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Arts Instructor Cheryl Treiber-Kawaoka 2012 Linohau Way, Honolulu, HI 96744 (808) 235-1907 cell: (808) 227-5162 e-mail: [email protected] PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE To teach visual and performing arts methods and arts skills for general and arts specialist educators. Also, to develop integrated arts curriculum and arts assessment strategies. QUALIFICATIONS • University and College instructor in drama and theatre arts, visual arts, and arts in education • Drama and arts instructor for kindergarten - high school aged students • Director and designer of student and community productions • Administrator of arts education programs • Grants writer in area of arts, humanities, and education • Artist, writer, and performer • Teacher for special needs children and adults and conversant in sign language • Research and training in Pacific and Asian cultures and performance styles • Lived in Micronesia, Saipan, for 8 years ACADEMIC DEGREES P.B.S.C.E. in Secondary Education: Theatre and Visual Arts University of Hawaii-Manoa, Hawaii, May 2004. Master of Fine Arts in Drama & Theatre, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Hawaii, December 1996. Focus on Youth Theatre and Pacific/Asian Theatre. MFA Thesis was a video documentary, "Circle of Stories: Dramatizing Legends with the Youth and Elders of the Marianas Islands." Master of Arts in Art Therapy, University of Louisville, Kentucky, May 1978. Thesis: "Case Study of an Autistic Deaf Boy." Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, May 1976. Emphasis in Drawing and Painting. Minor in Social Studies. 1 Cheryl Treiber-Kawaoka Curriculum Vitae TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor: Performing Arts and Visual Arts Methods University of Hawaii at Manoa: College of Education, Institute for Teacher Education, Honolulu, Hawaii 2004 – present Moved to Secondary Dept. in Fall 2017 but continue to teach ITE 329 Elementary. Secondary Course titles: ITE 401 Engaging Adolescent Learners, ITE 402 (B) Teaching Practicum, ITE 403 Seminar in Educational Inquiry, ITE 404 B Teaching in the Subject Field, ITE 405 Teaching Residency, Secondary, ITE 406 Seminar in Teaching Residency, ITE 440 Curriculum Implications of Multicultural Education. Elementary Course titles: Performing Arts for Elementary Teachers; Visual Arts Methods; Multi-Cultural Education; Field and Student Teaching Supervision; and Student Teaching Seminar. Faculty: Theatre Arts University Lab School, University of Hawaii at Manoa: Curriculum, Research & Development Group, Honolulu, Hawaii 2000 - 2003 Course titles: History of Theatre Arts, Oral History and Drama, and Acting. Drama and theatre arts are required subjects for Grades 8 and 9. Students receive an overview of theatre history and are introduced to theatre arts of acting, design, play writing, and directing. The second year they create an original performance based on oral histories. Students in grades 10 - 12 have the option of pursuing electives in drama. One major play is produced per school year in addition to the oral history performance piece. All classes are open for observation and teacher training purposes. Education Specialist: Drama Honolulu Theatre for Youth - Honolulu, Hawaii 1998 - 2000 Designed curricula for teaching theatre, literacy and core subjects through drama. Conducted week-long drama-in-education residencies for grades K -12. Guided students in creating plays through improvisation. Rehearsed and directed performances of student work. Provided consultation and professional development for teachers K - 12. Faculty: Theatre & Art Northern Marianas College, Fine Arts Department Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands 1991 - 1993; 1995 - 1998 Course titles: Acting, Advanced Acting, Introduction to Drama and Theatre, Introduction to Art, Studio Art for Non-Majors, Painting, and Visual and Performing Arts for Elementary Teachers. Students were college age and selected high school students. Duties included directing student productions and sponsoring the drama club. Taught students how to design sets, props, and costumes for student productions and supervised their construction. Educational Leave 1993 – 1995 (granted a sabbatical) Attended University of Hawaii, Manoa, MFA program in Theatre. *Honored with Distinguished Faculty Award in 1993 2 Cheryl Treiber-Kawaoka Curriculum Vitae Instructor: Drama Northern Marianas College, Department of Continuing Education Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands 1996 Community Service Classes: Course entitled, "Acting-Up!" for teenagers focused on improvisation and play building. Workshops for teachers on drama. Adjunct Faculty: Arts Education University of Guam, Continuing Education & Outreach Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands 1991 Course