Meredith Bennett

Experience

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  Texarkana Independent School District

  Jul 2010 - Jun 2012

  Fine Arts Teacher at Spring Lake Park Elementary

  •Designed art, music, and theater curriculum for pre-k through 5th grade• Organized after-school musical theater performances• Completed 57 hours of professional development at Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council as a Kennedy Center Arts Integration Institute liaison• Wrote successful grant for student digital cameras

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  The Contemporary Austin

  Jul 2012 - Dec 2012

  Family and Community Programs Intern

  •Assisted with outreach programs and docented. •Helped prepare Second Saturday art-making activities • Represented AMOA-Arthouse as Art Coordinator of the H-E-B Feast of Sharing, which served 14,000 Austin residents

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  City of Roswell, New Mexico

  Feb 2013 - Jul 2014

  Curator of Education at Roswell Museum and Art Center

  •Managed studio art class rotation and payroll for teachers• Dircted public programming (Second Saturdays, International Film Series, lectures)• Developed educational activities related to exhibitions• Conducted outreach and arranged tours with docents• Wrote Xcel grant to launch portfolio program for high school students

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  Dallas Independent School District

  Jul 2014 - Jun 2016

  Sunset High School Art Teacher

  •Taught three sections of Studio Art I and three sections of Drawing Studio I• Raised Studio Art I ACP scores from 78% passing to 90% passing• Robotics Club assistant coach (focusing on outreach)• Facilitated the launch of a robotics team for kids with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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  Uplift Education

  Jul 2017 - Jun 2019

  Luna Preparatory Secondary Art Teacher

  •Taught Art I and Art II Drawing• Co-sponsored Art Club

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  Charleston Charter School for Math & Science

  Jul 2019 - Jun 2020

  Art Teacher

  •6-12th grade studio art (drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture).•Art Club sponsor and Equality Club co-sponsor.

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  Charleston County School District

  Jun 2023 - now

  Midland Park Primary & Montessori Community School•Teaching art to students ages 4-14•Designed after-school charcoal class for gifted & talented identified artists in the district.•Completed 60 hour Survival Spanish for Educators course via in-service Taught reading and math to rising pre-K and kindergarten students. This program is grant-funded, providing a month of instruction to the children of migrant workers.

  • Art Teacher

    Dec 2021 - now

  • Migrant Summer Program Teacher

    Jun 2023 - Jul 2023