Wilma C. Becker

zwilma13@aol.com

VISUAL ART TEACHER

With over 27 years of teaching art I am very qualified to inspire and teach children and adults of all ages. One of my greatest strengths is using instructional and motivational strategies to get the best possible work the art student is capable of creating. My interests lie in cross curriculum studies with emphasis on studio art, art history, cultural diversity and current affairs.

SKILLED AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Curriculum design	Student centered learning
Strategies for working with difficult students	Cooperative, individual and whole group learning
Diversity training and awareness integrated in curriculum	Motivational learning
Experienced with different styles of learners including Special Education	Ability to have students view themselves as student artists or potential professional artists
Professional guidance of varied media in a studio setting	Ability to have students appreciate the process of art criticism of contemporary artists as well as those noted in art history

EDUCATION

CONTINUING EDUCATION

1996-2008 Workshops at National, SC and Georgia Art Association Conventions.
Art teacher workshop at The Odyssey Center Highwater Clay Co. Asheville NC
Joint teacher workshops sponsored by Augusta State University and Morris Museum of Art Gertrude Herbert institute of Art 2000 to 2008
Workshop training for special education students in the Arts at The Gibbs Museum in Charleston, SC.
Through extensive traveling while on school breaks I visit many museums to study local culture and art in the US as well as Mexico, many countries in Europe And Egypt.

AP INSTITUTE ATLANTA COLLEGE OF ART August 2000, Atlanta, Georgia

Certified to teach AP Studio Art

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, SC

Masters of Arts in Teaching Art, GPA 3.91, December 1996-
Certification: K-12

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Aiken, SC

Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Study, GPA 3.80, May 1993
Major: Art History and Studio Art

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, Philadelphia, PA

Art Education (27 hours), June 1965-1966
Student art teaching at a Quaker school

NEWARK SCHOOL OF FINE AND INDUSTRIAL ARTS, Newark, NJ

Studio Arts (3 year certificate), May 1965

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

TEACHER FOR OUTREACH AND MUSEUM PROGRAMS, 2008-2009

Morris Museum of Art, Augusta GA

FULL-TIME VISUAL ARTS TEACHER, 1997-2008

LUCY CRAFT LANEY HIGH SCHOOL, Augusta GA

STUDENT TEACHING, 1995-1996

Lexington Elementary School, Lexington, SC
Brookland - Cayce High School, Cayce, West. Columbia, SC

DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED ART CURRICULA

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Aiken, SC

Kids in College: Art Extravaganza Camp Program, 1994 and 1995

AIKEN COUNTY SCHOOL ART RESOURCE TEACHER

Gifted and Talented summer Program for Aiken County, SC 1992 - 1996
Assessed students for inclusion into program
Taught in the summer” Gateways” Program 1998

AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY

Adult education ,Basket weaving

ROSE HILL ART CENTER (now Aiken Center of the Arts)

Summer Camp Programs 1977-1993
Adult education

AIKEN PREPARATORY SCHOOL (formerly Aiken Day School)

Employed full time, Art Education K - 8, 1978 – 1982

TAUGHT AT VARIOUS ART CENTERS 1966-1996

Pre-school through adult, senior learners
New Jersey, New York, Iowa. Delaware, Texas, South Carolina and Georgia.
Taught art classes in community art centers and libraries while in High School

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE

Taught Richmond County staff development courses on Batik and Printmaking
Taught at a Georgia Art Conference. Grotesque Pottery Face Jugs Printmaking
Acquired mini-grant for sculptural project
Acquired a mini-grant for a cross-curricular Science-Art Project
Through student and my personal art raised funds for the Shelter and Advocacy Center for Abused Children, AIDS, and The Art Factory, Yearly participation with many works of art raised money for the Golden Harvest Food Bank through “The Empty Bowl Project”
Contributing writer for DAVIS PUBLISHING, INC. WORCHESTER, MA. 1996
As a graduate student, researched artists and historical information for posters accompanying and art textbook series, 1996
Board Member of Aiken Center for the Arts

HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS

HONORS

Kappa Delta Phi, International Honor Society in Education
Omicron Delta Kappa, National Leadership Honor Society
Gamma Beta Phi, National Education Honor Society
Nominated for Georgia High School Educator of the Year 2003
Youth Art Month Contributor Award 2004 from GAEA
Robert Rauschenberg” Power of Art Award” for excellence in teaching students with learning disabilities (2007)
Teacher of the Year Laney HS(2007-2008}
Teacher of the Year Finalist for Richmond County (2007-2008)

MEMBERSHIPS

Active member in National Art Education Assoc. (NAEA)
Active member of the Georgia Art Education Assoc. (GAEA)
GAEA District President for the CSRA 2000 – 2003

SELECTED JURIED ART EXHIBITS AND AWARDS

South Carolina Crafts Association Traveling Exhibition
40th Annual juried exhibition and Anniversary Retrospective at the South Carolina State Museum
10th Annual Oil Painters open Invitational (Second Place)
Augusta State Fair ((First Place)
Greenwood SC (First Place)
Anheuser-Busch Photo Contest (First and Second place for two years)
Medical College of Georgia Competition (Photography hanging in the Children’s Medical Center)
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art
University of South Carolina