Bloomfield Education Association:
Visual Arts Educator: J. P. Vincent, Bloomfield High, and Metacomet Elementary – 16 Years
Currently – District Visual Arts Coordinator
Art Educator Belief Statement:
I believe teaching and learning are life-long commitments and being able to educate, and share what you know is a valuable gift. I enjoy sharing my artistic knowledge, experiences, and skills to help students improve their own artistic talents. As well as, empower them, to enhance, their abilities to learn and develop into productive citizens.
Beginning in 2009, I have been building my capacity for education advocacy!
Building Representative – 6 years
District Contract Negotiation Team – 3 cycles
District TEVAL committee member – 4 years
Poquonock/Clover PTO President – 2014 -12017
Connecticut Education Association:
Currently – Hartford County Director, Board of Directors – 3 Year term
*Commissions – Member Benefits, Resolutions (NEARA)
Ethnic Minority Initiative/CT State Delegate to National Education Association Representative Assembly – 7/8 years
Co-Chair, Ethnic Minority Affairs Commission – 3 years
Conferences, Workshops, and Training Cadres:
Connecticut Education Association Representative Assembly Delegate
CEA Summer Leadership Conferences
3.1G University (Ethnic Minority Initiative)
Joint Conference of Women & Minority Leadership
Unconscious Bias – “Training of Trainers”
School Governance
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design, cum laude, from Howard University, Wash., D.C., 1982
Master’s Business Administration, Western New England College, Springfield, MA, 1997
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, National Art Educators Association, 2005 – present
Member, National Black MBA Association, 1996- 99
Member, Advertising Club of CT, 1996 – 99
Member, American Marketing Association, 1996 – 97
COMMUNITY/VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
Currently Chapter President Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Beta Sigma Lambda Chapter, Hartford, CT; Secretary, Eastern Region, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., 1999 – 2001; Board of Directors, Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz, 1998.