Lisanne McTernan - Visual Art Teacher
Lisanne McTernan
Teaching Experience
Shanghai Livingston American School - 580 Ganxi Road, Shanghai, China Aug 2015-current
Visual Art Teacher/ Art Department Head – Teach art to primary, middle school and high school students.
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Teach developmentally appropriate/differentiated instructed art classes to an international student population comprised of 95%english language learners.
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Manage art department staff of 4 teachers as well as 3 teaching assistants. Mentor them on curriculum development, lesson plan writing and differentiated teaching/learning techniques in the art room.
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Design lessons in painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, fiber arts and mixed mediums that meet California Visual Art Standards.
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Work with school staff on co-coordinating special and collaborative projects within the school.
The Immaculate Conception School – 419 East 13th Street, New York, NY Feb 2013-June 2015
The Corpus Christi School – 535 West 121st Street, New York, NY Feb 2012-June 2015
Visual Arts Teacher – Teach art to students Pre-K to 8th grade.
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Instruct and assist student’s artistic development through drawing, painting, sculpture and printmaking projects.
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Teach classes which encourage creative problem solving and the exploration of ideas that incorporate New York State Framework for the Arts/New York City Blueprint learning standards and connect with the Common Core.
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Design lessons that combine the study of art history and technique to promote a greater understanding of diversities and similarities within cultures.
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Continuously display student work as well as produce yearly student art shows.
Brooklyn Friends School Summer Arts Program – Brooklyn, NY July 2014, July 2011
Drawing Instructor – Designed and taught 2 week intensive observational drawing class programs.
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Taught 4 classes a day to students ages 8 to 14 where explorations of different drawing mediums (pencil, graphite, charcoal, sumi ink, pen) led to the creation of observational drawings.
The GO Project at the Grace Church School - 86 Fourth Avenue New York, NY 10003 Summer 2013
Summer Enrichment Teacher - Taught daily sculpture classes to rising public school 5th graders who faced learning challenges during the academic school year.
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Curriculum allows for differentiated instruction to meet the needs for the varied learning styles in the classroom.
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Supervised and mentored student teachers and interns.
El Puente Beacon Saturday Arts Program -MS 50, 180 S. 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY Oct 2011-June 2013
Visual Art Facilitator - Taught art to students aged 7 to 14 at Saturday Enrichment program at MS 50.
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Lessons were designed to utilize El Puente's leadership development approach which bridges social action with the performing and visual arts.
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Produced two major student art shows per year and collaborated with performing art department on twice yearly stage productions.
New York City Department of Education April 2008-Feb 2013
Substitute Teacher – Worked primarily in Brooklyn elementary schools covering all subjects.
Farm Arts at Ballibay – Camptown, PA July 2012
Artist in Residence
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Led intensive sculpture program with students from age 10 to 16.
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Taught drawing, painting and fiber art classes inspired by the natural setting of the Allegheny Mountains.
Learning Spring School - 247 East 20th Street New York, N.Y March 2011-June 2011
Visual Arts Teacher (part time leave replacement position) – Taught art to students from grades K through 8 who are on the autism spectrum.
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Lessons were designed to aid the student’s development of social, communicative, sensory-motor, and critical thinking skills with sensitivity to their unique needs and limitations.
PS 29 Elementary School – Brooklyn, NY Jan 2010-June 2010
Student Teacher – Taught 2nd, 3rd and 5th grade art classes collaboratively with cooperating teacher.
Created cross-curricular art projects designed to be appropriate for the student’s stage of artistic development.
Brooklyn Friends Middle School – Brooklyn, NY Sept 2009-Dec 2009
Student Teacher – Taught 5th through 10th grade art classes collaboratively with cooperating teacher.
Free Arts NYC Jan 2007-June 2008
Volunteer Art Mentor for the P.A.C.T (Parents and Children Together with Art) program.
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Committed one evening a week at the Community Roots School in Brooklyn to assist with arts program that encouraged communication through art between children and their parents.
Exhibiting Artist (selection of shows):
A Thousand Threads- Brooklyn Stitchery, Brooklyn NY 2014
War of the Words- Proteus Gowanus Gallery, Brooklyn NY 2012
Display/Disrupt- @Gallery, NYC 2011
Paradise- Proteus Gowanus Gallery - Brooklyn, NY 2011
Serious Whimsy- Littlefield Performance Space, Brooklyn 2010
Election 2008: The Square Foot Show -Art Gotham, NYC 2008
Souped Up Pontiac -Museum of New Art, Pontiac, Michigan 2008
Professional Development
MOMA Art and Inquiry Course: Museum Teaching Strategies for Your Classroom April 2014
Completed with honors. The course introduced ways to integrate works of art into the classroom by using inquiry-based teaching methods commonly used in museum settings.
Creative Classrooms- Attend monthly meetings with other visual art teachers where teaching strategies and the creation of art projects complementary to students’ literacy and core curriculum goals are often subjects. Feb 2012-current
Awards/Grants
Marquis Studios Teaching Arts Training Institute 2011 (TATI): Chosen to participate in a program funded by the NEA which trains arts educators to work with students in District 75 schools with special needs.
Brooklyn College Graduate Travel/Research Grant: Awarded to attend 2010 National Art Educators Association Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.
Education:
M.A Art Education, (2010), City University of New York at Brooklyn College G.P.A 3.8
B.A Studio Art, (1998), City University of New York at Hunter College G.P.A 3.6
Certificates and Licenses:
New York State Teaching Certificate (Visual Arts K-12)