Maureen Senn-McNally, South Hadley High School
Mosie (Maureen) began her art educator journey as a part-time counselor for Girls, Inc. in Holyoke, MA. She worked there in the evening program, trying to make ends meet while working full-time in a pre-digital-era Graphics position. The kids’ excitement was an amazing contrast to the dull gray work of designing dials for stoves and dishwashers, so she enrolled at UMass Amherst to begin her 2nd Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education.
Starting in 1989, positions in Jacksonville, NC, Greenfield, Springfield, Wilbraham, Stoughton, and Natick all led back to western MA to finish the last 22 years of her teaching career in South Hadley. Almost all of her teaching has been at the high school level, with a few years of middle school and some college-level teaching thrown in for good measure. Along the way, she collected cherished friends and experiences.
Mosie has done dozens of case studies, curriculum maps, conference presentations, and professional development courses, but the greatest joy of her career has been spending time with young people in their creative process. Mosie thanks the association for this recognition and is so grateful for the enriching connections with educators and artists made there.
