Thursday, March 13, 2014

Reflection for Elementary Art 3/13/14


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

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