Hello! My name is Jamie and I am an art teacher at The School District of the City of York. I teach grades K – 8 and as a result, I see a little over 700 students every single week! In addition to teaching art, I help out with all art-related projects in our building, volunteer my time to hold art club once night per week after school, I monitor after-school detention, and am a union representative for our building.

In a professional setting, I have used the internet to supplement my students’ education, created an Art Career WebQuest for my 4th graders, created, but no longer maintain, a portfolio website, and at a past employer was responsible for maintaining my own professional website within that district.

In my spare time, I like to play video games or watch television. I also enjoy cooking and frequently try out new recipes. I am trying to give myself more time to work on my artwork, which has fallen by the wayside since I graduated from college almost 9 years ago. My boyfriend and I have a 1-year-old chocolate lab named Stella. She is very smart and we try hard to keep her mentally stimulated by teaching her new words and tricks regularly. Currently, she knows around 9 or 10 tricks and probably around 40 different words and/or items.

I hope to use this coursework to include more technology in my classroom and act as a building-level resource for my peers. My goal is to have at least one station in my art room where students can use tablets to supplement their learning, create digital artwork, and possibly engage in some level of choice-based learning. I look forward to working with everyone else taking this course, and apologize that my first post is two weeks late!

The two loves of my life!