Teacher+profiles

== ** Angela Hayes ** Angela received a BFA from Michigan State University in 1999 and a Masters of Education from Depaul University in 2008. After slugging through Corporate America for many years she finally saw the light and began teaching for CPS 10 years ago. She currently teaches introductory Art and IB Visual Art at Prosser Career Academy. She also likes to practice her Art History teacher skills by being a coach for the Academic Decathlon team every year .

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=Peter Stover=

Peter has been teaching art for 11 years. He has received his Master of Arts in Teaching '09 from Columbia College Chicago, received his National Board Certification in Elementary Art in 2013. He currently works for Chicago Public Schools teaching K-8 elementary art at Parker Community Academy in Englewood. He is interested in the evolution of culture and society. His work focuses on challenging current systems and maximizing the development of human potential. He is an active researcher and practitioner of transformational culture, especially the global electronic music milieu. He is now working on his 2nd masters in Transformational Leadership and Life Coaching.

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=** Luke Albrecht **=

Luke Albrecht has taught middle grades mathematics in CPS for the last 14 years. In 2014 he won the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. He currently teaches mathematics at Ray Elementary in Hyde Park. He is passionate about integrating the arts and fostering student creativity in his classroom. He has National Board Certification in middle school mathematics. For the last nine years, he has co-taught arts/mathematics integrated units in collaboration with teaching artists through Columbia College's Project AIM and the Hyde Park Arts Center. Luke has also worked on art/mathematics integration with CAPE and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Sevara Pia Cruzat
Sevara is in her third career as a Special Education Teacher at Catalyst Charter Elementry School on the city’s west side. She received her Masters in Social Work in 1991 from Howard University, worked as a Clinical Social worker with youth and families both in Chicago, Illinois, Gary Indiana and Washington, D.C.. In 1998, she received an amazing offer Director of a children’s overnight camp, focused on developing critical thinking skills. Having moved back to Chicago in in 2009, she moved back to Chicago having decided to merge her creative talents with developing and designing learning experiences that inspire and empower youth with problem solving skills. She received her licensure as a Special Education Teacher from Quincy University in 2010.

Adriana Villagomez
Adriana currently works as an art teacher at Rockford Environmental Science Academy in Rockford, IL. She is spearheading arts integration with the English Department. In her spare time, she creates sculpture. She received her BFA in Sculpture form the Kansas City Art Institute and completed an MFA from the University of Delaware.

Kelly McKee
Kelly has been teaching history and social studies for over 20 years in both urban and suburban schools. She is passionate about sharing the world with her students and creating new opportunities to integrate visual literacy skills into her course curriculum. For the past ten years Kelly has developed cross-cultural learning experiences for her students to explore art, architecture and urbanization in Shanghai, China. She speaks conversational Mandarin and continues to seek new methods for integrating the study of art, culture, history and language. Kelly currently teaches at Lake Forest High School in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Sherrie Gauley
Sherrie has been teaching art at Alain Locke Charter School (ALCS) since 2005. She aims to provide potent and memorable experiences with art objects that will motivate further exploration. Her favorite teaching strategy is using Master works as the spring board for hands-on art making. With degrees in art education (BA University of Northern Iowa), museum studies (M.F.A. Syracuse University) and art history (M.A. Rutgers University), Sherrie has held diverse positions in the arts and education fields. Prior to ALCS, Sherrie worked at the Field Museum developing a hands-on learning center for children and at the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska as head of education. Sherrie values the personal connections and emotional resonance people find in works of art, as well as he insights into other places and times that the study of art may yield.



Georgina Valverde
Georgina Valverde is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose work encompasses sculpture, performance, writing, and critical pedagogy. She holds an MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a BFA in Painting and Printmaking and BA in Modern Languages from James Madison University, Virginia. Ms. Valverde oversees open-enrollment programs for educators at the Art Institute of Chicago. She also teaches art history in the Odyssey Project of the Illinois Humanities Council. She has exhibited her work widely including locally at the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Hyde Park Art Center, and the National Museum of Mexican Art. She is the founder of the Society of Smallness, a collaborative platform exploring the potential for small actions to generate creative opportunities for everyone.



**Sarah Alvarez**
Sarah Alvarez has over ten years of experience working with all ages and audience types in an encyclopedic art museum setting. She currently serves as the Director of Teacher Programs in the Department of Museum Education at the Art Institute of Chicago. In this role, she oversees professional development programs and the production of teaching resources for over six thousand educators annually. Ms. Alvarez received her B.A in Art History from Skidmore College, //cum laude//, and her M.A in Art History from Rutgers University. She has been at the Art Institute since 2001, serving as Assistant Director in the division of Adult Programs until 2008, when she took over the division of Teacher Programs. Ms. Alvarez is actively engaged in citywide efforts to provide access to quality arts education experiences for all students through such roles as advisory committee member for the Chicago Arts Learning Initiative (2009-2010) and project lead for the Chicago Community Trust-funded “Visual Arts Education in Chicago Public Schools: A Research Study” (2010-11). She is currently on the Steering Committee for the Fry Foundation-funded "Common Measures/Common Core" project.



Esther Garcia
Esther Garcia is the Web Designer of the Mystery Object Project for Teacher Programs at the Art institute of Chicago, where she is currently interning. She is a BFA student graduating in Spring 2016 at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She also interned for Ink Factory Studios where she developed her graphic recording skills. Award-winning illustrator and student leader, her two main interests are illustration and education.



Kristin Enright
Kristin Enright works as the Teacher Programs Educator at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she designs and facilitates programming allowing K-12 teachers to explore works of art as points of departure for improving student competencies across the curriculum. She received her B.A. in Art History and Spanish from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in addition to an M.A. in Spanish and Latin American Languages and Literatures with a concentration in Applied Linguistics from New York University in Madrid and an M.A. in Art and Museum Studies from Georgetown University. Prior to joining the Art Institute, Kristin worked as the Teacher and Student Programs Coordinator at the National Museum of Mexican Art designing and implementing bilingual programming and resources.

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