Diane Billau

3105 Wells Rd, Petersburg, MI 49270

734-777-3320
dmbillau@gmail.com

Objective:
To gain employment as a visual and studio art teacher, and to continue growing as an educator while
encouraging and inspiring students to discover and hone their artistic abilities.
Strengths:
An outgoing, dynamic, and fun personality that is reflected in my teaching style
Experience and knowledge about teaching effectively to accommodate various learning styles
Ability to foster a lively, enthusiastic, and positive classroom learning environment
Ability to organize and prioritize workload effectively
Flexible, coachable, and adaptable to change
Ability to work independently or in a team environment
Experience with hanging art for a gallery setting

Experience:
Visual Arts Student Teacher, September - December 2018
Ida Public Schools (Elementary and High School), Ida, MI

Responsibilities:
Planned and organized hands-on activities that encouraged active student participation
Taught various art classes to students grades Young 5’s-4 and 9-12
Taught studio art and ceramics
Maintained an orderly, safe, and positive learning environment, applying disciplinary measures
when necessary
Incorporated cultural, social, and historical components into the curriculum
Encouraged critical thinking and analysis of art
Created rubrics for grading and self-reflection with activities
Attendance, classroom management, and clean up procedures
Incorporated technology into the classroom
Developed displays of student’s work
Loaded and unloaded kiln
Visual Arts Teacher, September – December 2017
Sabbath Middle School, River Rouge, MI

Responsibilities:
Created multicultural lesson plans
Maintained a safe and positive learning environment
Incorporated cultural, social, and historical components into the curriculum

Note Taker for Hearing Impaired, 2006-2012

Ida Public Schools, Ida, MI

Responsibilities:
Took notes for middle school and high school students in various classes
Worked one on one with students on lessons
Maintained a safe and positive learning environment

Education:
2018, Bachelors in Art Education, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
2015, Associates in Fine Arts, Monroe County Community College, Monroe, MI

Awards and Grants:

2018, Palette and Brush Club Scholarship, Eastern Michigan University, awarded to an
outstanding art student
2017, Lucie Ann McCall Scholarship, Eastern Michigan University, awarded to an outstanding
student in Art Education
2017, Anne Taubitz Townsend Memorial Scholarship awarded to an outstanding graduate
student in Art Education
2013, Art Scholarship, Monroe County Community College, awarded to a student in a full-time
in a transfer program for two years
1996, 3rd Place, 16th Congressional District Art Competition, the artwork hung for 12 months’ in
Congressmen Dingell’s Washington, D.C., office.