susan preston

art teacher

About

1978 – 1981 (3 years)Guadalajara Area, Mexico. Taught English as a second language to engineers at IBM/Kodak ... Marketing/PR And Product Specialist...

Country

united states

City

summit

Industry

education management

Skill

art, teaching, curriculum design, art education, textiles, customer service, public speaking, powerpoint, ballroom dance, curriculum development, event planning, grant writing, workshop facilitation, cooking, asian art, ceramics, textile design

Experience

self employed

hand painted by susan preston

1985-1 - 2005-1 · 20 yrs 1 mo

Designed and hand painted both clothing and glassware- sold both wholesale and retail nationally.

textile designer

pam manufacturing

1983-1 - 1984-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Interfaced between mills/ customers. Designed lingerie for private label customers/ developed color/styles for each selling season.

production assistant

members only

1984-1 - 1985-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Followed cutting/sewing schedules for international mills/ making sure all goods shipped and were distributed.

teacher

adult school teacher fabric painting batik and tie dye

1976-1 - 1985-1 · 9 yrs 1 mo

teacher

idiomas of guadalajara

1978-1 - 1981-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Taught English as a second language to engineers at IBM/Kodak

art teacher

oratory prep

2001-1 - Present · 25 yrs 9 mos

* New Jersey certification Teacher of Art K-12 * Art studio * Drawing/Painting (watercolors/acrylics/oils/pastel/pencil/etc) * Ceramics : Hand building and pottery wheel: slab roller and extruder techniques * Art History * Teacher grades 7-12 * Created/wrote full curriculum for all art courses at this school * Awarded several Grants: Workshops in colored clay, Photoshop, Tea pot building techniques, Raku workshops, Batik and painting on fabric, "Empty Bowls" event * Established chapter of the National Art Honor Society, National Junior Art Honor Society * Created community service relationships for students with Care One, Livingston and ECLC School, Chatham * Organized pilot program : ballroom dancing for Oratory and Kent Place School students * Teach courses at Union County Teen Arts Festival