adam ross teaching portfolio

Adam Ross

• Teaching Philosophy• Education and Experience• Unit Plan Examples• Personal Artwork• Additional Information

•Art for Art’s Sake•Art as a Support•Teaching Style•Expect More to Get More!•Positive Environment•Justify Grades

Teaching Philosophy

“The arts are fundamental resourcesthrough which the world is viewed, meaning is created, and the mind developed.”

--Elliot W. Eisner, Professor of Education and Art, Stanford University

o BFA in Illustration from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

o Substitute Teaching for Montgomery County Public Schools

o Ed.M and Certification in K-12 Visual Art Education from SUNY Buffalo

o Substitute Teaching in the New York State Capital Region

Education and Experience

Unit Plan ExamplesElementary

Fourth Grade “Bug Collages”

Warm and Cool Colors

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Unit Plan ExamplesHigh School

Eleventh Grade Design for Art Majors

Albright-Knox Design Project

“Walls and Bridges”

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Personal Artwork Traditional Media

Personal Artwork Digital Media

Personal Artwork Ceramics and Sculpture

• Contact me at:– 716-560-1663– aross0220@hotmail.com

• More art, lesson plan samples, and additional information available at:www.teach.studioartboy.com

Additional Information