Teacher Mountain View/Whisman School District Mountain View California
- Visual Arts Specialist – Art1 and Art and Technology
- English/Social Studies Core
- Masters Degree – Creative Arts SF State University San Francisco CA
- California Teaching Credential
- MA Creative Arts
- English/Spanish major
- Visual Art minor
- Colorado Teaching Credential
- Fulbright Hays recipient to China in 1991
Fulbright Hays recipient to India in 1999
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
- Oxford Symposium School Based Family Counseling Venice August 6 - 11 2017
Communicating with Kids in the Digital Age
- NAEA 2014 National Convention March 29 – 31, 2014
- Oxford Symposium in School-Based Family Counseling August 5, 2012
- CAEA 2010 Conference Nov 19, 2010
- NESA Spring Educators' Conference in Bangkok March 27-30, 2010
- EARCOS Spring Educators Conference - Borneo 2009
Articles and Publications
International Journal for School-Based Family Counseling Vol.4 - November 2012
The interaction between human development and social media: Implications for School-Based Family Counselors
Artist draws San Francisco Homeless Individuals SF Chronicle July 26, 2016
Illustrations for article in The Street Sheet September 2016
Non-Solutions Solutions to Ending Homelessness: What isn't working and Why
SF Homeless Project December 2016
Humanizing Homelessness in San Francisco one Drawing at a Time
Recent Exhibitions
The Written Word at Studio Gallery 2018
Art inspired by books and writing
August 2nd-27th, 2018
The "TINY" show at Studio Gallery 2016 and 2017
1641 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94109
Small pieces under $500 December 2016 and 2017
All proceeds of my drawings were donated to Foodrunners.com
Art inspired by books and writing
August 2nd-27th, 2018
The "TINY" show at Studio Gallery 2016 and 2017
1641 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94109
Small pieces under $500 December 2016 and 2017
All proceeds of my drawings were donated to Foodrunners.com