Rickey Polidore Jr

Rickey F. Polidore Jr., is the Elementary Visual Arts Curriculum Specialist. Prior to this assignment he served as the Fine Arts Department Chairperson and Visual Arts Instructor at Lovett Elementary Fine Arts Magnet School and has been an educator in the Houston Independent School District for over decades. He creates arts-infused curriculums that are implemented district wide that uses researched best practices derived from Arts Integration Instruction. His services include Educational Committee member and liaison for multiple arts entities in Houston and has many years of experience working closely with their offices planning programs and working with teaching artists on a variety of community projects. Mr. Polidore has also worked with the Houston Community College, Summer Bridge STEAM Academy as director and instructor of bio-fuels and solar power design for the Minority Male Initiative. He is passionate about transforming the thoughts of traditional educational practitioners into those of artistic visionaries, beginning at the primary levels of the educational process.