Meghan Allen

Salt Lake, UT ⎜801-599-2125 ⎜meghan.allen6@gmail.com

Website: https://meghanallenart.weebly.com

PROFILE
Dedicated professional secondary educator, committed to fostering students’ art-education while
simultaneously providing the space, time, and tools to attend to social and emotional welfare. Sensitive to the
barriers, disruption, and experiences students and communities face each day. Unwavering dedication to
intercultural education, community resilience, and restorative practices in behavior.
CORE SKILLS
● Oil Painting ● Drawing ● Google Suites
● Watercolor Painting ● Acrylic Painting
● Photoshop ● Mixed Media
● Bookmaking ● CANVAS Instructure

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art-Teaching (Painting Drawing Emphasis) December 2020
University of Utah Cum Laude
Relevant Coursework
● Family-school Partnerships ● Art-Teaching Pedagogy & Practicum
● Intercultural Education and Diversity ● Classroom Differentiation
● Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
Learning
● Studio Painting, Drawing, Ceramics,
Printmaking, etc.

CERTIFICATIONS
Secondary Art Education teaching license for the state of Utah Dec. 2020
ESL Endorsement for the state of Utah Dec. 2020
• Passed Praxis English to Speakers of Other Languages Exam

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Visual Arts Teacher January 2022-present
Matheson Jr. High, Granite School District
● Primary instructor for 7th and 8th-grade Visual Art Classes at Matheson Jr. High, teaching 6 sections
with 216 students total.
● Designed and implemented semester length curricula and classroom management for 7th and 8th grade
foundations and 8th grade advanced studio arts courses.
● Created and managed four preps for various skill levels and artistic abilities
 ● Designed and maintained active CANVAS instructure platform to support students during the 2022
pandemic learning modalities.
Contract Substitute Teacher December 2021-January 2022
Matheson Jr. High, Granite School District
● Contracted full time instructor for 7th and 8th-grade students at Matheson Jr. High, teaching a wide
variety of academic subjects during teacher absences.
● Worked with and engaged with all professional development opportunities at Matheson Jr. during the
months of December and January.
● Managed classrooms with a wide variety of learning capabilities and classroom sizes up to 45.

Student Teacher Aug. 2020-Dec. 2020

Kearns High School, Granite School District
● Acted as the primary instructor for 9th- 12th-grade Art Classes, including three painting and one
advanced drawing course to 4 classes of 30-40 ethnically diverse students at inner-city high.
● Designed and implemented four-month curricula and classroom management across two quarters in line
with the common core standards for all four courses.
● Created and managed four dynamic hybrid courses for distance learners and face-to-face learners that
operated in tandem with additional supports and extensions depending on student learning modality
● Co-taught one Photography course and one advanced painting course with my site teacher over the
course of a four-month period.
Teachers Assistant, University of Utah Jan. 2019-May 2019
● Designed and Implemented 2 Lesson Plans for undergraduate creative response to materials course to
increase student understanding of the uses and possibilities of artistic materials
● Facilitated Classroom critiques for 23 undergraduate students to deepen their skills in artistic analysis
● Co-managed a classroom of 23 graduate students to develop my own skills of classroom management
and facilitation

Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Art

Educational Coordinator May 2019-July 2020
● Designed multiple sets of K-12 curriculum for folk arts-education to increase public understanding of
the Utah Folk Arts and provide educational resources for K-12 teachers.
● Collaborated with community teaching artists to plan and implement art-teaching events for the
community
● Developed and installed multiple educational exhibits within the museum
● Collaborated with Museum Administration to curate, design, and implement folk arts exhibits within the
museum to increase relevance and diversify the folk-art collection.
● Created and Designed the online exhibit for Traditional Textiles, Ties That Bind Exhibit, increasing
access to the folk-arts exhibits and archiving data into digital platforms.
● Collaborated on the creation of the Uinta Basin Folk Arts Online Exhibit.

References and details provided upon request.