BROOKE STANKE

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OBJECTIVE / QUALIFICATIONS EDUCATION

Colorado State University, Location: Fort Collins, Colorado Major: Art - Bachelor of Fine Arts Concentration: K-12 Art Education / Painting Graduation Date: December 2013 GPA: 3.71/4.0 Honors: Received Painting Scholarships, Graduated with Honors, Deans List

STUDENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Beattie Elementary (October December 2013)

- Observed and aided on Wednesdays at Fossil Ridge High School, Kinard Middle School, ODea Elementary, and Rocky Mountain High School - Volunteered for a CDE curriculum writing project - Helped lead a community serve club - Attended all district art meetings and school staff meetings - Assessed all lessons taught using standards-based grading - Displayed student artwork in the main office lobby and in the parent/teacher newsletter - Created two-dimensional lessons on trees, landscapes, the alphabet, the human figure, drawing from imagination, and the dot - Created 2-D and 3-D station-based lessons on Art Around the World - Created a choice-based unit on Colorado Inspired Works Rocky Mountain High School (August October 2013) - Created and taught two-dimensional lessons on drawing (stylization techniques, zentangle, the human form and proportional drawing, eraser drawings, drawing techniques using graphite, charcoal, oil/chalk pastel, prismacolors), painting (watercolor techniques, acrylic techniques, illustration, painting 3-D objects, portraiture, and animal imagery) and mixed media. - Created and taught lessons on animation (storyboard, flipbook, technology) using iMovie. - Trained on Synergy attendance program - Attended all department, staff, and district meetings. - Helped run parent-Teacher Conferences. - Displayed student artwork in art wing, main office lobby, and in an all district show All lessons at each level included: Alignment of goals and objectives to state visual arts standards, prepared graduate competencies and grade level expectations

Inquiry and reflective activities to develop 21st century skills Art history and current real-life cultural connections Individual and collaborative activities to assess achievement and reflect Teacher-centered assessment instruments to evaluate student success in meeting lesson goals and objectives Instructional accommodations to meet individual student learning needs

TEACHING/WORK EXPERIENCES
Education Classes at Colorado State University Loveland High School (Spring 2013) - Observed, aided, and taught Polaris Lab School (Fall 2013) - CO-taught 6th graders every Friday at Polaris Lab Community Connections (Spring 2012) - Taught adult special-need students at CSU Boltz Middle School (Fall 2011) - Observed, aided, and taught Preston Middle School (Spring 2011) - Taught small groups of students Education Internship at Buffalo Bill Center of the West May 2012 August 2012 Created and taught art activities for children of all ages every day Created, advertised, and taught a weeklong art camp for ages 4-6, and ages 7-13 Gave educational tours for visitors throughout museum BRAINY January 2013 May 2013 Taught 3rd and 4th graders about visual arts at CSU art museum PALS (Participation Awareness Learning Sharing) Fall 2010 Spring 2012 Mentor Asian/Pacific American children ages preschool to 6 th grade, in the community through the Asian/Pacific American Club at Colorado State University Colorado State University Admissions Ambassador August 2011 August 2013 A leadership position representing Colorado State University to prospective students and their families Gave tours to families, middle school and high school visitors Group/Private Swim Lesson Instructor May 2011 August 2011 Children ranged from ages 3-13 Illustrated Childrens Book, Playing in the Rain for Paragon Publishing CO May 2010 August 2010 Freelance Artist Current and Ongoing

ARTISTIC SKILLS/INTERESTS
Interests In School: Coaching Tennis, Student Senate, Art Clubs Outside of School: Traveling, snowshoing, running, yoga, painting, photography, reading, decorating, healthy cooking 2-Dimentional Experiences / 3-Dimentional Experiences Color theory, painted extensively with acrylic/oil/watercolor, drawn extensively with pencil/charcoal/mixed media, figure drawing/painting classes, abstract drawing/painting classes, printmaking class (dry-point, etching), photography (digital/film), illustration / cartooning / caricature, llustrator/Photoshop, building/framing canvases, pottery class, sculpture class

REFERENCES
Mrs. Missy Wolf, Art Instructor, Rocky Mountain High School E-mail - mwolf@psdschools.org / Phone (970) 227-3470 Mrs. Kimberly Noel, Art Instructor, Beattie Elementary School E-mail - knoel@psdschools.org / Phone (970) 217-4761 Dr. Patrick Fahey, Area Coordinator-Art Education, Colorado State University

E-mail Patrick.fahey@colostate.edu / Phone (970) 395-9655 Emily Buckles, Education specialist at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West E-mail - emilyh@bbhc.org