{"id":86082,"date":"2022-05-02T10:49:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T14:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?p=86082"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:46:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T18:46:57","slug":"teacher-appreciation-week-feature-jordan-munoz-online-art-ed-student","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2022\/teacher-appreciation-week-feature-jordan-munoz-online-art-ed-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Appreciation Week feature: Jordan Mu\u00f1oz, Online Art Ed Student"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Teacher Appreciation Week<\/h2>\n

When you think about your dream job, favorite subject, or ultimate passion, who comes to mind? Who helped you discover that interest? We’ll give you a hint. It starts with a “t” and ends with “r.” That’s right, a teacher! For many of us, we often think back to a particular teacher who empowered us to go for our dreams, who taught us about a topic we found surprisingly captivating, and who took an interest in our well-being.<\/p>\n

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week, and we’re celebrating at CFA by recognizing CFA students who are also educators! Every day this week (May 2-May 6), we will feature a teacher who’ll speak about their experience as a teacher, how the CFA program they’re currently studying is helping them advance in their careers, and what Teacher Appreciation Week means to them.<\/p>\n

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Meet Jordan Mu\u00f1oz, CFA Online Art Education Student<\/span><\/h3>\n

Combining her passions for teaching and art-making has been made possible for Jordan Mu\u00f1oz, a Pennsylvania middle school art teacher, through CFA’s online Master of Arts in Art Education program<\/a>. In the Q&A with Jordan, she shares with CFA what she enjoys most about teaching, her arts-based research, and takes a moment to reflect on the teachers that helped share her into the teacher she is today.<\/p>\n

CFA: What inspired you to become a teacher?<\/h3>\n

My 6th<\/sup> grade English Language Arts (ELA) teacher inspired me to want to be a teacher and my college art professor inspired me to pursue art!<\/p>\n

What do you enjoy most about teaching?<\/h3>\n

As a middle school art teacher for grades 6-8 at New Cumberland Middle School, I love having the opportunity to get to know students while getting to create art; it\u2019s such a fun way to share my passion for the arts!<\/p>\n

Can you share some of your career highlights\/proudest moments?<\/h3>\n

I have had the opportunity to develop and implement an arts and English education program in rural Mexico. I then presented this at the National Art Education Association (NAEA) conference in 2020 and it has inspired different research that I have conducted.<\/p>\n

Have you faced any challenges as an educator and if so, how did you overcome them?<\/h3>\n

Thus far, the most difficult challenge has been starting my career during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since I had graduated from undergrad in 2020, I have not had a \u201cnormal\u201d school year yet! While working in these conditions, I have had a lot of support from my colleagues and my family.<\/p>\n

What does Teacher Appreciation Week mean to you?<\/h3>\n

Teacher Appreciation Week serves as a reminder to me of all the great educators that I have had and it inspires me to want to be the best that I can be for my students.<\/p>\n

If someone were to tell you at this moment, “I want to be a teacher,” what advice would you give them?<\/h3>\n

I would encourage them to find a content area that they are passionate about and be open-minded to learn new things, even if it\u2019s teaching a grade level you never anticipated enjoying! I have been pleasantly surprised throughout my student teaching and professional experiences where I have had some of the most fun teaching the grades I least expected to like.<\/p>\n

How do you think the CFA MA Art Education program will help you in your career as an educator?<\/h3>\n

This program has provided me with many opportunities to combine my passions for teaching and art-making which is so valuable for educators like me!<\/p>\n

Doing any interesting research?<\/h3>\n

For my arts-based research, I am utilizing the framework of a\/r\/tography to investigate the process of contemplation through art-making. In the studio, I am creating silk paintings that are inspired by different liturgical texts which will then be sewed together to create a kimono.<\/p>\n

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What other passions\/hobbies do you have outside of teaching?<\/h3>\n

As an art educator, I value being active in my own artistic practice. I enjoy working with textiles and ceramics! I also love plants and want to get into gardening.<\/p>\n

Anything else you’d like to add?<\/h3>\n

Thank you to all of my teachers who have helped shape me into the teacher that I am today!<\/p>\n

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Learn more on CFA’s MA Art\u00a0Education Online Program<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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