Melissa Shaw

CERTIFIED ART TEACHER, K-12

2765 Feiffer Circle, Sarasota, FL 34235 | (941) 914-4314

Email: melissarshawcreative@gmail.com | Website: melissarshawcreative.weebly.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY; Sarasota, FL 2016 - Present
Art Teacher
• Taught students in grades K through 5 at a Title 1 school. Curriculum covers two- and three-
dimensional art projects including drawing, painting, ceramics, printmaking and collage.
• Lead a weekly art club for twenty fifth-grade students.
• Team Leader for the 2019-20 school year.
ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA TEACHING ARTISTS; Sarasota, FL Summer 2016
Teaching Artist
• Taught literacy-based visual art workshops to children at a summer camp.
STAY-AT-HOME MOTHER; Sarasota, FL 2012 - 2016
SNN NEWS; Sarasota, FL 2007 - 2012
Graphic Designer, Assistant Director, Associate Producer
• Produced graphics for live television newscasts and in-house branding and advertising.
• Edited video, directed live newscasts and ran television station equipment.
SARASOTA HERALD-TRIBUNE; Sarasota, FL 2004 - 2007
News/Features Page Designer
• Designed and illustrated daily and weekly news and features sections.
• Co-hosted and produced a weekly local music podcast.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

State College of Florida; Lakewood Ranch, FL Jan. - Dec. 2018
Educator Preparation Institute
• Professional Certificate in Art K-12.
• Passed Florida General Knowledge Test, Florida Art (K-12) Test and Florida Professional
Education Test.
Ringling College of Art and Design; Sarasota, FL
Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors in Graphic and Interactive Communication May 2004

AWARDS
• Ringling College of Art and Design Trustee Scholar 2003
• Best of Ringling Juried Art Show, Junior Award 2003

SPECIAL SKILLS
• Software: ActivInspire, Blackboard Learn, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint,
Google Slides, Google Forms, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, InDesign, iMovie
• Created a YouTube Channel for art instructional videos.
• Knowledge and experience operating a kiln.

COMMUNITY SERVICE AND AFFILIATIONS

• Volunteered for a weekly craft class for children at Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Library.
• Member of Florida Art Education Association and Sarasota Art Education Association.