ELIZABETH A. CASTELLANO

elizabeth@castellanoart.com
castellanoart.com

CERTIFICATION

Art Education (K-12) Permanent, State of New York, January, 2000

Teacher of Fine Art in Junior High Schools, Permanent
New York City Department of Education, September 5, 2000

EDUCATION

Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
Master of Arts in Teaching, January 2000

Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude, 1999
With a studio emphasis in painting, and a minor in art history

Lancaster University, Lancaster, England. September – December, 1998
Study Abroad Program in printmaking, painting, and studio methods

HONORS AND AWARDS

Manhattanville College School of Education Merit Scholarship, 1999; Art Department
Honors, 1999; Portfolio Honors, 1999; Class of 1942 Scholar, 1995-1997; Studio Art Scholarship, 1995-1999; Community Service Scholarship, 1995-1999

CURRENT WORK EXPERIENCE

New York City Department of Education
New York City, NY
9/2000 - 8/2004, 8/2008-present

Art Teacher

• Prepare and implement K-8 art lessons on and prepared interdisciplinary lessons in snails, photo poetry, dynamic seashores, and bridges in NYC
• Create and implement PreK interdisciplinary curriculum
• Organize Staff and Student Art Shows and submitted student artwork to Scholastic Art Competition, Legislative Student Art Exhibit and the Rockaway Museum
• Organize and run after school art program for grades K-2
• Art Liaison and leader of Project Arts Committee. Member of School Based Option Committee and Consultation Committee
• Teacher Liaison for Pupil Personnel Team; member of Planning Committee, Sunshine Committee, Least Restrictive Environment Committee, and CEP

PAST WORK EXPERIENCE

New York Presbyterian Hospital
White Plains, NY
9/29/07-8/25/08

Art Teacher

• Planned and implemented lessons for 1st through 12th grade studio art
• Co-taught in grant funded program at the Neuberger Museum

Young at Art
Scarsdale, NY
9/1/04 – 7/1/06, 9/1/07-present

Art Teacher

• Team taught art enrichment classes for 3, 4 and 5 year old children
• Team taught art enrichment classes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade students
• Document and photograph student progress and staff development workshops

Manhattanville College
Purchase, NY
1/1/07 – 5/1/07

Adjunct Professor

• Taught Beyond Teaching: Organizational and Management Strategies for the
  Beginning Art Teacher

Samuel J. Preston Elementary School
West Harrison, NY
NY 9/1/06-6/22/07

Art Teacher

• Prepared and implemented interdisciplinary lessons for grades K through 5th on Micro Worlds, Georgia O’Keeffe, Henri Matisse’s Goldfish, Joan Miro, and Picasso
• Created and implemented new curriculum using Techpaths software
• Organized and implemented “Art Moms” program
• Participated in training and implementation of positive discipline program
• Participated in district wide art show and received Mayor’s Choice Award

Harlem Children Zone Promise Academy Charter School
New York City, NY
8/2/04 – 8/31/06

Art Teacher

• Assisted with the implementation of literacy groups, DRE tests and literacy across the curriculum
• Participated in BBC training at the Lorraine Monroe Institute, Bank Street College training, and Expeditionary Learning implementation
• Planned, wrote, and implemented K-5 scope and sequence in art for new charter
• Created and implemented monthly visiting artist program where local artists work with students
• Created and implemented “Animals in the Classroom” program where students learn how to care for, write about, and draw live animals

New York City Department of Education
New York City
9/2000 – 8/2004

Art Teacher

• Prepared and implemented K-8 lessons on site specific sculpture and self portraits, and prepared interdisciplinary lessons in Native American patterns, snails, and Japanese lettering, photo poetry, dynamic seashores, and bridges in NYC
• Created and implement PreK interdisciplinary curriculum
• Conducted interdisciplinary lesson planning workshop with school staff developer
• Organized Staff and Student Art Shows and submitted student artwork to Scholastic Art Competition, Legislative Student Art Exhibit and the Rockaway Museum
• Organized and ran after school art program for grades K-2
• Art Liaison and leader of Project Arts Committee. Member of School Based Option Committee and Consultation Committee
• Teacher Liaison for Pupil Personnel Team; member of Planning Committee, Sunshine Committee, Least Restrictive Environment Committee, and CEP

FIELD EXPERIENCE

Pocantico Hills Elementary School, Sleepy Hollow, NY Fall, 1999 - Student Teacher

• Created and implemented lessons in ceramics, Matisse’s cut-outs, and Helen Frankenthaler
• Conducted “Awareness of the Handicapped” program
• Assisted with third grade integrative unit on Native American art
• Created school displays

Westlake High School, Thornwood, NY Fall, 1999 - Student Teacher

• Developed lessons on figure drawing, Pop Art, and critical analysis
• Conducted art department research
• Assisted with independent studies and special education students

RELATED 1994-2000 EXPERIENCE

• Rockefeller Archive Center, Tarrytown, NY, Archival Assistant
• Pocantico Hills Elementary School, Sleepy Hollow, NY, Substitute Teacher / Art
  Teacher Assistant
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Education Department Assistant
• Manhattanville College 504 Committee, Purchase, NY Member
• The French American School, Mamaroneck, NY, Guest Artist
• PS 102, New York, NY, Guest Artist
• Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT, Education Department Intern
• Manhattanville College Photography Lab, Purchase, NY, Photo Lab Assistant
• Manhattanville College Studio Art Department, Purchase, NY, Assistant to the
  Chairman
• Rye Hospital Center, Rye, NY, Art Therapy Intern.

SKILLS AND INTERESTS

Proficient in portraiture and abstract photography, digital photography, painting printmaking, Skilled in writing short stories, poetry

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

New York State Art Teachers Association, Dutchess Arts Council, Putnam Arts
Council, Carmel Arts Center, Mobility International, Manhattanville Alumni Network