Dr. Robert Coad has taught AP* and Honors Art History at Hamilton High School's Humanities Magnet in Los Angeles Unified School District for the past 19 years, as well as studio courses, Museum Studies, and Humanities. He presently teaches three classes of AP* Art History.
Over the last eleven years, Robert has been a frequent presenter of one-day AP* Art History Workshops for the College Board Western Region and 5-day summer institutes throughout the Western Region, Canada and Columbia College's National AP* Summer Institute for the Arts (2005). Robert has presented one-day Art History Workshops at AP* National Conferences (Chicago, Los Angeles, Florida) as well as a panelist at Western Region Academic Conferences in Seattle, Anaheim, and San Francisco. Robert has presented three on-line events and workshops regarding contextual analysis for AP* Central. As a National Leader Consultant he was involved in consultant training. Robert has been a Reader for AP* Art History and honored as a Distinguished Teacher (AP* Art History) at the Western Region Conference in Las Vegas (2006).
Robert is a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship recipient and has received a Humanities Teacher Leadership program award from the NEH in 2002-2003. He has National Board Certification in Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood Art (2002/2012) and has served on the Excellence Awards Advisory Committee for the Los Angeles Educational Partnership Excellence Awards for Teaching. Robert is Mentor teacher for LAUSD at his school site.
Contact: robertjcoad@sbcglobal.net