30+ Decades as a
Maker + Educator + Artist + Techno Geek Girl

We are all ongoing versions and iterations of
who we will become and what we will share with the world.

TIME TRAVEL WITH GAYLE

Continuing my 30+ years exploration of blending dynamic teaching skills and progressive curriculum, I love to awaken curiosity in learners. My mission as an educational guide is to inspire creative ideation using traditional media, technology, new media and the arts, as a voice for the exploration and interpretation of creative, academic, cultural and global issues. My joy is weaving complimentary disciplines into a tapestry of information, aesthetics, form and opportunity.

Always focused on fusing my interests in art and science, I worked for innovative companies in the early 1980’s who paved the way for the technology used in digital imaging today. Gayle Rosen Inc was launched in the late 1980’s, initially providing custom courseware and professional development for Fortune 500 in-house corporate design departments.

Fast forward to now, as a 21st Century Educator, my focus is to develop and guide memorable, immersive experiences that allow teachers and students to manifest the things they are excited about, out into the world.

Nanyang Girls' High School | Singapore 2017-2019 (3 Years)

Founded in 1917, NYGH is a premier Independent secondary school with a vibrant history and a rich tradition in bicultural tradition. NYGH prides itself in providing an all-around holistic education, allowing all girls to thrive in the globalized world of the 21st Century.

  • Head of MakerSpace:
    • Administration of long term and daily protocols and procedures
    • Design of Maker Space as a dynamic project based learning space
    • Purchase, maintenance and instruction for all tools, equipment and supplies
    • Infrastructure: budgets and purchasing; live data collection of student usage
  • STEAM Curriculum Specialist
    • Develop, Administrate and Teach 12 week Micro Maker Ed Pilot Programme for entire Sec 1 Level (7th Grade). Integrated Microbit Coding and Making!
    • Curate interdisciplinary concept and project-based learning for students
    • Partner with Teaching staff to blend making learning visible into curriculum
    • Design and deliver Professional Development for Teaching staff, Support Staff, and external audiences
  • Exhibition design for NYGH and Singapore education events

 

SJI

Founded in 1852, SJI is a progressive Independent secondary and senior school for boys and a junior college for young men and women. It offers an Integrated Programme (IP) and an O Level track. As an IB World School, SJI offers and International Baccalaureate for the IP Track

  • Art Teacher + Makerologist | Secondary School [Sec 2 and Sec 4 IP track]
    • Expansion of Art curriculum by:
      > Integrating core subjects through Interdisciplinary lens
      > Student investigation and exploration of Big Idea
      > Engaging DIY + MakerSpace technologies
    • Co-Develop with Aesthetics Deptarment HOD, pedagogical framework
    • Develop and Facilitate Professional Development through school-wide experiences
    • Oversee Apple Computers for Art Department
  • Curriculum Specialist: ArtScience Prize Program
    • Coach SJI and CHIJ Teaching Mentors Teams through development and implementaton of immersive project-based concept teaching and learning in the IP Level, O Level and Invited Schools program. 
    • Program Liaison for pilot ASP satelite site @ CHIJ Secondary School (Toa Payoh)
    • Create and lead experiential PD workshops for ASP Teaching Mentors
    • Design and collect teacher and student program evaluation data
    • Co-Produce culminating Singapore Artscience Prize competition event

ASP

The ArtScience Prize program was originally developed as a cutting edge in-school and after-school enrichment program modeled after Harvard’s Idea Translation Lab, targeting Boston Public High School students. Both were founded by biomedical innovator and Harvard professor, David Edwards. [Boston student ArtScience experiences now take place at The Lab Cambridge, since it’s opening by David Edwards 2015. ]

Students immerse in a year long creative ideation process engaging brainstorming, research and prototyping. The focus is on socially conscious innovation that’s intertwined with a new theme every year. Program themes have included; Neuroinformatics, Synthentic Biology, The Future of Water, Virtual Worlds, Man + Machine and The Future of Energy. The program culminates in student presentations at a competition juried by internation all experts.

  • Curriculum Developer + Teaching Mentor:
    • Interdisciplinary 21st Century skills integrating technology with immersive concept and project based learning
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  • Piloted New Program Offerings:
    • First in-school program at John D. O’Bryant School of Math and Science
    • Dream Lab Program: ArtScience Prize for Advanced Placement students
    • Start.Up Program: for students who want to continue collaborating on projects from previous year(s)
    • 2013 ASP + Disney Partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of America: Member of Curriculum Development Team creating ArtScience pilot summer program for 3,500 BGCA youth across the US
    • Create and lead immersive ArtScience workshops for visiting international students

Mass Art

  • Museum Educator | (2004– 2008):
    • Curriculum development and teaching
    • Design + produced visual teaching tools
    • Produce Documentation for funders (Photo + Video)

MIT Media Lab

  • MIT Media Lab + Citizen School Partnership | Cambridge, MA USA
    Mentor for Citizen School After School Apprentices (2007)
    An inspired eleven week MIT Media Lab [Lifelong Learning Kindergarten] + Citizen Schools after school coding program offered to Boston Public School middle schools. Mentored students and assisted with curriculum development that highlighted the Media Lab’s now famous programming application, Scratch (www.scratch.mit.edu)
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Massachusetts College of Art and Design | Boston, MA
Master of Science in Art Education and New Media (2009)

I love teaching anyone that wants to learn, regardless of age. After establishing myself as an educator in the world of professional digital image makers, the time had come to elevate my life long passion for inspiring young learners.

To be a good teacher you have to be a good student. So I headed to graduate school and received my Masters in Art Education and New Media Technology at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. What an amazing space to immerse myself into a wide spectrum of learning and professional opportunities! I graduated top of my class with Honors and was invited to speak at my own commencement ceremony.

Apple Learning Institute | Singapore
Apple Learning Leader 2020

State University College Buffalo | Buffalo, NY
Bachelor of Science in Art Education