Summary
Vibrant, passionate and results-driven artist, educator and published author with the proven ability to create and implement programs and lessons which provide children with a lifelong passion for literature and the fine arts. Focused on educating children through higher thinking skills leading to literacy. Ability to blend various disciplines and innovative hands-on, multimedia art projects to enhance learning, conflict resolution and cultural diversity. Recognized as a humanitarian who is inspired to teach the underserved.
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Areas of Expertise
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Program Development
Curriculum Development
Large and Small Groups
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- Lesson Adaptation
- Literacy through Art
- Satellite Projects
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- Performance
- Project Management
- Innovative Ideas
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Selected Career Accomplishments
- Conducted workshops to educators at the Core Knowledge National Conference in Anaheim, CA
- Increased students’ literacy and well-being through the arts, positively impacting each child’s academic success, NYU Scientific Study.
- Developed and implemented a successful district-wide arts education-based academic curriculum and lesson plans which can be customized to meet the students’ needs.
- Acknowledged for taking general education subjects and generating interest through hands-on - minds-on arts-based approaches.
- New York City Department of Education realized the value of We Are all the Same Inside® curriculum; awarded contract to roll out arts-based program throughout NYC school system.
- Collaborated with award winning animator Jim Jenkins; appeared with muppets Rosita, Abby Cadabby and some Honkers during a Sesame Street taping in Stamford, CT.
- Presented Educating Our Children for a Safer World to United Nations Council which was broadcasted nationwide via Court/Tru TV.
- Lambda Literary Foundation – Best Biography, Nomination with Kristin Walsh 2009
- Educator of the Year, Young Adult Institute, 2003
- Won Christopher Award Nomination: Best Children's Picture Book , 2001
- Grant Recipient: Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 1997
- Wrote/published the children’s textbook, Paper, Scissor & Magic in 2007, ranking nationally on the Crafts and Book-making list.
- Created / curriculum development for Project Aspire™ arts-based learning in Science and Health, promoting healthy living choices and serving the children of Central Harlem.
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Business Experience
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T.I.M.M.E. Company, Inc.
Founder / Educator
A multimedia education company that produces innovative arts-based lesson plans that focus on conflict resolution and teaching cultural diversity to youth; population includes the general education, the gifted and talented and special-needs students throughout the tri-state area.
- Design customized curriculum to meet the specialized needs of the project at-hand; determine age appropriate lessons focusing on required skill sets.
- Created / published more than 12 books, including We Are All The Same Inside® series and acclaimed doll-making workshop.
- Awarded contract with the City of New York and New York City Department of Education to do selling points to administration, transitional housing and after-school programs.
- Continually requested to create and implement school art exhibitions in book-making, sculpture, mural-making, architecture, puppet-making and culinary endeavors.
- Conduct workshops and programs at public schools, cultural institutions, museums and school fairs.
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2000-Present
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T.I.M.M.E. Company, Inc. Highlights
- Company founded We Are All The Same Inside® workshop and publication.
- Children’s book awards / nominations: Christopher Award, Moonbeam, and the Lambda Literacy Foundation.
- Begins association with Sesame Workshop, We Are Family Foundation and the Anti Defamation League.
- Educating Our Children for a Safer World; takes part in presentation to the UN Council which is broadcast internationally via Court / Tru TV.
- New York City Department of Education realizes the value of the publications and curriculum and awards T.I.M.M.E. Company Inc. a contract; this amplifies the company's mission to teach diversity, while incorporating the arts into literacy.
- Collaborated with award winning animator Jim Jenkins and appeared with Rosita, Abby Cadabby, and some Honkers during a Sesame Workshop taping celebrating the 100th anniversary of CLC (Children's Learning Center) in Stamford, CT.
- Conducted workshop to educators at the Core Knowledge National Conference in Anaheim, CA.;
- Workshop travels to Australia through youth ambassador Will Dorrell.
- A Celebration In Song: Performers helped commemorate the 10th Anniversary of We Are All The Same Inside® and the doll-making workshop in a special cabaret event in Manhattan's theatre district.
- CD / DVD released commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the book We Are All The Same Inside®, featuring singer / songwriter and former Motown Records producer - Sherlie Matthews.
- Workshop travels to Africa through singer / songwriter Gloria Jones.
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2000
2001
2003
2004
2005
2007
2008
2009
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Teaching Experience
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Touro College, New York, NY
Assistant Professor of The Graduate School of Education and Psychology
Course instruction includes: Art Education, Bilingual and Multicultural Literacy; Student Teacher Advisor / Observation; Teaching Social Studies and the Arts; Curriculum Development; Early Childhood Development; Linguistics.
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2004-Present
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Pratt Institute, New York, NY
Guest Lecturer / Graduate Level
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2006-2007 |
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Fordham University, New York, NY
Adjunct Lecturer – Professional Development for Educators / Continuing Education Credits
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2001-2005
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Hunter College Elementary School, New York, NY
Studio Art Teacher / After School Art Teacher - Summer Enrichment Program for Gifted
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2002-2005
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New York University (NYU), New York., NY
E.C.L.A.S. Pilot Study in Literacy via Learning through an Expanded Arts Program
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2002-2004
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Non-Profit Consulting
Committed to improving the quality of Public education through hands-on, minds-on arts-based approaches to teaching academic curriculum via the following non profit organizations:
- Learning through an expanded Arts Program (LeAp)
- Music and the Brain
- Y.A.I. (Young Adult Institute and Workshop, Inc.)
- Sesame Workshop / Word on the Street
- Lincoln Center
- New York Times Foundations for the Arts
- The IAM: Artists on the Move
- Single Parent Resource Center
- Materials for the Arts / F.O.M.A.
- Children's Health Education Foundation
- MCNY / Museum of the City of New York
- Children’s Museum of New York
- NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
- Flushing Town Hall
- Rotunda Gallery
- Lower East Side Tenement Museum
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Selected Publications
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The Inside Story, T.I.M.M.E. Company Inc.
Pieces Of Ice, T.I.M.M.E. Company Inc.
Paper, Scissors, & Magic, T.I.M.M.E. Company Inc.
Sage Goes To Kindergarten, T.I.M.M.E. Company Inc.
Theo And The Sisters Of Sage, T.I.M.M.E. Company Inc.
Come And Abide, T.I.M.M.E. Company Inc.
We Are All The Same Inside, T.I.M.M.E. Company Inc.
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2010
2009
2007
2006
2003
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2000
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Published School Curriculum
Scrubs Club™, Publisher: Touro College, 2011
Project Aspire™, Publisher: Touro College, 2009
We Are Family: Educating Our Children for a Safer World, Publisher: Tru / Court TV, 2003
Active Learning Leads to Literacy, Publisher: LeAp USA, 2003
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Published Articles
Productions, fine art and books performances have been reviewed in The New York Times, Paper Magazine, Details, The Daily News, The Village Voice, Edge Magazine, Out Magazine, New York Newsday, and The Advocate, among other publications.
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Radio / Television Appearances
Interviewed by several national radio stations including Ira Dreyfus of the Associated Press Radio Network, FOX News Radio and International Artist Debut Radio.
National / Local television credits include appearance on Cable in the Classroom, PBS, Tru/Court TV, Sesame Street, VH1, Verizon FiOs, Pop-up Video, Education Notebook, The Rolonda Show, ABC News and Book TV.
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Education
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY, 2000
Creative Enterprise Ownership Program (C.E.O.)
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME, 1997
Scholarship Recipient: Selected for prestigious 3-month program
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 1994
Master of Fine Arts, Painting & Sculpture
Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, New York, 1992
Bachelor of Science, Art Education
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