My name is Catie. I am an experienced art teacher and aspiring educational leader. I believe all of my students have the potential to achieve high standards of learning if given the structure and environment necessary for learning. For the past thirteen years, I have taught art at K.T. Murphy Elementary School and Westhill High School. I served in many leadership capacities including providing professional development in art, math, literacy, and social and emotional learning for my school and...
My name is Catie. I am an experienced art teacher and aspiring educational leader. I believe all of my students have the potential to achieve high standards of learning if given the structure and environment necessary for learning. For the past thirteen years, I have taught art at K.T. Murphy Elementary School and Westhill High School. I served in many leadership capacities including providing professional development in art, math, literacy, and social and emotional learning for my school and the district. I hold a 6th Year in Educational Administration and Supervision from the University of Bridgeport, A Master of Arts in Holistic Thinking and Learning from the Graduate Institute, a Bachelor of Arts in Art Education from Southern Connecticut State University and I studied Fine Art at Montserrat College of Art.
I believe education should empower learners of all ages to pursue knowledge, develop empathy, appreciate diversity and inspire a life of learning. I hope to encourage my students to pursue their life's passion and engage them in discovery, expression, communication and meaningful learning through art. My goal as an art teacher is to foster a positive school climate through the arts and be a leader for that initiative. One of the ways I aim to do this is by integrating the arts into the school community and addressing social and emotional learning needs with family learning nights, student art showcases, collaborative murals and after-school enrichment programs.
I have experience writing grants for classroom projects, state funded schoolwide enrichment programs, and technology. I have worked in collaboration with administrators and colleagues to lead instructional initiatives in art, math, literacy, social studies, science and most recently social and emotional learning. I served on the PTO Board, School Governance Council, Data Team, Responsive Classroom Committee and Focus Walks over the past twelve years. I am the coordinator of the Masterminds after-school enrichment program at K.T. Murphy that p
