Jonathan M. Gere
Teacher/Artist/Good Guy
Williamston Middle School, Aug 2011-Current, and St. Martha Catholic School, Aug 2012-2014, Williamston School District.
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Taught Visual Art, Computers, Design and modeling, and Communications.
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Developed curriculum for both schools and their educational fields.
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Have students compete in various state competitions and art displays.
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Have spearhead various school improvement projects and after school art programs.
Michigan State University GATE Summer Program- July 2014-Current.
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Summer Art Workshop to middle school level students.
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Covered wide range of mediums and topics over short time.
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Students end by creating display of all their art pieces.
National Arts Education Association 2014 Conference Co-Chair; Jan 2013-Nov. 2014
Duties included but was not limited to;
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Procuring endorsements from local and state companies,
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Planning, organizing, and checking in on conference presenters,
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Setting up transportation,
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Space and equipment rental,
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Onsite problem solving during conference days,
Washington Woods Middle School, Holt Public School District / Ingham ISD: Aug. 2010 - May 2011
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Long term substitute taught 5th grade art for the 2010-11 school year.
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Covered various 3D art (Ceramics) and 2D art (painting, color mixing, pop-ups, drawing, etc.).
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Started school wide Art Club.
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Helped oversee development of wall Mural for school.
Waverley High School student teaching; Jan.-May 2010 and Mid-tier 2009
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Observed and participated in High School level 2D, 3D, and Foundations.
Classes Taught
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Art 2D (watercolor resist lesson and Wall Mural)
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Art 3D (ceramics, plaster, paper Mache, etc.),
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Art Photography (Basic 35MM, Pinhole, Digital, etc.),
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Advanced(Pencil drawings, Charcoal drawings, painting, etc.)
Michigan State University, Graduate work (2012-2016)
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Masters in Educational Technologies
Central Michigan University (2007-2010)
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Bachler of arts in Art Education (LQ certification)
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Cumulative GPA: 3.35
Lansing Community College (2005-2007)
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Undergraduate work.
*Transcripts for any and all available upon request
RESUME
Professional
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Education
Skills
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Creative problem solving
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Differentiated teaching
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Scaffolding
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Visual learning and demonstrations
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Structured application based grading for learning
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Photoshop
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Various video editing software
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Microsoft programs
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Google programs
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Understanding of HTML code