title: Fine Arts Methods. Teacher: Theatre and Art Mount Carmel High School and Elementary School Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands 1988 - 1990 Course titles: Acting, Advanced Acting, and Studio Art for High School, Studio Art for Junior High. Directed theatre productions and designed the sets, props and costumes with student help. Guided students in creating original scripts. Sponsored the art club. Teacher: Fifth Grade Mount Carmel Elementary School, CNMI Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands 1987 - 1988 Taught a self-contained class of Chamorro, Carolinian and Micronesian students. Art Therapist Prince George's Hospital Center, Cheverly, Maryland 1986 - 1987 Taught art to adults and adolescents on an acute-care psychiatric unit and the drug and alcohol unit. Member of a diagnostic team. Wrote treatment plans and assessments. Expressive Arts Therapist Model Secondary School for the Deaf and Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, Gallaudet University, Washington D.C. 1980 - 1985 Taught art and drama with selected individuals and small groups of K - 12 students at the internationally renowned laboratory schools for deaf children. Participated in IEPS, devised treatment plans, and wrote evaluations and assessments. Clinical Instructor George Washington University, Washington D.C. 1983 - 1985 Supervised graduate art therapy students during field experience. 3 Cheryl Treiber-Kawaoka Curriculum Vitae SELECTED COMMUNITY SERVICE • AITS Grant Panelist. Artist in the Schools grant for the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. Review and make recommendations for over 100 grant applications. 2001 – current. • Congressional Art Exhibit. As a member of the Hawaii Art Education Association, helped hang the yearly exhibit and volunteer at the award ceremony. 2017 - current • Judge for History Day presentations for the State Foundation Humanities Council. Presentations included drama and poster. 2014 - 2016 • Member of the Arts Education Hui. A group representing various arts organizations or schools that are invested in quality arts education for the children of Hawaii. 2016 – current. UNIVERSITY SERVICE Thesis Committee Work: • Thesis committee, MFA Theatre, Catherine Kindiger, Dept. of Theatre and Dance, (Fall 2017) • Thesis committee (reader) for M.A in Education in Curriculum Studies (Art), Julie Smith, chaired by Jennifer Herring (August 2017) • Thesis committee, MFA in Dance, Breena Harvey, Dept. of Theatre and Dance and mentored this student as an unofficial G.A. in ITE 329. (2015/2016) Mentoring Faculty: Co-taught and mentored new Performing Arts Instructor, Camille Monson. 2018 – current. TEC (Teacher Education Committee co-chair) 2016 - current During that time we brought a recommendation for instituting a teaching license in the area of dance before HTSB. This proposal was accepted OSAS/Recruitment: Represent COE at Career Days: Leilehua HS (2016, 2018) and Waipahu Middle School (2019); Visitation by teacher academies to my class (Spring 2017), UH Manoa Recruiter (Fall 2018). Recruitment of arts (dance, drama and visual arts) students for COE programs: • Meet regularly with the UH department of theatre and dance, Amy Schiffner. • Initiated communication with the UH art department, Kate Lingley, discussed recruitment of arts students. Recently initiated a request for an art faculty to be on our TEC committee. • Work with the MEdT program to provide an integrated course ITE 404 and to coordinate recruitment of arts students. 4 Cheryl Treiber-Kawaoka Curriculum Vitae SELECTED WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS • Manoa Heritage Center: Workshop Poetry in Action for teachers. 2016 • Arts First Summer Institute – 2005 - 2007 • "Keaka Ho'ona'auao: Theatre of Learning," Honolulu, Hawaii, for the Tenth Biennial Conference on Literature and Hawaii's Children, University of Hawaii Campus Center, 2000. • "Oral History in the Classroom: Bringing Life to the Past," and performance by students of their oral history play, "A Blast from the Past," Honolulu, Hawaii, for the Governor's Conference on Arts Education, 2000. • "Art Off the Wall," at the Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, for University of Hawaii education majors, 1999. • "Drama Devices: Students and Reading," Saipan, for the International Reading Association, 1998. • Art Therapy Lecture at the University of Maryland, Nursing School, 1987. • Art Therapy Lecture at American University, Special Education Department, 1986. • Art Therapy Lecture at George Washington University, Art Therapy Department: 1985, 1986, and 1987. • Presentation at the American Art Therapy Association Conference, Chicago, IL, 1983. • Art Therapy Workshop at Rhode Island College, Art Department, Providence, RI, 1983. • Workshop at the Maryland Therapeutic Recreation Association Conference,