Douglass Daracott CURRICULUM VITAE
2517 Plateau Drive
Plano, Texas 75075
Mobile: 469-785-6158
Email: [email protected]
Education
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Dates attended: 1/83 – 12/87
Degree earned: B.A. in Art
Honors: Frank and Emily Parke Scholarship, Rockefeller Scholarship, named in Who’s Who in Colleges and Universities
Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY)
Dates attended: 9/88 – 5/89
Degree earned: None (worked towards earning MFA in Painting and Drawing)
Honors: Teacher Assistantship with the Art History department
University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
Dates attended: 9/89 – 5/92
Degree earned: MFA in Painting and Drawing
Honors: Teacher fellowship and assistantship with the School of Arts and Sciences
University of Texas at Dallas
Dates attended: 1/93 - 5/95
Degree earned: None (received teacher certification in English and Art)
Southern Methodist University
Dates attended: 2001-2005
Degree earned: None (studied French, Italian, and German through the School of Continuing Education)
Recent Work Experience
Collin College (Plano, TX)
Job Title: Adjunct professor
Dates Employed: Fall 2017 to 2021
Job Description: Teaching evening classes of Art Appreciation
Dean: Dr. LaTonya Thomas, Alexis Cade
Plano West Senior High School (Plano, TX)
Job Title: Teacher and Art Team Leader
Dates Employed: 2003- present (team lead from 2003 to 2021)
Job Description: Teaching AP Art History, AP Drawing, AP 2-D Design, AP 3-D Design, and Art I
Principals: Phil Saviano, Kathy King, Janis Williams
Plano Senior High School (Plano, TX)
Job Title: Art Teacher
Dates Employed: 8/99 – 5/03
Job Description: Teaching AP Art History, AP 2-D Design, Art I, Art III, and Art Appreciation
Nimitz High School (Irving, TX)
Job Title: Art and English teacher
Dates Employed: 8/95 – 5/99
Job Description: Teaching AP Art History, English II, Art I, Art II, and Drawing
Dallas Independent School District (Dallas, TX)
Job Title: Substitute Teacher
Dates Employed: 94-95
Job Description: Substituted for all grades in DISD; took a long-term position in a 5th grade class at Peabody Elementary School in Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, TX)
Job Title: Curatorial Intern
Dates Employed: 93 –94
Job Description: Working with the contemporary curator on research, label writing, exhibition preparation (including shows by Susan Rothenberg, Jenny Holzer, and Damien Hirst), and educational programs designed for teachers from throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex
Consultant Work/ Additional Teaching Experience
College Board/ Educational Testing Services
Position: Member of the AP Art History Test Development Committee
Job Description: On a 5-7 member committee (comprised of both college faculty and high school faculty) developing the AP Art History exam
Dates: Fall 2005 to Spring 2009, Reassigned Fall 2012 to 2014
Location: Princeton, New Jersey
AP Strategies (Dallas, TX)
Position: Master Lead Teacher in Art History
Job Description: Developing training sessions, performing classroom observations, and mentoring AP Art History teachers throughout the Dallas area
Dates: Fall 2010 to 2017
ArtStor
Position: Developing Website for AP Art History Redesign Curriculum
Dates: Fall 2012 to 2014
College Board
Position: Consultant in AP Art History and AP Studio, leading 2-day workshops and summer institutes for AP teacher training (training includes vertical teaming sessions)
Dates: Every summer from 1999 to present
Locations: Various locations throughout the United States (Week-long summer institutes led at University of Texas (in Austin), University of Texas at Arlington, University of Texas at Dallas, Art Institute of Chicago,
Columbia College Chicago, Rice University, University of Texas at El Paso, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and Texas Christian University in Fort Worth)
College Board
Position: Author of College Board’s Online Teacher’s Guide to Teaching AP Art History
Date: Released in 2009 (a three-year project)
Educational Testing Services
Position: AP Art History Reader, Table Leader, Question Leader
Dates: Summers of 2002 to present
Location: College of New Jersey (near Trenton, NJ)
Dates: Summers 2010 through 2011
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Dates: Summers 2012 through 2013
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Contact persons: Andie Chronister, Kay Chubbuck, Wendy Free, Bob Naumann, Heather Madar
Educational Testing Services
Position: Item-writing for Praxis (TExESArt Exam for Teacher Certification) for the state of Texas
Dates: 2007 to present
Fulbright Group Project in Turkey During the Summer of 2001
Position: Chosen to take part in a study abroad program in eastern Turkey
Date: June 2001
Location: Ankara, Istanbul, and various locations in eastern Turkey
Additional Honors / Experience
Named Teacher of the Year for Plano West Senior High School (2015)
Named Art Teacher of the Year in Texas by the National Art Honor Society (2013)
Presented at National Art Education Association (NAEA) convention and College Art
Association (CAA)
Exhibition History
Sept 2019 - Faculty Exhibition, Collin College, Plano, Texas
Sept-Oct 2020 - Faculty Exhibition, Collin College, Plano, Texas
Sept 2021 - Faculty Exhibition, Collin College, Plano, Texas
Sept 2022 - Solo Exhibition at the Charles W. Eisemann Center of Performing Arts and Corporate Presentations, Richardson, Texas
References
Julie Tallent
Speed Art Museum
2035 South Third Street
Louisville, Kentucky 40208
Phone: 502-592-8078
[email protected]
Tiffany Alvarez-Thurman
Plano East Senior High School
3000 Los Rios Blvd. Plano, TX 75075
Phone: 817-228-5828
[email protected]
Alison Napier
Testing Coordinator for Educational Testing Service
1630 Barron Street
Portsmouth, VA 23704
Phone: 757-575-9200
[email protected]
Cheryl Hughes
Retired art teacher
3402 East Bernada Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84124
