Email CONTACT : L.mariecolandrea@gmail.com
EDUCATION
August 2006 MAT Art Education Sage Graduate School, Troy, NY
December 2001 BA Studio Art, State University of New York at Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
CERTIFICATION
Professional NYS Certification in Art Education, grades K-12, August 2006
Permanent NYS Certified Teaching Assistant, grades K-12, January 2005
NYC DOE License #874999
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
August 2011-present
Art Educator, Palmer Trinity Episcopal School, Palmetto Bay, Florida. Encourage students to continue to express their vision through the arts. My art studio classes invite students to discover the several artistic styles of the 21st century with an emphasis on environmental art and social justice through art.
Teaching Artist, Arts for Learning, Miami Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and Department of Education. Instruct after school studio art and graphic art programs for public school students.
September 2010- June -2011
Art Educator, NYC Department of Education, Intermediate School # 2, Staten Island, NY Instructor of Studio Art using student achievement benchmarks for grades 6, 7, 8 aligned with the National and NYS Standards.
Teaching Artist, Materials for the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, NYC DOE, Long Island City, NY Facilitate professional development courses in creative infusion: Art & Reuse in the classroom and Raw Fibers: The Art of Fabric Teaching and Learning in the Visual Arts grades 2, 5, 8 and 12, meets the National and NYS Standards.
August 2007- June 2010
Art Educator, Millbrook Central High School and Middle School, Grades 7-12, Millbrook, NY, Incorporated multi-media and computer graphics with traditional and nontraditional techniques. Integrated the use of printmaking techniques and design using Adobe Creative Suite developing and organized Millbrook High School Art elective curriculum.
Restorative Artist, Albany Mural -NYS Assembly Chamber Restoration Project, The Parlin Residence Mural Project
August 2006-June 2008
Art Educator, St Mary’s School, Grades K-8, Waterford, NY and St. Madeline Sophia School, Grades K-5, Guilderland, NY
Activities Supervisor, S.C.R.E.A.M.S Program, Town of Bethlehem Parks and Recreation Department, Delmar, NY Grades 6–8
Visual Arts/Technology Instructor (Temporary)Hudson Falls Senior High School, Hudson Falls, NY and Hoosic Valley Central School, Schaghticoke, NY
PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES /LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Wide World Online Learning, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Making Thinking Visible: Building Understanding through Critical and Creative Thinking, September 2015.
National Endowment for Humanities, Summer Seminar, University of Rochester, Rochester Reform Trail, Summer 2014.
Project Zero Summer Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2013
SYDA Foundation, Tauruna Posuhana Department, Siddha Yoga Center Miami Center Family Program Leader 2011-2014
Washington DC Close Up Program Assistant, 2012 - 2014
TICA (Teachers Institute of Contemporary Art at the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago, 2010
Materials for the Arts, Long Island City, NY – Assistant Education Department, 2008-2011
Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College and PBS’s Art21, Teaching and Learning with Contemporary Art, 2009
Member, New York State Art Teacher Association (NYSATA), Region 6, 2004-present
OLYMPICS of the Visual Arts, Judge, NYSATA, Region 6, Albany, NY 2005-2008
TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, Mac OS, Windows 8
REFERENCES
Dr. Alice Farkouh, Retired Headmistress and Principal, Poly Prep Country Day School and A. Fantis Parochial School, (917) 579-7124, abf718@aol.com
Robert Moorhouse, Art Department, Palmer Trinity School, (786) 218- 4426, Rmoorhouse@palmertrinity.org
Bruce Musgrave, Retired Assistant Head Master, Palmer Trinity School, (786) 999-4819, Bmusgrave@palmertrinity.org
Dona Piza, Sole proprietor of Prana Yoga Studio, Coral Gables Florida, (786) 281 5818, pranayogamami@aol.com
Betsy Mullins-Urwin, Director of Artist Services, Arts for Learning/Miami, (305) 576-1212, besty@a4lmiami.org
Michael Spross, Art Teacher Millbrook High School (845) 677-6037,michael.spross@millbrookcsd.org
Kathy Manzi-Doro, Special Educator, Millbrook High School (845) 677-3924, kmdmillbrook@gmail.com
Kelly Jones, Internship Supervisor, Sage Graduate School (518) 732-1212, jonesk4@sage.edu
John Cloud Kaiser, Education Director, Materials for the Arts, NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs, (718) 729-2165,
Joy Suerez, Teaching Artist, Materials for the Arts, NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs, (718) 909- 0870, joy@louiemusic.com