Education:
- BA, Bradley University
- MA, Western Illinois University
Work Experience:
- Visual Arts Specialist, Galva High School (1970-1994)
- Teaching at all levels, K-14
- Currently, Fine Arts Consultant to Districts, Educational Service
Centers, Educational Service Regions, Regional Offices of Education, K-6
Comprehensive Arts Grant Consultant, Title 1 Initiatives.
- work with development and organization of curriculum, alignment
of curriculum with forced choice and performance based assessments,
creation of assessments, training of raters, evaluation of validity,
inter-rater reliability, evaluation and interpretation of data, goal
setting.
- work with integration of the arts into the curriculum,
interrelating the four arts, themed/integrated units and curriculum,
team-taught arts classes, high school arts survey classes, writing through
the arts.
- working with various non-profit entities creating assessments for
curriculum (Chicago Architecture Foundation, et al.)
- working with administrators to develop long-range goals based on
needs and data
Activities:
Illinois Art Education Association
- President, Illinois Art Education Association 1991-92
- Advocacy Chair, IAEA
- Conference Co-Coordinator, IAEA (1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)
- Chair, Distinguished Fellows, IAEA (1993-present)
National Art Education Association
- Local Conference Chair, Chicago, National Art Education Association
Conference 1993
Illinois State Board of Eduction
- Member, Illinois State Board of Education Arts Education Advisory
Board, chaired by Pat Ryan, Ron Engstrom (1989-present).
- Member, Illinois State Board of Education Arts Assessment Committee
chaired by Judy Dawson (1990-present)
- Review Team, ISBE 5th year Review of Colleges/Universities, under
direction of Susan Morrison, April 1996
- Reader, K-6 Comprehensive Arts Grants, Tom Hanson and Myron Mason
(1989-present, intermittent)
- Presenter/Clinician at 7 workshops on performance assessment,
co-sponsored by ISBE, Illinois Arts Council and the Alliance for Arts in
Education
Professional & Community:
- Founder, Henry-Stark High School Art Teachers Association (President
1986-1991)
- Founder and President (1989-1992), Galva Arts Council; Currently:
Board of Directors, Newsletter editor, Membership chair, Treasurer; General
chair, Artrain visit to Galva, Sept. 1997
Honors:
- Winner "Those Who Excel" Award of Merit from ISBE (1989)
- Community Service Award from the Illinois Alliance for Arts
Education (1993)
Professional Organizations:
- Member, Illinois Art Education Association (IAEA), National Art
Education Association (NAEA)
- Member, Illinois Association of Supervision and Curriculum
Development (IASCD), and ASCD
- Member, Illinois Alliance for Arts Education (IAAE)
- Member, Illinois Arts Alliance