MUSEUM SCHOOL FOR THE VISUAL ARTS
Staff Bios

Stephanie J. Coakley, Director of Education
Tucson Museum of Art

Ms. Coakley is the Director of Education at the Tucson Museum of Art, a position she has held since June 2004. Prior to moving to Tucson, she worked for five years at the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, South Carolina, as the Tour Coordinator/Education Assistant and the Public Programs Manager. She also worked as a student intern with the Curator of Education at the Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, Connecticut. Ms. Coakley graduated from the University Of Connecticut in 1999 earning a Bachelor of Art in Art History and English.

Jane Meyers Lead Academic Instructor
Museum School for the Visual Arts

Ms. Meyers has been employed by the Tucson Unified School District alternative education program for more than ten years where her experiences include teaching AIMS prep and Literacy at PASS Alternative High School; supervising tutors in a middle and high school literacy tutoring program, Literacy Exchange; and working as a central office curriculum specialist. She has also served on the Rainbow Foundation Board for nine years.

Ms. Meyers graduated from Northern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Science in Education and a Masters of Science in Education. She holds a Reading Specialist Certification from University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from University of Wisconsin, Madison. She has taught at every level of education from elementary through university.