Onslow County Schools

  • Art Educator - White Oak High School, Jacksonville, NC, August 1995 to June 2019 (retirement), 9th - 12th grade Visual Arts: Art One, Drawing and Painting, Sculpture and Ceramics, Fiber Art, Fashion Art, Electronic Art, Folk Art, Studio AP, mentor teacher, former department chair

  • Arts Academy Director - White Oak High School, Jacksonville, NC, August 2008 to June 2019; plan curriculum, field trips, guest speakers.

  • Art Educator - Hunters Creek Middle School, Jacksonville, NC, August 1992 to August 1995

  • Art Educator - itinerant elementary - Swansboro Elementary, Silverdale Elementary, Tabernacle 5th Grade Center, August 1991 to August 1992.

  • Instructor of online courses- AP Art History, Nonwestern Art History, August 2007 - June 2015

  • Department Chair/Instructional Leader, hired and supervised up to 30 instructors, led monthly department meetings, documented teacher evaluations, August 2008 - June 2015

  • Course Development and Revision - AP Art History, Digital Photography, Videography with a Renaissance Twist, The Art of Videography, Non-western Art History, The Art of Game Design, The Art of Photography, Visual Journaling, The Art of Fashion Design, The Art of Advertising

North Carolina Virtual Public School

Community Colleges

  • Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington, NC, August 2022 to present, Adjunct Faculty (Online) teaching Art Appreciation, Art History, and 2D Design

  • Alamance Community College, Graham, NC, August 2022 to present, Adjunct Faculty (Online) teaching Art History

  • Fayetteville Technical Community College, Fayetteville, NC, March 2020 to December 2023, January 2007 to June 2019, Adjunct Faculty [Online] teaching Art Appreciation and Art History

  • Coastal Carolina Community College, Jacksonville, NC, January 2005 to May 2017, September 2023 to present, Adjunct Faculty [Online] teaching Art Appreciation

  • Craven Community College, New Bern, NC, January 2007 to December 2009, Adjunct Faculty [Online] taught Art Appreciation

  • Surry Community College, Dobson, NC, August 2005 to December 2009, August 2016 to December 2016, Adjunct Faculty [Online] taught Art Appreciation

  • Pamlico Community College, Grantsboro, NC, January 2003 to December 2006, Adjunct Faculty [Online] taught Art Appreciation

BARTON COLLEGE

  • Adjunct Instructor - taught Art Appreciation and Art History, January 2021 to May 2023

  • Lecturer (Online) - taught Art in the Elementary School, January to May 2019

  • Lecturer [Online] - taught Art Appreciation, Art Education Methods, Color and Design, August 2013 to December 2014

  • Lecturer [Online] - taught Art Appreciation, January 2003 - August 2008

East Carolina University

  • Designer and Online Instructor of courses; AP Art History, Folk Art, Fashion Art, Point and Shoot Digital Photography, Folk Art; Outschool, Inc.; November 2017 to December 2021

  • Analysis of Student Work Evidence Reviewer for North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Summers 2015, 2016, 2017

  • edTPA Scorer, December 2013 to July 2014

  • Clinical Teacher, East Carolina University

  • Instructor [Online], LearnNC, taught professional development course called "Teaching Online Courses", Summer 2007 to 2009

  • Director, Mitchell 4H Center, Swansboro, NC, program planner, supervision of staff of 20 and campers, Summers, 1995-1997

  • Preschool Teacher, Lead Teacher, Curriculum Writer, Swansboro Methodist Child Care, Swansboro, NC, August 1985 to May 1989

  • Preschool Teacher, San Onofre Child Care Center, San Clemente, CA, 1983-1985

  • Branch Librarian, San Mateo Area Library, Camp Pendleton, CA, 1981-1983

Other professional experience

  • Distinguished Fellow, National Art Education Association, Class of 2024

  • Samuel Swann Bland Award for Outstanding Community Service, Town of Swansboro, NC, December 2022

  • North Carolina Art Education Association Distinguished Fellow, Inaugural Class of 2020

  • Order of the Long Leaf Pine, conferred by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, June 17, 2019

  • Onslow County Arts Educator of the Year, 2018-2019

  • White Oak High School Teacher of the Month, October 2017 & April 2017

  • Adjunct Excellence in Teaching Award, Coastal Carolina Community College, Fall 2010

  • National Art Honor Society Sponsor of the Year, National Art Education Association, 2010

  • Community Spirit Builder, Town of Swansboro, NC, December 2009

  • Marion Quin Dix Leadership Award for leadership in the profession, National Art Education Association, 2009

  • North Carolina Art Educator of the Year, 2008

  • North Carolina National Art Honor Society Sponsor of the Year, 2008

  • North Carolina Art Educators Association Bobbi Bowman Scholarship, 2007

  • Turkish Cultural Foundation Fellowship, Study travel tour to Turkey, 2007

  • Rivers Scholar, East Carolina University, 2002

  • Nominee for Teacher of the Year, White Oak High School, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

  • Nominee for Teacher of the Year, North Carolina Virtual Public School, 2011 (finalist), 2012 (finalist), 2013

  • Summa cum laude graduate, Slippery Rock University, 1991

  • Dean's List, Slippery Rock University, Fall 1989, Spring 1990, Fall 1990, Spring 1991

  • Dean's List College of Charleston, Fall 1979

Awards and honors

OUTSCHOOL, INC.

 

Creator, designer, and Instructor for Online courses taught through Outschool, Inc., 2017 to 2021:

  • Fashion Art & Design, Part 1

  • Fashion Art & Design, Part 2

  • Arts and Crafts of the World

  • Point and Shoot - Digital Photography Class

  • AP Art History - Prehistoric Art to Contemporary (20 week course)

  • AP Art History - Part One - The Ancient World

  • AP Art History - Part Two - Europe in the Middle Ages through the Baroque Period

  • AP Art History - Part Three - Art in Modern Times

  • AP Art History - Part Four - The Non-Western World

  • AP Art History - Prehistoric to Medieval

  • AP Art History - Medieval to Contemporary

  • AP Art History - Introduction to the Study of Art History (Module 1)

  • AP Art History - Prehistoric Art History Module (Module 2)

  • AP Art History - Near East/Egyptian Art History Module (Module 3)  

  • AP Art History - Aegean/Greek Art History Module (Module 4)

  • AP Art History - Etruscan/Roman Art History Module (Module 5)

  • AP Art History - Jewish, Early Christian, Byzantine Art History Module (Module 6)

  • AP Art History - Early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic Art History Module (Module 7)

  • AP Art History - Early Renaissance Art History Module (Module 8)

  • AP Art History - Italian Renaissance Art History Module (Module 9)

  • AP Art History - Northern European Renaissance Art History Module (Module 10)

  • AP Art History - Baroque Art History Module (Module 11)

  • AP Art History - Art of the Americas Art History Module (Module 12)

  • AP Art History - 18th Century Art History Module (Module 13)  

  • AP Art History - 19th Century Art History Module (Module 14)

  • AP Art History - 1900-1945 Art History Module (Module 15)

  • AP Art History - African Art History Module (Module 16)  

  • AP Art History - Asian Art History Module (Module 17)

  • AP Art History - Islamic Art History Module (Module 18)

  • AP Art History - 1945-Contemporary Art History Module (Module 19)  

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UNIV OF NC AT WILMINGTON. Student Intern Supervisor, Spring Semester 2024