Emily Bawol
Art Educator
Ann Arbor,MI
Summary
I am a Choice-Based, and process driven art educator, who believes deeply in the use of creativity and art making as a means of speaking and reflecting our individual as well as our collective experiences. Having taught multiple age levels on and off the past 20 years of life, I have found that the one common thread throughout my teaching time has been my awareness of the child’s need to share their truth and be seen and heard in a world that often disregards their experiences and their voices simply because they are children. Specifically, throughout my pandemic teaching career, I have recognized my obligation to my student’s voices and to creating a space that honors their process and their work, above their product itself. Our children are growing in a time when the world is in so many ways working against them. I am an art educator, artist, and mother who wants nothing more than to empower children with the use of the art making process as a language which allows them to understand the world around them, which includes their place within it and their responsibility to it and one another.
Overview
46
46
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lecturer-Art Education/Art Department
Eastern Michigan University
08.2024 - Current
- Evaluated student progress through regular assessments, providing detailed feedback for improvement and growth.
- Created and designed projects to assess student knowledge.
- Created weekly lectures focused on the integration of visual arts into the elementary education classroom.
- Developed and implemented innovative teaching strategies to engage students in lectures and coursework.
- Designed an integrated arts based course curriculum, focusing on the use of visual arts as a language within the general education classroom.
- Stayed consistently connected with student community through the use of Canvas technology.
- Created collaborative fieldwork opportunities with members of Eastern Michigan University's Children's Institute, to provide students with onsite learning opportunities.
- Exposed students to multiple forms of art media in order to create a familiarity and comfort with the use of fine art materials as tools of communication and creation.
Art Teacher (Y5-3rd grade)
A2STEAM @ Northside
01.2020 - Current
- Worked to establish a TAB (Teaching for Artistic Behavior) program for the lower elementary students
- Designed and implemented choice-based art lessons for all lower elementary students
- Responsible for instruction of variety of media use such as (but not limited to) clay, collage, fiber art, drawing technique, painting modalities, and printmaking to all lower elementary students
- Created and co-organized Winter Arts Market, a student focused winter school fundraiser, where students, teachers, and other members of the A2STEAM community, past and present, sell handmade wares to support the school’s visual arts program
- Pivoted to virtual learning during the pandemic, integrating technologies such as google slides, google classroom, the use of zoom, to make learning accessible to all students outside of the traditional classroom environment
- Work within a PBL (project-based learning) school using the arts in a way which shows their real world relevance and how our skills, interests, and knowledge of the arts can be used outside of our school environment
- Created consistent connections between the arts on a macro (world) and micro (placed-based) scale into student lessons
- Responsible for integration and implementation of Michigan and AAPS district art curriculum requirements within the choice-based lessons
- Integration and implementation of crafts-based art education in conjunction with traditional visual arts requirements
- Consistently created connections between arts lessons and literature across grade bands
- Integration and implementation of art lessons directly connected to people of color with a focus on equity and restorative work within the arts
- Emphasis on and integration of SEL (social-emotional learning) into art lessons, creating more opportunities for personal connection and growth through the use of making and the arts specifically
- Created consistent connections to artists and makers throughout history and into present day
- Responsible for integration and implementation of best practices of education and learning
- Responsible for maintaining classroom behavior, using a combination of Positive Behavior Intervention Systems, Responsive Classroom, and Restorative Practices
- Attended and participated in Michigan Art Education Association annual conferences (2020-22)
- Attended and participated in National Art Education Association annual conferences (2021-22)
- Responsible for displaying student art for the greater Ann Arbor community
- Responsible for creation and implementation of art projects used by school community specifically for fundraising purposes
- Responsible for collaboration with grade level teachers as well as other specials teachers to create art lessons which supports cross curricular learning opportunities
