Amy Gillispie

Lesson Designer

Amy Gillispie has been homeschooling her nine children through high school for over twenty-three years. Three of her children joined her family through adoption and have special needs, which has provided Amy with the experience to offer answers and encouragement to others dealing with RAD and FASD. Miracles do happen!

Amy began teaching architecture to high school and homeschool students from around the world in 2009 when she created her company Building Brilliant Minds Online. Supporting the method and concepts of Project Based Learning is a natural extension of her education and teaching experience. She creates courses in the arts in response to the gifts God has given her over the years. Amy thrives on using her artistic talents to bring glory to our Father in Heaven and teaching others how to do so as well.

Here are some facts about Amy’s experience in the arts:

  • Earned money by taking photos and developing negatives in a darkroom during her late high school and early college days
  • Played the organ weekly at church from the age of twelve until she graduated college
  • Danced in a ballet/jazz dance company on a scholarship for seven years
  • Has worked with and directed children’s musicals since 1990, including “Willy Wonka,” “The Wizard of Oz,” and “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”

Here are even more facts about Amy:

  • Has a BS in Architecture
  • Is a registered teacher for the Institute of Excellence in Writing
  • Pursued a Master of Theological Studies with a concentration in Liturgical Architecture
  • Worked in two major architecture firms and as a freelance designer
  • Is licensed as a Simply Music Piano teacher
  • Holds professional memberships to The National Art Education Association, Special Needs in Art Education (SNAE), The Ohio State University Alumni Society, and The Design Issues Group

 

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Course by Amy

Hands-On-Architecture will introduce students to exciting, easy-to-find materials they will use to make fun architectural structures and will lead students through the design of their own HOME in nine lessons.  Students may use the materials from the first course or a medium of their choice. Minecraft, SketchUp, poster board, clay, and plastic building bricks are some materials that have been used in the past.