WORK HISTORY

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1986 to present :

International School of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo, Japan

- Head of Creative and Performing Arts Department:

  Teaching pottery to grades 5 through 12

  Teaching: iMovie - Adobe Photoshop - Adobe Premiere to grades 11 and 12.

   Coordinating:

    pottery g5-12, music k-12, speech g5-12, drama g5-12, dance g5-8, fine art     k-12, home economics g 5-12  ,     Kindergarten and elementary arts and     crafts and music.

- Fine Arts Coordinator

  Coordinating :

   faculty and students for:

   Kanto Plains - Math Field Day, Speech Festival, Choral Festival, Artscape,    Drama Festival.

- Coordinator of the annual World Ceramic Educators' Workshops in Mashiko   (Japan) since 1999

- Leader of the "Wa Nabe" Parents Pottery Group since 1999.

POSITIONS HELD WITHIN THE SCHOOL:

Cross country Head Coach ,

Track and Field Assistant Coach,

Multiple Team Speech Coach

Band producer in Middle and High school.

Homeroom teacher grade 8

Pottery teacher to grades 5-12

I.B. Art and design Teacher for ten years

A.P. General Portfolio Teacher for two years

Lighting and stage crew manager/technician

Coordinator for Spring Show, Christmas Carol Concert, Family Festival Entertainment, Bingo Fund Raiser.

Camp co- leader ...6th grade Yamanaka (4 years)

8th grade Yagiyama (4 years)

Faculty Band producer

 

1993 to PRESENT:

Assistant visiting Examiner fo International Baccalaureate Art and Design for Osaka International School

Yokohama International School/ St. Maur International School , Yokohama, Seisen International School

Tokyo. St. John's School in Guam.

 

1989 to 1992 :

Subject Committee Member for International Baccalaureate Art/Design

active member representing South East Asia

 

1984 to present:

K.P.S.S.P. Artscape Coordinator 12 International schools (PUT A LINK TO ARTSCAPE !!)

(400 participating student artists grades 5-12)

 

1981-1984:

Ditcham Park School, Petersfield, Hampshire, England

Head of Crafts (established new multi-media art and crafts center in converted stables)

Instructor of: pottery, sculpture, drawing and painting, printing textiles to CSE and GCE examination level

Coordinator of Ditcham Social Service Program (students in action in the local community

9th grade homeroom teacher

Boys' games

Music Workshop and faculty band

 

1978-1980:

St. John's C.of E. Junior School , Burscough ,England

Scale 2 - 4th grade Homeroom teacher with responsibility art, craft and physical education throughout the school.

Music Workshop and gymnastics club instructor

 

1976-1981:

Greeves Hall Hospital for The Mentally Handicapped,

Lancashire Education Authority, Further Education Department

Art and Craft teacher. Biweekly evening classes for in-patient

concert organizer

 

1975-1980

Tarleton Adult Education Center, Lancashire

Adult evening classes in ceramics both vocational and to examination level

 

1975-78:

Tarleton High School, Lancashire

Head of 3D Arts, teaching pottery, sculpture, graphic design, photography, drawing and painting

textile studies to CSE and GCE examination levels.

Boys' Games,

co-curricular faculty and students bands

RELATED WORK

1984 -1990 Sacred Heart Summer School, Tokyo

Ceramics class instructor

Video and 8mm cine animation class instructor

"MTV" video making class instructor

Band class instructor

1983 Camp Beaumont, Outdoor Activity Center, Dalston,Cumbria,

England Group Leader Instructor of off -road motorcycling students from 7- 16 years