Alexa del Piano
Art Teacher @Newport Public Schools
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WORK HISTORY
Art Teacher @Newport Public Schools
Taught visual art classes for 5th – 8th grade students using a creative, rigorous, joyful and culturally responsive curriculum.• Curated and installed a Winter in Newport themed art exhibit, showing over 130 student art pieces in the community.• Collaborated with the Newport Art Museum, Newport Public Works and other city and state agencies to donate student artwork for exibition and paint a mural.• Facilitated a core group of eighteen 7th graders in art enrichment & socioemotional learning every morning.
EDUCATION
Goucher College
Bachelor's Degree, Studio Art Major, Peace Studies Minor
Loyola University Maryland
Master of Arts - MA, Art Teacher Education
University of Hartford
Figure drawing and painting courses
Queensland College of Art
Painting, Sculpture, Fine Arts, Museum Studies
SKILLS
ABOUT ALEXA DEL PIANO
With a background of many years as a mediator, and now as a new art teacher; I am dedicated to bringing peace to individuals and their communities through art based learning and conflict resolution. As an educator and artist, I believe in art as therapy and feel it is an important vessel through which emotion is expressed creatively. My educational philosophy is that every student must be known, loved, and inspired. Teachers must be committed to teaching students an honest and inclusive curriculum that encourages them to question, challenge, and shift the status quo. The art curriculum I have written includes contemporary and historical art-that does not shy away from real social justice issues.I have a privilege as an art teacher to engage students creatively and therapeutically through the creation of art. Overall, I believe that all classrooms should adopt values of safety and acceptance. As Gilbert argues, “We teach children to be all sorts of people while secretly hoping that they won’t be different at all,” it is my hope to unconditionally accept students\' growth in whatever stage they are at (Gilbert, 2014, p.
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