Joel Baxley
BA in Visual Art and English
MEd in Curriculum and Instruction
Freed-Hardeman University
Joel has been responsible for the visual art component of SCEA’s professional development programming since 2002. He has taught in a range of settings including residential treatment for teens in state custody and the establishment of a visual art program at a K-6 school in Mt. Juliet, TN. He has produced illustration and design in print and electronic media for clients in Florida and Tennessee, and he continues to create works of art for commission and exhibition whenever he can squeeze in time behind an easel or at a workbench. He is currently pursuing doctoral study in learning and leadership. His interests include apprenticeship pedagogy and the facilitation of the mentoring process.
