Advanced art students may elect to take photography their Junior or Senior year in high school. The photography class includes the history of photography, some analog, mostly digital, and the study of Master Photographers.
Position:
Art Teacher
Needs:
The students, staff and administration at Grass Lake High School wish to have digital photography become a more essential part of the photography curriculum. Currently this is not possible because the art department only has 7 small digital cameras. Every student is assigned a 35mm camera but not a digital camera. This is what we want to change. We want to make the class more of a digital class and less of a B&W analog class.
Personal Information:
About Me:
I have been teaching art at Grass Lake High School for 11 years. I have four children in thier twenties, and one grandchild. I majored in Graphic Design, and minored in Photography in college, and have been fortunate enough to incorporate these lessons into the curriculum at Grass Lake High School.
College and Degrees:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, BFA, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, reading endorsment, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, currently enrolled in the Master's in Educational Technology program
Activities:
Sailing, Lake Michigan, Reading, Writing (journaling, hiking, babysitting my grandson Gabriel (4 years old,) my 2 dogs and 5 cats, and most important... spending time with my husband Greg
Favorite Books:
Anything about Jungian psychology and archetypes, anything Brian Froud, mythology, anything on the Greenman
Favorite Quotes:
Life is a verb.
Interests:
Greenman, mythology, Jungian psychology,and archetypes.
Sailing,hiking, Lake Michigan, reading, and writing.
Family,family, family.
Employment History:
Grass Lake High School 1997 - Present. High school art teacher.
Why Do I Teach?:
Working with high school students keeps me young! Sharing my joy for photography, drawing, painting, and ceramics, is a rewarding part of my life. I love helping students discover their "creative selves" and helping them to improve thieir skills.