5th Grade Teacher
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- 5th Grade Teacher at Murray Language Academy
- Past
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- Art Teacher, Computer Teacher, and Technology Coordinator at Murray Language Academy
- Art and Reading Resource Teacher at Murray Language Academy
- Social Studies Teacher at Glenview Public Schools
- Toy Designer at Lund and Company
- Education
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- DePaul University
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Connections
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- Industry
- Primary/Secondary Education
- Websites
Joseph Mills’s Summary
• Art teacher with extensive experience in designing and enhancing units of instruction that support Illinois Fine Arts Curriculum Standards. Incorporate a variety of artistic mediums and writing objectives within fine arts instruction. Integrate French, Spanish, and Japanese language objectives into fine arts curriculum. Design and instruct Saturday digital arts and video program. Design and instruct after-school drawing and video editing program.
• Collaborate with artists from the South Side Arts Partnership and Chicago Art Partnerships in Education (CAPE) to design and implement arts-integrated units. Mentor teacher for graduate student from School of the Art Institute in Chicago in 2007
• As computer teacher, collaborates with teachers to develop technology-based units that include digital video, Internet research, web site production, blog writing, and use of various computer programs
• As technology coordinator, responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of all school servers, computers, and printers. Manage students from University of Chicago in the maintenance of computers. Led in-school initiative to create a second computer lab to be used exclusively for our World Language program.
• As toy designer, invented, designed, and patented game for Hasbro Games, Dragon Strike. Designed plush toy for Hasbro, Smiling Snoopy, and electronic learning aid for General Creations, ABC Talk-To-Me Puzzle. Brainstormed fresh, creative, and innovative toy concepts through sketching and ideation. Build three-dimensional models through problem solving and understanding of mechanics and electronics.
Joseph Mills’s Specialties:
Teaching art curriculum in an elementary school.
Teaching various computers programs at elementary level.
Maintaining Windows-based environment in a school setting
Joseph Mills’s Experience
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5th Grade Teacher
Murray Language Academy
(Primary/Secondary Education industry)
July 2009 — Present (5 months)
Classroom teacher handling science, math, and social studies curriculum.
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Art Teacher, Computer Teacher, and Technology Coordinator
Murray Language Academy
(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)
August 2006 — June 2009 (2 years 11 months)
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Art and Reading Resource Teacher
Murray Language Academy
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
August 2003 — August 2006 (3 years 1 month)
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Social Studies Teacher
Glenview Public Schools
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
August 2001 — August 2003 (2 years 1 month)
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Toy Designer
Lund and Company
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)
August 1998 — June 2001 (2 years 11 months)
Joseph Mills’s Education
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DePaul University
MED , Teaching and Learning (Elementary) , 2001 — 2004
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MFA , Industrial Design , 1994 — 1998
Additional Information
Joseph Mills’s Websites:
Joseph Mills’s Interests:
Web Design, Illustration, Graphic Design, Digital Art, Watching Illini Basketball and Football, Fantasy Baseball, Playing Sports, Staying Active, Biking, Surfing the Internet, Listening to Music, Blogging, Visiting Museums, Mural Painting
Joseph Mills’s Groups:
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
Illinois Art Education Association (IAEA)
Illinois Computer Educators (ICE)
Chicago Art Partnerships in Education (CAPE)
Chicago Public Schools/University of Chicago Internet Project
Joseph Mills’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