801-971-7061
[email protected]
Plano, Texas 75075
Mobile: 469-785-6158
Email: [email protected]
Education
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Dates attended: 1/83 – 12/87
Degree earned: B.A. in Art
Honors: Frank and Emily Parke Scholarship, Rockefeller Scholarship, named in Who’s Who in Colleges and Universities
Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY)
Dates attended: 9/88 – 5/89
Degree earned: None (worked towards earning MFA in Painting and Drawing)
Honors: Teacher Assistantship with the Art History department
University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
Dates attended: 9/89 – 5/92
Degree earned: MFA in Painting and Drawing
Honors: Teacher fellowship and assistantship with the School of Arts and Sciences
University of Texas at Dallas
Dates attended: 1/93 - 5/95
Degree earned: None (received teacher certification in English and Art)
Southern Methodist University
Dates attended: 2001-2005
Degree earned: None (studied French, Italian, and German through the School of Continuing Education)
Recent Work Experience
Collin College (Plano, TX)
Job Title: Adjunct professor
Dates Employed: Fall 2017 to 2021
Job Description: Teaching evening classes of Art Appreciation
Dean: Dr. LaTonya Thomas, Alexis Cade
Plano West Senior High School (Plano, TX)
Job Title: Teacher and Art Team Leader
Dates Employed: 2003- present (team lead from 2003 to 2021)
Job Description: Teaching AP Art History, AP Drawing, AP 2-D Design, AP 3-D Design, and Art I
Principals: Phil Saviano, Kathy King, Janis Williams
Plano Senior High School (Plano, TX)
Job Title: Art Teacher
Dates Employed: 8/99 – 5/03
Job Description: Teaching AP Art History, AP 2-D Design, Art I, Art III, and Art Appreciation
Nimitz High School (Irving, TX)
Job Title: Art and English teacher
Dates Employed: 8/95 – 5/99
Job Description: Teaching AP Art History, English II, Art I, Art II, and Drawing
Dallas Independent School District (Dallas, TX)
Job Title: Substitute Teacher
Dates Employed: 94-95
Job Description: Substituted for all grades in DISD; took a long-term position in a 5th grade class at Peabody Elementary School in Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, TX)
Job Title: Curatorial Intern
Dates Employed: 93 –94
Job Description: Working with the contemporary curator on research, label writing, exhibition preparation (including shows by Susan Rothenberg, Jenny Holzer, and Damien Hirst), and educational programs designed for teachers from throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex
Consultant Work/ Additional Teaching Experience
College Board/ Educational Testing Services
Position: Member of the AP Art History Test Development Committee
Job Description: On a 5-7 member committee (comprised of both college faculty and high school faculty) developing the AP Art History exam
Dates: Fall 2005 to Spring 2009, Reassigned Fall 2012 to 2014
Location: Princeton, New Jersey
AP Strategies (Dallas, TX)
Position: Master Lead Teacher in Art History
Job Description: Developing training sessions, performing classroom observations, and mentoring AP Art History teachers throughout the Dallas area
Dates: Fall 2010 to 2017
ArtStor
Position: Developing Website for AP Art History Redesign Curriculum
Dates: Fall 2012 to 2014
College Board
Position: Consultant in AP Art History and AP Studio, leading 2-day workshops and summer institutes for AP teacher training (training includes vertical teaming sessions)
Dates: Every summer from 1999 to present
Locations: Various locations throughout the United States (Week-long summer institutes led at University of Texas (in Austin), University of Texas at Arlington, University of Texas at Dallas, Art Institute of Chicago,
Columbia College Chicago, Rice University, University of Texas at El Paso, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and Texas Christian University in Fort Worth)
College Board
Position: Author of College Board’s Online Teacher’s Guide to Teaching AP Art History
Date: Released in 2009 (a three-year project)
Educational Testing Services
Position: AP Art History Reader, Table Leader, Question Leader
Dates: Summers of 2002 to present
Location: College of New Jersey (near Trenton, NJ)
Dates: Summers 2010 through 2011
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Dates: Summers 2012 through 2013
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Contact persons: Andie Chronister, Kay Chubbuck, Wendy Free, Bob Naumann, Heather Madar
Educational Testing Services
Position: Item-writing for Praxis (TExESArt Exam for Teacher Certification) for the state of Texas
Dates: 2007 to present
Fulbright Group Project in Turkey During the Summer of 2001
Position: Chosen to take part in a study abroad program in eastern Turkey
Date: June 2001
Location: Ankara, Istanbul, and various locations in eastern Turkey
Additional Honors / Experience
Named Teacher of the Year for Plano West Senior High School (2015)
Named Art Teacher of the Year in Texas by the National Art Honor Society (2013)
Presented at National Art Education Association (NAEA) convention and College Art
Association (CAA)
Exhibition History
Sept 2019 - Faculty Exhibition, Collin College, Plano, Texas
Sept-Oct 2020 - Faculty Exhibition, Collin College, Plano, Texas
Sept 2021 - Faculty Exhibition, Collin College, Plano, Texas
Sept 2022 - Solo Exhibition at the Charles W. Eisemann Center of Performing Arts and Corporate Presentations, Richardson, Texas
References
Julie Tallent
Speed Art Museum
2035 South Third Street
Louisville, Kentucky 40208
Phone: 502-592-8078
[email protected]
Tiffany Alvarez-Thurman
Plano East Senior High School
3000 Los Rios Blvd. Plano, TX 75075
Phone: 817-228-5828
[email protected]
Alison Napier
Testing Coordinator for Educational Testing Service
1630 Barron Street
Portsmouth, VA 23704
Phone: 757-575-9200
[email protected]
Cheryl Hughes
Retired art teacher
3402 East Bernada Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84124
801-971-7061
[email protected]
