Dede Tisone

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Work History

2019 to present
Self Employed Artist and loving it

July 2004 to 2019
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
Sept 2009 to June 2011
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
EDUCATION
  • Masters Degree – Creative Arts  SF State University  San Francisco CA
  • California Teaching Credential
  • MA Creative Arts
   BA Degree – English and Spanish  University of Colorado  Boulder, Colorado
  • English/Spanish major
  • Visual Art minor
  • Colorado Teaching Credential
AWARDS
  • 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
            Child, Teen, and Family Development in a Digital Age
  • USF Parenting Symposium  October 3, 2015
           Communicating with Kids in the Digital Age
  • NAEA  2014 National Convention  March 29 – 31, 2014
          National Art Education Association Conference:  Make, Interpret and Respond to Art
  • Oxford Symposium in School-Based Family Counseling  August 5, 2012
         How Social Media is Changing the Landscape of Education
  • CAEA 2010 Conference  Nov 19, 2010
         Put Your Best Digital Face Forward
  • NESA Spring Educators' Conference in Bangkok March 27-30, 2010
         Digital Portfolios
  • EARCOS Spring Educators Conference - Borneo 2009
        Traveling Lightly - making tiny books

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, 2017, 2018, 2019
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













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