ARIANNA ALAMO

New Haven Public School District, New Haven CT

Student Teacher  

• Taught general art class for grades Pre-Kindergarten to 8th Grade. 

• Prepare weekly materials and lesson plans for 21, 45 minute long class periods each week. 

• Effectively manage behavior and classroom environment to encourage student comprehension and participation. 

• Established positive relationships with 400 students who attended art classes.  

• Participate in support duty daily 

Shelton Public School District, Shelton CT        

Student Teacher  

• Taught AP Drawing and 2-D Design class, Illustration class and Digital Drawing class.  

• Prepare weekly materials and lesson plans for 3, 42 minute long class periods. 

• Effectively manage the classroom to encourage student comprehension and participation. 

• Provide timely and impactful feedback to support each students individual learning goals. 

New Haven Public School District, New Haven CT    

Paraprofessional  

• Assist the teacher in maintaining a safe, nurturing and developmentally appropriate learning environment  

• Observe the needs of 16 students and support them as they work toward their individual goals 

• Assist the teacher in planning and implementing curriculum activities weekly, in all developmental areas: physical, emotional, cognitive, and social  

• Prepare and maintain classroom materials, prepare craft activities daily 

• Reinforce student’s learning by working one-to-one or in small groups on a daily and weekly basis  

Yale Center for British Art, New Haven CT           

Education Department Intern  

• Co-taught week-long digital art-making workshops for 7-14-year-olds with Artist Beth Lovell. Co-taught a weeklong art-making workshop for 12 elementary students with a certified K12 teacher that included managing students in the gallery space and organizing gallery appropriate activities.  

• Taught six sessions of ‘Sketching in the Galleries’; a 60-minute program for adults, teaching basic drawing skills while observing art objects on display. 

• Designed four self-guided gallery activities for families visiting the Center.    

• Conducted preliminary research for Art in Focus 2020. Collected 16 scholarly articles and documents central to the focus of this exhibit; female artists in Britain. Composed a base document of the names of over 1000 female artists and the corresponding collection numbers.  

• Prepared a digital collection of over 1000 female artists’ object images using The Museum System or TMS, which is the museum’s personal database that keeps track of every piece of art that goes in and out of the museum. 

• Created and trained department staff to use a shared drive system for organizing and archiving program and event photos.  

• Mentored fellow New Haven Promise scholars working at the Center for the first time; presented two multimedia art-making workshops for peers.