Elementary Art Teaching
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K-12 art and masters in education
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For student teaching: Struggle with being a
student to being a professional
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Going out with cooperating teacher and being
role model can be difficult in high school and middle situations, compared with
elementary.
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Understand management
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Teacher of Children
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Organizational Skills
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Cultural Awareness
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Art
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Cross Disciplines
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Creativity and Problem Solving
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Management:
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Responsive Classroom
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Individual classroom routines and organization
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How you set up supplies and teach things
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Not all about teaching art, however it comes
with this
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Don’t assume anything
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Allow students to get the understanding of each
tool
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Guided discovery: how to use tools
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Setting up routine and setting up expectations
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Be organized: Set out what is necessary
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Clear bins with labels for you and children, use
all organizational boxes, etc. possible
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Show that everything has its place
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Routines established in personal classroom
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Gradual process: First six weeks
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Daily classroom practices with greeting, sit
down, read message, see examples, vocabulary,
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Based on child development and social skills
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Positive Behavioral Intervention Supports (PBIS)
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School wide implementation with classroom
support
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Rules: Different safe, responsible, and
respectful behaviors brought to each student verbally and visually
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Data Driven
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Whole school follows established rules
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Curriculum Map
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Use benchmarks and standards
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I can statements
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Essential questions
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Content standards
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Common Assessments
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Lesson Plans
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Specific experiences and concepts
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Ideas come from websites, colleagues, art shows
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Make sure to use the correct words and spelling.
Have nice handwriting
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Student Learner Outcomes
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SLO’s: By the end of the first trimester, 70% of
the students at River Heights Elementary can identify and demonstrate the use
of directional and curvy lines in their artwork
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Know how to assess curvy/straight/drawn lines
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How to teach concepts better, go back and use
vocab terms more and use those terms more
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Visual ideas transferred to writing projects
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Encourage to think deeper and past the first
idea: process a little bit more and develop idea
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Don’t grade on writing: Formative assessment
allows them to brainstorm
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Get good at inventive spelling and interpreting
what they have
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Great place to get students hands dirty
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Students love painting and clay and hands on
things
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Students love getting away from technology
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Administrative Duties
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Scheduling
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Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
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Now a way of life
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Reporting
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Report cards
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Student management
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4-3-2-1 system
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Budgeting
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If you can prove it and can give you amount they
buy it for you, however, they already have an amount they are prepared to give
to you
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A lot of students need to bring a pencil and a
pack of markers or glue sticks depending on budget or cliental
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Legally can’t ask parents to bring more
supplies, however they are more suggestive, not a requirement
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Look at inventory and order off of what you will
be teaching or standby supplies
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Student Art Displays
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Professional Organizations
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Teacher Evaluations
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Just beginning to do online goals and evaluations
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All tied to raises: need to earn certain number
of points, having student teachers, after school club, etc.
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We will have to do this to keep your job
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