- Responsible for attending all in-service training opportunities
- Responsible for cleaning and maintaining art studio for school community
Stay at Home Mom/Homemaker
08.2008 - Current
- For the first twelve years of my daughter’s lives, I was privileged enough to have my primary job be that of homemaker
- It was during this time that I was able to lean into my love and appreciation for the art of craft, and I experienced life from a different perspective
- I attended parent-child classes in the styles of Reggio-Emilia, Waldorf, Montessori, and play-based education, creating opportunities to grow my knowledge as a parent as well as an educator within each setting
Artist
09.1978 - Current
- Create unique illustrative art pieces through the use of primarily acrylic paint on wood board
- Illustrative work with primarily pen/pencil focus
- Participated in various fine art and craft shows in the metro Portland area, as well as Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Commissioned to create a mural for Actual Industries, located in Portland, Oregon
- Displayed work in and around Portland and surrounding cities
- Sold art through private Etsy sales as well as in local shops in and around Portland, Oregon
Lead Art Teacher
Little Loft Art Studio
01.2017 - 09.2017
- Responsible for creation and implementation of process-based/Reggio-Emilia inspired art explorations for children and adults ranging in age from 3-yrs.+
- Responsible for creation and implementation of camp themes as well as all related process-based art projects during spring break and summer camps for children
- Responsible for set-up/clean-up for all camps and classes
- Created connections between literacy and art process through use of children’s books in all lessons
- Created opportunities for community-studio connections through welcoming students, teachers and their families from local elementary schools into our studio to engage in exploratory art related to classroom learning
Art Teacher
Childswork Learning Center
09.2014 - 04.2015
- Creation and implementation of art lessons/curriculum for children ages 3-5 yrs enrolled in arts enrichment
- Working one-on-one with teaching partner as well as the greater Childswork staff, to create rich learning opportunities for all students enrolled in art specific program
- Served as art support for staff needing creative guidance within their classroom specific lessons
- Responsible for working with a variety of art media within as well as outside of the classroom
- Responsible for facilitating lesson plans within the classroom environment; Integration of literature into the visual arts curriculum
- Creation of lessons which were diversified by age as well as by developmental abilities through varying the use of art media
Art Teacher
Anderson Middle School
08.2002 - 01.2005
- Responsible for creation and implementation of all art projects for student body, grades 6th-8th
- Responsible for clean-up/set-up of all art projects
- Responsible for maintaining the art studio
- Responsible for ordering/stocking all art supplies
- Responsible for teaching students a variety of media including all but not limited to: drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, sculpture
- Integration of diversified art projects which were accommodating to students of all physical, and cognitive levels of performance
- Created connections to art history through lesson instruction
- Responsible for creating a safe and welcoming environment for all students who entered the art studio
- Responsible for use of kiln and all clay art supplies
- Responsible for student grading/assessments
- Created school murals with students during after school art club
Education
M.Ed. - Art Education/Concentration: Art Therapy
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI 01.2005 - 05.2007
B.F.A. - Art Education
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 09.1996 - 05.2002
Skills
- Painter
- Illustrator
- Zoom/Google technology trained
- Art Therapy education/training
- Responsive Classroom training
- Classroom management
- Lesson planning
- Conference Presenter (MAEA conference, 2023, 2024)
Certification
State of Michigan Dept. of Education Certified Art Educator, 05/2020
Professionalreferences
- Brittany Sayles, Vice-Principal, A2STEAM
- Josh Tumolo, Teacher (5th grade), A2STEAM
- Nathan Hatt, PBL Coordinator, A2STEAM
Timeline
Lecturer-Art Education/Art Department
Eastern Michigan University
08.2024 - Current
Art Teacher (Y5-3rd grade)
A2STEAM @ Northside
01.2020 - Current
Lead Art Teacher
Little Loft Art Studio
01.2017 - 09.2017
Art Teacher
Childswork Learning Center
09.2014 - 04.2015
Stay at Home Mom/Homemaker
08.2008 - Current
M.Ed. - Art Education/Concentration: Art Therapy
Wayne State University
01.2005 - 05.2007
Art Teacher
Anderson Middle School
08.2002 - 01.2005
B.F.A. - Art Education
Michigan State University
09.1996 - 05.2002
Artist
09.1978 - Current
State of Michigan Dept. of Education Certified Art Educator, 05/2020
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