Cheryl Skaggs-

       Schellenberg

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Professional Profile

  I’m a passionate and visionary teacher and leader in arts integration instruction,and understand Common Core Standards and their connections to the arts.  I provide content and pedagogical expertise, course development, modeling best instructional practices resulting in student engagement and success. I  observe classroom literacy instruction and arts integration and provide teachers and grade level teams with supportive feedback. I am familiar with VAPA budgets, funding, and grants.  I serve in an urban elementary school with a high number of English Learners and low-income population.

MyCurrent  Position

Arts Integration Specialist Tk through 6th

Visual and Performing Arts Coordinator for Edison Bethune Charter Academy

Show Case Events Planner

Literacy Lead and Coach    

Reading Specialist  

Writing Coordinator

Creator and Owner of Wonder Time ArtsContracted Visual Arts Exhibitor for Fresno County Office of Education VAPA Events

Artist-water color and installations

Educational Experience

Visual Art Single Subject Credential,   Fresno County Office of Education (Filed 8/2013)

Fresno Pacific University         Degree: Masters of Reading Language Arts; Reading Specialist (2001)

California State University         Reading Recovery certificated 1998          

Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential (1987)`    

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

All Required Examines Taken and Passed

National Teachers Examine         Graduate Record Examine           CBEST SADIE/ELD Certification              CSET Single Subject Art Part I & ll

Teaching Experience   {2oo5—on going)

Visual Arts Specialist/Teacher  TK-6^th Grade

School Site Visual and Performing Arts Coordinator           

Writing Coordinator, Reading Specialist,  Mentor Teacher/Trainer,  Literacy Coach,

Familiar with Budgets and Scheduling

• Create a sense of leadership, pride, community, and belonging for the staff, students and their families at Edison Bethune Charter Academy  and the larger city of Fresno
• Develop and forge school and community partnerships as well as connections to higher level institutions of learning through participation in city, state, and national art exhibits and art organizations’ events:  i.e.  Art Hop, Mini Maker’s Fair, Fresno Art Museum’s Family Days, 
• Develop and implement a discipline based visual arts education program that includes creative studio production, art and cultural history, art criticism aesthetic valuing, and real world connections. Develop cross-curricular connections and lessons that connect to the other art disciplines as well. Both two and three dimensional art is taught.
• Develop  and use  technology and multimedia tools to enhance and enrich the curriculum and connect the school with the wider-world classroom: i.e. Wonder Time Arts,  student on-line galleries and portfolios
• Mentor teachers and model instruction in best practices of teaching for V.A.P.A.,Arts integration, Early Literacy Development, Writing, Guided Reading,  Small Group Instruction, and classroom management
• Provide ongoing in-service toteachers in the area of VAPA and  literacydevelopment
• Observe classroom instruction and provide teachers and grade level teams with feedback and support
• Create and provide direct reading intervention instruction for the greatest needs students
• Implement school wide assessments in writing/literacy and arts integration
• Provide ongoing in-service to instructional assistance in the area of literacy
• Plan, implement, and host “show-casing,” events for the arts at the school site, and other city venues.
• Manage ordering of VAPA supplies , working with school funding, and grant writing
• Familiar with creating schedules for arts and literacy instruction

Past Teaching Experience

A Frist Grade Classroom Teacher, Third Grade Classroom Teacher, Reading Recovery Teacher, Reading Specialist, Mentor Teacher, and Literacy Coach for Lincoln School, Dinuba Unified School District (1987-2006)

Visual and Performing Arts Planner and Coordinator for District and City Show Case Events

Education Representative serving the Down Town Merchant Association of Dinuba

 Workshop Coordinator/Presenter, San Joaquin Valley Writing Project Fresno State University

Two and three dimensional art classes for students kindergarten through high school taught at the Dinuba Parks and Recreational Center

Private adult art classes taught from home studio

Intern for camp SCICON, Tulare County’s Outdoor School of Science and Conservation. Springville, California

Awards and Honors

Fresno County Superintendent’s Gold SMART Award 2015-2016

Fresno County’s Superintendent’s Silver SMART Award 2014-2015

California Art Education Association Elementary Art Teacher of the Year

Tulare County Excellence in Education Award, Teacher of the Year

Tulare County's Teacher of English Classroom Excellence Award

The Golden Oak Award from Dinuba's Parent Teacher Association (First teacher to have ever received the highest honor given by PTA)

Published Recognition

"Language Arts Content and Teaching Strategies  4th Ed," Dr. Tompkins, Gail. 1998 (pg. 137) Photographed with student and student's made ABC name Quilt. Explanation of how classroom practices of aiding students in making personal connection to the alphabet through art followed.

              Website Creation: Wonder Time Arts A show case of student                      works, and resrource for arts education, literacy, and Nature                        studies.

Professional Organizations:

Fresno Art's Network member

Serve on the Fresno Art Museum's Educational Advisory Board

California Art Education Association (CAEA)

Past Area Chair for CAEA’S Student Art Exhibit, hosted by Arte Americas Museum of Art and Culture

Fresno Down Town Art Hop, Past Member and Venue # 25