Planning & Assessment
- Designed unit plans and daily lesson plans in drawing, painting, print-making, sculpture, pottery, mixed media, and photography based on the Colorado Academic standards.
- Explored relationships between planning, instruction, and assessments by aligning enduring understandings with standards and assessment (through planning with Understanding by Design).
- Utilized formative assessment strategies and to gauge students’ prior knowledge, readiness, and eventually content understanding.
- Created common formative assessments in collaboration with PLT members and used data from those assessment to inform and improve the teaching and learning cycle for students.

Classroom Management
- Developed classroom management skills based around building relationships and creating a safe, positive, and productive classroom environment.
- Created and utilized existing classroom routines to provide consistency for students.
- Utilized active learning strategies and positive reinforcement during instruction to ensure students are engaged in an activity or lesson.
- Incorporated Restorative Justice strategies into classroom routines and management structures.