D.S.TREN 'S
ART PAGE
RESUME
Dashantren Williams
1948 Lake Fountain Dr. Apt 427 | 717 545 6502 | dashantren@yahoo.com
SKILLS
Proficient in Windows XP/7, Mac os x, Internet research, MS Outlook, MS Word, some MS Excel, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Indesign, Coral Painter 9/10.
Excellent skills in motivating and encouraging creativity among students and coworkers.
Experience in creating 100% digitally produced illustrations using multiple digital programs.
Detail oriented and highly organized.
WORK HISTORY
08. 2015 - present Renaissance Charter School at Tapestry
Art Teacher
• Effectively manage classroom behavior
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills in art, including drawing, painting, lettering, and art history
• Help students develop aesthetic concepts and appreciations and the ability to make qualitative judgments about art
• Provide individual and small-group instruction to adapt the curriculum to the needs of students with varying intellectual and artistic abilities
• Instruct students in proper care and use of tools and equipment
• Evaluate each student’s performance and growth in knowledge and aesthetic understandings, and prepare progress reports
• Communicate with parents and school counselors on pupil progress
08.2006 – 09.2009 Raymond and Delores Sherry’s Children’s Books
Illustrator
Illustrated the flowing children’s books
• September 2009 Color World
• March 2008 The Adventures of Kyere and Kyree
• January 2008 Dad is That a Hamster in Your Ear?
• May 2007 Achoo
• Aug 2006 The Hungry Lion or so it Would Seem
10. 2007 – 05. 2008 Kipp Sankofa Charter School
Substitute Teacher
Effectively managed classroom behavior
Taught while primary teacher was unavailable
Introduced new material and review of material at the end of the class period
Prepared students for final exams in all subjects
Proctored examinations
EDUCATION
08.2005 – 08.2008 Erie Community College
AA in Liberal Arts and Humanities
08.2010 – 12.2012 State University at buffalo
BFA in Fine Arts