Andover Middle School

Name:

smithj6@usd385.org

EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

MASTER OF ARTS IN ART EDUCATION (2004)

Wichita State University-Wichita, Kansas GPA 3.9/4.0

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ART EDUCATION Summa Cum Laude (2000)

Wichita State University-Wichita, Kansas GPA 3.9/4.0

ASSOCIATE IN ARTS (1997)

Butler Community College-El Dorado, Kansas GPA 4.0/4.0

Professional Licensure (2000-Present)

Kansas State Department of Education

Highly Qualified Designation for Art K-12

ACHEIVEMENTS AND ACCOLAIDES

National Art Education Association Kansas Art Educator of the Year 2019
Kansas Outstanding Overall Art Educator of the Year 2018-2019
Andover Foundation for Education Grant Recipient 2019
Target Field Trip Grant Recipient 2018
USD 402 Secondary Teacher of the Year 2016-2017
Named Kansas Art Education Association Outstanding Middle School Art Educator of the Year 2011-2012
The Power of Art Professional Development Grant Recipient 2017
Derby NEA New Educator of the Year 2002-2003
Artwork included in the permanent collection of the Coutts Memorial Museum of Art in El Dorado, Kansas
Artwork exhibited at the Erman B. White Gallery of Art, McKnight Art Center on the campus of Wichita State University, The Art Centre in Augusta, Kansas, and The City Hall Art Gallery in Derby, Kansas
Scholastic National Silver Medalist Teacher, 2016
Arts Partners Grant Recipient 2000, Donors Choose Grant Recipient 2012, KAEA Grant Recipient 2013, Target Grant Recipient 2015 and I.D.E.A. Grant Recipient 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016

Member of KEEN (Kansas Exemplary Educator Network)
Current Vice President of the Augusta Arts Council Board of Directors
Served on the Kansas Visual Arts Standards Writing and Review Team 2015
Served on the Kansas Higher Education Program Standards Committee 2016
Selected as one of only 100 educators across the nation to pilot the National Visual Arts Standards Model Cornerstone Assessments
Member of the Art Education Advisory Committee at Wichita State University
Serves the Kansas Art Education Association Board as the Youth Art Month Flag Chairperson
Actively involved in building awareness of Kansas student-artists through the promotion of Youth Art Month across the state.
Served as a building Representative for Derby NEA
Past Presenter at the Annual Kansas Art Education Association Fall Conference
Design Consultant for Downtown Augusta, Inc.
Illustrated design concepts for the Downtown Augusta Revitalization Project
Coordinated youth art activities for the Wichita Art Museum at the Wichita River Festival
Worked as an art judge for events such as the Sedgwick County Fair and the Central Plains Middle School League Art Festival