Jaime C. Ball
Elko
Summary
Art education professional with a strong track record of inspiring students through innovative teaching methods. Proven ability to craft curriculums that cater to diverse learning styles and promote artistic skills. Collaborative team player who adapts to changing needs and drives student success through effective communication and resourceful problem-solving.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Art Teacher, K-12
Carlin Combined Schools
07.2023 - Current
- Participate in the Community Improvement Committee and a Professional Learning Group.
- Have established a positive classroom environment that promotes open communication and mutual respect among students.
- Teach general art classes, including drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking.
- Adapt lessons to differentiate instruction and meet students' diverse learning needs and abilities.
- Art club advisor.
- Built curriculum to include national art standards for all ages and grade levels, K-12.
Continuing Education Ceramics Instructor
Great Basin College
06.2023 - Current
- Youth hand-building ceramics instructor in the summer.
- Open Studio ceramics instructor year-round for wheel throwing and hand-built ceramics.
- Assist with special workshops and events.
Visual Arts Instructor
Santa Catalina School
08.2018 - 06.2023
- Organized successful art exhibitions to showcase student work and entered students into regional and national art contests.
- Courses: Art 1, Art 3, Digital Media, and 3D Media
- Created and developed the curriculum for the 3D Media course.
- Worked as a dorm resident in the international boarding program's residential life program.
- Created the successful Friday Night Throw Down where boarding students can learn wheel throwing.
Visual Arts Instructor
The Culver Academies
06.2014 - 06.2018
- Created the Friday Night Throw Down where students and faculty learn wheel throwing every Friday evening.
- Mentor to six sophomore students and a mentor to nine Honors in Visual Arts students.
- Courses: Art History, Ceramics, Wheel Throwing, Painting, and Darkroom Photography.
- Served on the Technology Committee and the Diversity Committee
- Moderator for the Ceramics Club, Photo Works Club, and the Pop Culture Club.
- Athletic duties include scorekeeping for basketball, softball, and soccer.
- Participate in a Teaching Learning Committee and a Professional Learning Committee.
- Participated in faculty art shows.
Fine Arts Educator
St. Joseph’s Preparatory School
09.2010 - 06.2014
- Organized six art shows and two art openings.
- Courses: Art History, Ceramics, Sculpture, Graphic Design, Web Design, and Visual Language (Foundations).
- Collaborated with several departments for interdisciplinary learning.
- Participated in several retreats and acted as chaperone for several week-long service projects.
- Served as Yearbook Moderator for two years.
ESL Educator
LangCon English, South Korea
06.2009 - 06.2010
- Used skill set to design and teach weekend art workshops.
- Taught elementary and middle school-aged students English as a second language in Cheonan, South Korea.
Long Term Art Substitute
St. Joseph’s Preparatory School
01.2009 - 06.2009
- Courses: Graphic Design, Ceramics, and Sculpture.
- Seamlessly took over for a teacher on medical leave for the entire spring semester.
- Created own set of lessons after students completed previous teacher’s projects.
Teaching Artist
Fleisher Art Memorial
09.2001 - 06.2009
- Taught children, teens, and adults various mediums including; drawing, painting, figure sculpture, and printmaking.
- Assisted with the creation and format of the Teen Lounge.
- Participated in an outreach program bringing Art Education to under-served students.
- Participated in annual faculty art shows.
Long Term Art Substitute
Friends Select School
09.2008 - 01.2009
- Courses: Drawing, Painting, and Digital Photography.
- Seamlessly took over after a teacher’s sudden resignation for the majority of the fall semester.
- Assisted several students with college portfolios.
Visual Display Designer
Free People, Inc.
09.2006 - 06.2008
- Designed and created seasonal visual displays for Free People stores
- Installed store fixtures and displays
- Travelled to India to work with vendors on manufacturing personal designs of displays and furniture
- Designed a mural and furniture for Urban Outfitter’s home office and chairs for the Free People showroom
Fine Arts Educator
Frankford Friends School
09.2003 - 06.2005
- Courses: K - 8 Art.
- Collaborated with classroom teachers for interdisciplinary learning.
- Collaborated with a parent and designed a school-wide presentation on styles of art and music.
- Assisted students with creating portfolios for high school.
- Continuously changed displays and produced four art shows featuring student work.
Education
University of the Arts
Philadelphia, PA06.2014
Philadelphia University
Philadelphia, PA06.2008
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA06.2003
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA06.2000
Skills
- Promotes critical thinking
- Encourages personal expression
- Student engagement
- Collaborative teaching
- Adobe Creative Suite expert and tech-savvy
- Parent-teacher communication
- Portfolio assistance
- Classroom management and organization
- Curriculum development
- Project-based learning
- Interdisciplinary Lessons
- Fine motor skills development
- 21st century skills development
- Proficiency in various media
- Lifelong learner
- Establishes great rapport
- Creative and Imaginative
Training
- Chicago, IL - The Art Institute of Chicago - July2012
- Took a3-day workshop, Making Meaning: A Studio Approach to Teaching and Learning.
- Used the museum’s collection to create lesson plans.
- New York, NY - NAEA Convention - November2012
- Attended various workshops and lectures about curriculum development, lesson ideas, and pedagogy.
- Philadelphia, PA - The Clay Studio - June2012- June2014
- Have taken several courses on wheel throwing and hand building.
- Maintain a studio space for personal art work.
- Philadelphia, PA - St. Joseph’s Prep - September2010 – June2014
- Have participated in several professional development workshops on various subjects, including;21st Century Skills, DSRP Method, and Meyers-Briggs Personality Guidance
- London, UK - Central Saint Martins - June27-July12016
- Took a one-week oil painting intensive based on still-life painting, and focused on using transparent glazes
Community Service
- Catholic Ministries, Buffalo, NY, 2013-06, Worked in various soup kitchens and built a community garden and chaperoned a group of8 students.
- Habitat for Humanity, Philadelphia, PA, 2013-06, Assisted with demolition and rehabbing homes.
- World Vision, Neyba, Dominican Republic, 2012-06, Helped build homes for a poor village alongside contractors and12 students.
- Rural Retreat Historical Society, Rural Retreat, VA, 2012-06, Assisted with the upkeep and maintenance of a historical property.
- Fuller Disaster Relief, New Orleans, LA, 2011-06, Helped build homes for Katrina survivors while chaperoning a group of12 students.
- Habitat for Humanity, Buffalo, NY, 2009-06, Assisted with demolition and rehabbing homes.
Certification
Nevada K-12 Teaching License
Affiliations
- ECCTA
- NAEA
- NCECA
- NEA
Timeline
Art Teacher, K-12
Carlin Combined Schools
07.2023 - Current
Continuing Education Ceramics Instructor
Great Basin College
06.2023 - Current
Visual Arts Instructor
Santa Catalina School
08.2018 - 06.2023
Visual Arts Instructor
The Culver Academies
06.2014 - 06.2018
Fine Arts Educator
St. Joseph’s Preparatory School
09.2010 - 06.2014
ESL Educator
LangCon English, South Korea
06.2009 - 06.2010
Long Term Art Substitute
St. Joseph’s Preparatory School
01.2009 - 06.2009
Long Term Art Substitute
Friends Select School
09.2008 - 01.2009
Visual Display Designer
Free People, Inc.
09.2006 - 06.2008
Fine Arts Educator
Frankford Friends School
09.2003 - 06.2005
Teaching Artist
Fleisher Art Memorial
09.2001 - 06.2009
University of the Arts
Philadelphia University
Temple University
Virginia Commonwealth University