Work History in the Field of Education, 1990-2

Donald Cook currently teaches Art and heads the Art Department at The Adirondack School, a private Junior – Senior High School with a strong focus on the arts. He has taught art classes and workshops though the BOCES Gifted and Talented Programs and The Southern Adirondack Library System. He has also presented programs in public schools as an Artist-In-Residency and has taught private and small group art classes since 1984.

The Adirondack School, Greenwich, NY
Art Department Chair and Instructor
Create & implement Art curricula for Junior & Senior High School

BOCES, Saratoga, Warren, Washington Counties
Art Instructor, Classes for Gifted Children Programs, Afterschool Enrichment Programs

Adirondack Community College
Summer Programs Instructor: Art Explorers, Drawing, Painting, and Illustrating

Saratoga Independent School
Art Instructor, Afterschool Enrichment Program

Arts In Education Programs
Greenwich, Hadley-Luzerne, & Lima, NY School Districts; and Santa Cruz, Ca. Schools

Artist-In-Residence
Lecture-demoustrations and interactive and hands-on workshops and
discussions about book illustration with various age groups

Regional Public School Districts
Substitute Teacher in Greenwich, Stillwater, Scuylerville, NY

Four Winds Hospital, Saratoga Springs, NY
Art Instructor in a therapeutic setting
Watercolor classes for adult and adolescent resident clients

Saratoga YMCA Teen Camp, Saratoga, NY
Art Instructor, Environmental Studies Instructor

Schuyler Academy on the Hudson, Schuylerville, NY
Art Instructor, Youth Care Counselor, Remedial Tutor in a therapuetic setting
Tutoring adolescents w/ ADD and emotional problems
(tutoring included basic reading, math, and language skills, science, history)

The Art Room, Glens Falls, NY
Art Instructor, pastel & rapidograph classes for adults

Saratoga Arts Education Center, Saratoga, NY
Art Instructor, workshops for young children

Southern Adirondack Library System
Art Instructor, Workshops at various sites for mixed age groups

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