Teaching for decades
Arian started teaching in 1998 as a junior in high school in his Level 1 & level 2 photography class. With classes sizes over 40, it was his job to teach the level 2 students color photography and printing. He then left for college in 2000 where he continued his studies in photography. 2001 he started working as a lab tech at Brooks institute of photography. His teaching skill would again surface as he worked his way up to assistant manager. Working with Brooks institute as an assistant manager one of his formal instructors approached him about working for city college teaching college courses at the high school. While teaching for Santa Barbara City College at Santa Barbara High School he also taught after-school programs (like Yearbook and video editing) for Washington Elementary and Peabody middle school.
High school to College
I’ve taught a wide range of education from after-school programs like yearbook and video editing at elementary and middle school levels to college courses at high school. I’ve also worked with summer camps where I was an instructor and director for week-long courses.
Working with kids
I can’t remember a time I didn’t work with kids, I’ve been doing it for more than half my life and it definitely taught me patience and understanding. Learning how to work with people has made fitting in with new teams much easier.
Leading the team
Over my life, the jobs I’ve had tend to result in a leadership role. As a teacher, you always have to be a leader but that role changed when teaching at id tech camps. Working as a lab tech at Brooks institute and becoming an assistant manager. Starting as an instructor at Id Tech camps the next year I became a lead instructor and my last year an assistant director. A similar timeline accrued at Bloomingdales when I started as a seasonal and worked my way up to supervisor.