"I am Carmen; serious and seriously silly.

Please note I have just begun updating my profile. I have my GA preservice teaching certificate. I am graduating from Mercer University with a Master of Art in Teaching in Elementary School Education in 2018. I am currently looking to help elementary students and/or children or adults in photography, drawing, painting and/or art history.

I have already passed my GACE in Art Education. I recently worked with second grade students in Gwinnett county and Forsyth county 4th graders which was great. I had planned to get an MAT in early childhood education, however I decided to earn it in special education which covers K-21. This covers general education, special education and gifted students.

I have both professional and personal experience with ADHD/ASD and sensory integration disorder. We all learn differently and teachers should always prepare their lessons with this in mind. Students do not need an acronym to learn in a different way from most of their peers. Some students learn hands on far better than reading from a book or sitting through a lecture. In fact, I would wager a majority of children and adults fit into that category. Unfortunately it does not mean that all teachers teach with that in mind.

I hold both a BFA and MFA. My undergraduate major was photography and much of my MFA centered around photography as well. My graduate thesis, Conscious Living, spoke about communities that were striving to be self sustaining. As I have a great interest and respect for the 'Waldorf' teaching method, I took a course with the Center for Anthroposophy at the Waldorf School of Atlanta.

Although photography has often been a focus, I thoroughly enjoy/studied painting, drawing, art history, screen printing and more! I have a never ending desire to learn and love sharing that knowledge and experience with others. Some of my previous art history classes have been in; African Art History, Modern Art History, Ancient Egyptian Art History. and African art history (which was" less...