Professional Qualities of a Dream Job

I would say that professional qualities of a dream job for me would include:

1. A supportive staff of teachers, administrators, department members, etc. I would hope to be in a community of educators that are focused on the students and their experiences while they are in school. I would hope to have an active, supportive team of administrators to support and back the educators within that school community.
   
2. The appropriate resources to teach the curriculum and beyond to students. If I were lucky enough to have a "dream job", resources and supplies wouldn't be an issue, so that I may be able to teach concepts, artists, techniques, etc. in many different ways. Going along with the supportive team of department members, I know that it is a wonderfully valuable resource to have other members in the Art Department that you can bounce ideas off of, to get ideas to jump off of, and so on.
   
3. Advanced and modern technology in the classroom.... aka SMART Board. In a perfect world, we would all have these SMART Boards to aid in our lessons, especially with all of the interactive websites and programs that are available to engage students into key concepts, vocabulary, demonstrations, and so on.
   
4. My own classroom. I have been spoiled now that I have been able to work in two beautiful classrooms. I know that many art educators teach from an art cart and I can't imagine how hard that would be to stay organized, prepped and so on. I am used to having materials layed out before hand, my prep completed in the morning before I start my day with the students, and I know it is due to the amount of space I have been given to work in. It makes the lesson run smoothly, gives students stations to work at, to store materials, and so on.
   
5. Opportunities to display my students' work in the community. I want to be an advocate for the arts as an educator. In my dream job, the arts would have the support of the community. I want to work with community businesses to set up art shows periodically throughout the school year.