Profile

I am a teacher of photography, Photoshop, filmmaking, and television broadcasting recently retired from Bergenfield High School.

Professional Experience

1971-2009 Board of Education, Bergenfield, NJ
Photography, Film, Video & Broadcasting
Instructor Elementary and Senior High
School Art teacher

1972-1973 New Jersey City State Univ.JC,NJ
Art and Art History Instructor

Professional Accomplishments

Photographs selected for Art 4 Connections Exhibit

Photographs selected for Art 7 Connections Exhibit

Digital Photo Mag.Art of Photo Contest finalist

Wrote the Broadcasting,Photography,and Film & Video Prod.Curric.for the Bergenfld.Sch.Dist.

Co-built a state of the art Broadcasting Studio & classroom Computer Lab

My Broadcasting classes produced daily programs for the localCablevision Channel

Initiated and chaired the Bergenfld.Film Festival at the Bergenfield Clearview Cinema

Sponsored the Annual High Sch.Student Film Fest.

Teacher of the Year, Bergenfield High School 2000

Co-wrote and taught the Humanities Curriculum

Co-wrote the elementary art curriculum for the Bergenfield Sch. District

Presented In-service workshops for Bergenfield School District

Developed and chaired the film division of the North Jersey Student Craftsman Fair.

Chaired the photography division of the North Jersey Craftsman Fair.

Presented an Animation Workshop at the (3rd.)N.J. Motion Picture & TV Seminar

Volunteered as a Judge for the Black Maria Film Festival

Presented an Animation Workshop at the AENJ Convention (1980)

Presented a “Teaching the Gifted and Talented in Art Workshop” at the AENJ Convention (1987)
My students have consistently won Scholastic Writing & Art Gold Awards as well as other regional & national awards in Film & Photo

My students have won NJ Governor’s Awards in Art Education for Photography 2003 (2 awards),2004
and Film 1997 (2 awards)

Exhibited archives of student photographs at NJ Dept Education,Trenton NJ 2007