Shawn Ferreyra
shawn.ferreyra@gmail.com
Education
Experience
Brooklyn College
MS ED - Teacher of Students with Disabilities, Grades 7 – 12 (expected graduation August 2021)
California State University Hayward
BA - Theatre Arts
Emphasis on production, acting, directing, and stagecraft
Various
Continuing Education
Continuing studies in: Illustration at SVA in New York, Playwriting at ESPA in New York and Playwrights Foundation in San Francisco, Filmmaking and Editing at DCTV, New York
NYC Department of Education
Special Education Teacher
Sep 2019 - Present
- Collaboratively creates innovative, universally designed curriculum for wide ranges of students representing some of NYC’s highest academic, linguistic, and socio-emotional needs.
- Develops self agency, critical thinking, and writing skills in 9th-12th grade students placed in Special Education.
Brooklyn Arts Council
Teaching Artist
Dec 2016 - Jun 2019
- Develops creative visual art lesson plans incorporating NY State Literary Standards, Blueprints for Teaching and Learning in the Arts, and multiple intelligences.
- Teaches creative visual art lesson plans in NY Public Schools and District 75 Schools.
- Recipient of the SU-CASA Grant for Residencies at Brooklyn Senior Centers.
Community Word Project
Teaching Artist
May 2016 - Jun 2019
- Develops creative visual art lesson plans incorporating NY State Literary Standards, Blueprints for Teaching and Learning in the Arts, and multiple intelligences.
- Teaches creative visual art lesson plans in NY Public Libraries and NY Public Schools.
- Mentors Teaching Artists in training.
Lindamood Bell Learning Processes
Instructional Pacer
April 2016 - December 2018
- Teaches students with learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and non-diagnosed learning difficulties.
- Works one-on-one with students to improve reading, comprehension, and math.
- Administers and scores tests, mentors junior Clinicians.
- Designs and expedites student instruction.
Languages
Skills
- Native English speaker
- Fluent in Spanish
- Visual Art, Drawing, Painting, Illustration, Comics, Cartooning.
- Basic training in Animation and Film Editing.
- 20 years experience in Theatre Production and Stage Management.
- Theatre Management, Marketing, Publicity.