| TEACHING RESUME JANAKA STAGNARO Meadow Vista, CA RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE: Presently Class Teacher, Live Oak Waldorf School Teaching 5th grade. 8/2006-2010 Class Teacher, Sebastopol Independent Charter School Taught grades 4-7 and served on the Faculty Council as a tri-chair during 7th grade. 9/2005-6/2006 Aftercare Director, Monterey Bay Charter School (MBCS) Designed and implemented an after school program for ages K-8, including arts and crafts, storytelling and games. Summer 2005 Summer Arts Program Owner and Director, MBCS Four days a week created and implemented a summer program with arts and crafts, storytelling and games. 9/2004-6/2005 Mentor & Subject Teacher, MBCS Mentored the first grade teacher in the first of the year and the fourth grade teacher throughout the year. Taught Games in 3rd, 4th and 6th and Art in 7th. 10/2004-6/2005 High School Art Teacher, Independent Freshman Class, Monterey, 2 hours a week class for 9 students, primarily focusing on black and white drawing and watercolor painting. 2/2000 – 6/2004 Class Teacher, MBCS Teaching full time as a class teacher; beginning with a half year in 1st and finishing with 4th. Faculty chair in 2002 and 2003; Admin.Council member 2001 and 2002; 2003 Rights Council member; Faculty Council 2000-present. Other classes taught besides my own class, included: games for 3rd grade and painting for 6th grade in 2001, painting for 7th grade in 2002 and form drawing for 2nd grade in 2003. Created a monthly after school Games Club in 2003. 1997-1/2000 Class Teacher, Corvallis Waldorf School, Corvallis, Oregon Teaching full time as a class teacher; one year in 2nd, one is 3rd, one in 4th, and half a year in a combined 1&2. Faculty chair in 1997- 98 and board member in 1997-99. Taught painting for the 4/5 grade class. Taught music for the 4th grade in 1997; sculpting for 2nd in 1998, and drawing for 2nd in 1999. Taught a 4-block, 16-week art class for adults on Saturday in clay sculpting, black and white drawing, wet-on-wet watercolor and veil watercolor. Summer 1999 Art Instructor, Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon During the summer taught a watercolor class and a beeswax sculpting class for children of various ages. 1996-1997 Co-Teacher, Sage Mountain School, Topanga, California Taught in a private school in a one-room type setting. The ten students ages ranged from 3 to 8 years of age. Designed daily programs based on a Waldorf curriculum. 1995 – 1996 Art Instructor, Waldorf High School, Eugene,Oregon Developed a 7-week black and white drawing curriculum for 9th grade, to be utilized in 2 blocks. Students instructed in 6 periods a week in negative space, diagonal shading, still life, gestures, contour, nature studies and master works, using charcoals and carbon pencils. Developed, a 3-week watercolor block in the Impressionist style for 10th grade. Additional instruction in 4th grade painting, clay modeling and 7th grade black-and-white drawing. 1994-1995 Sunday School Teacher, Unitarian Church, Eugene, Oregon Developed and managed a Sunday school class primarily for infants and toddlers, as well as ages 4-6. Activities included, singing, creative play, craft projects, nature walks and storytelling 1994 Teacher Assistant, Apple Blossom Play Group, Eugene, Oregon In a Waldorf pre-kindergarten for children ages 4-6, assisted in creative free play, the making of bread, circle time, storytelling, puppetry, drama, nature walks, outdoor play, crafts and crayon drawing 1984-1986 Training and Community Education Coordinator, Peace Corps, Cameroon, West Africa, Tutored English and typing at L'accueil de Notre Dame (a center for blind students) to students ages 10-22 years 1983-1984 Recreational Director, Peninsula Family YMCA, San Mateo, California Program development, execution and management for a youth-oriented national-based non-profit organization providing daily activities for approximately 30 children (ages 5-12 years) organization providing daily activities for approximately 30 children (ages 5-12 years) EDUCATION/TRAINING: • The Art of Teaching 7th Grade, Rudolf Steiner College, Fair Oaks, California, 2009 • The Art of Teaching 6th Grade, Rudolf Steiner College, Fair Oaks, California, 2008 • Teaching Credential, Dominican University, San Rafael, California, 2008 • The Art of Teaching Fifth Grade, Rudolf Steiner College, Fair Oaks, California, 2007 • Effective Communications I, with Selwa Said, Monterey, California, 20004 • Waldorf Teacher Conferences, Rudolf Steiner College, Fair Oaks, California, 1998-2003 • Teaching Tolerance in Schools, Jewish Memorial Center, Los Angeles, California, 2002 • Positive Discipline Workshop, Monterey Bay Charter School, California, 2002 • Conference on Teaching Combined Classes, Swallowtail School, Hillsboro, Oregon, 2000 • The Art of Teaching Fourth Grade, Rudolf Steiner College, Fair Oaks, California, 1999 • Lemnis Conference (Community Building), Olympia Waldorf School, Olympia, Washington, 1999 • Creating a Healthy Waldorf School Conference, Rudolf Steiner College, Fair Oaks, California, 1999 • The Art of Teaching Third Grade, Rudolf Steiner College, Fair Oaks, California, 1998 • Creating a Healthy Waldorf School Conference, Rudolf Steiner College, Fair Oaks, California, 1998 • The Art of Teaching Second Grade, Rudolf Steiner College, Fair Oaks, California, 1997 • Teacher Education Year Waldorf Teacher Training Program, Eugene, Oregon, 1995 • Practicum, Eugene Waldorf School, Eugene, Oregon, 1995 o For 3 weeks taught 4th grade • Practicum, Ashland Waldorf School, Ashland, Oregon, 1994 o For 3 weeks taught 1st grade, taught drawing to 2nd and 5th/6th grades • Foundation Year Waldorf Teacher Training Program, Eugene, Oregon, 1994 • Peace Corps Training Center, Cameroon, West Africa, 1984 o Completed 10 week intensive training focusing on cross-cultural studies and French B.A. in International Relations Chico State University, Chico, California, 1982 |
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