Erin Stanton

Visual Arts Teacher

• Create lessons designed to encourage students to envision creative ways to use everyday objects
• Planned and implemented art history lessons to develop a context for student work
• Developed rubrics to assess student work
• Implemented classroom management strategies.
• Managed classroom resources effectively, ensuring all necessary materials were available for successful lesson implementation.
• Worked with struggling students to offer additional help with classroom and hands-on learning.
• Designed and implemented multi-medium arts activities for students in Grades K-5, incorporating literacy and technology, to encourage creative responses and facilitate the development of fine motor skills
• Worked collaboratively with classroom teachers to develop projects to enhance science and theater instruction
• Spearheaded annual art exhibits displaying over 300+ students' art pieces.

• Communicated with administration about art funding opportunities
• Assisted in co-writing art grants for the school community
• Completed citywide Arts Programming school surveys
• Collaboratively worked with Parent Coordinator to assist in partnerships with Arts Organization for after school opportunities
• Organized teaching artist programs into school schedules with school administrators.

• Organized and facilitated school festivals, BBQs, BINGO nights, etc
• Created flyers for upcoming school and family events
• Prepared monthly agendas’, PTA powerpoint presentations
• Attended PTA Executive and General PTA monthly meetings
• Assisted parents during fundraisers.

• Partnered with the fellow music teacher and classroom teacher to generate interest for potential student participation
• Created flyers to inform the school community for upcoming performances
• Designed performance programs to help layout and ensure a smooth performance
• Thoughtfully planned and staged decorations to match theme of each cumulative performance.

• Engaged in conversations about race and inequities that exist with the school environments
• Studied and discussed text that addressed equity issues
• Lead and organized a book club outside of school with fellow interested teachers to examine and create a safe space for respectful discourse
• Remotely assisted the Instructional Leadership team in developing fair and equitable expectations for our school community during the Coronavirus.

• Organize out of school events specifically targeted to boost morale of all staff members
• Create flyers for upcoming out of school events
• Remotely engaged staff with virtual games to keep staff connect during the Coronavirus.

• Maintained the scoreboard
• Kept track of the scorebook
• Assisted with practicing drills with the team
• Collaborated with the PTA in the end of the year awards ceremony for the team.

• Substitute Teacher
• Undertake all duties of the regular classroom teacher
• Follow instructions left by the classroom teacher
• Maintain normal classroom routines and discipline procedure
• Attend after school teacher professional development.