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It's all process
It’s all process
If you have read WhatItMeansForArt before, you know my passion is for making art instruction meaningful and relevant. This means teaching students what it means to be an artist (or a maker) and how to engage in the practice of making. And it’s all about PROCESS! There is nothing so affirming as moving through that process yourself (which is why I hope art teachers continue to be art makers). I…
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Join me for a Webinar
Join me for a Webinar
I know you all have a LOT going on, but in case you are interested and available, I am presenting a VDOE • VISUAL ARTS webinar on Tuesday afternoon. It’s free, and it’s not too late to register. Community Engagement in Visual Arts Tuesday, August 25, 2020 , 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. This webinar is an opportunity to explore community engagement as it relates to the History, Culture, and Citizenship…
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Using Slides to Structure Virtual Classes
Using Slides to Structure Virtual Classes
As I was sitting through yet another virtual meeting this summer, I realized I had a distinct advantage over some of my teachers. All summer I have been experiencing thoughtfully planned virtual meetings designed by expert educators. Every one of these meetings… ok, well, most of them… is a model of what might be done for an effective class session.
In this short video, I use the actual slide…
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Multi-School Collaborative teams
For well more than a decade now, educators have embraced collaborative teams (CTs) or collaborative learning teams (CLTs) as a powerful group structure with professional learning communities (PLCs).
CLTs are most often illustrated as a team of teachers who are teaching the same content, using the collaborative cycle to improve teaching and learning outcomes in each of the their classrooms.…
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Multi-Year Portfolios to Assess Growth and the 5 C's
Multi-Year Portfolios to Assess Growth and the 5 C’s
K-12 education in America (or maybe I should only make claims for Virginia) is starting to recover from years of over-testing under No Child Left Behind. Schools are able to identify alternative assessments to replace some state Standards of Learning (SOL) exams, and are being tasked with developing Balanced Assessment Plans which include performance assessments. In addition to these adjustments…
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Practice vs. Theory
How does the saying go? All work and no play…?
As much as I love to be challenged to think deeply about theory in art education, the VAEA conference offers equal opportunities for art educators to engage in art making. The best examples of this prepare teachers to deliver high leverage instruction and model the qualities we aim to develop in our students.
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A Visual Audit
The VAEA conference has offered great session choices all day long. I was grateful to have an early audience for my 8 a.m. session on multi-year portfolios, had some meaningful discussions in Libya Doman’s Hidden Curriculum session, and then joined a large crowd at the Northern Virginia Region meeting. Next I learned about community art organizations here in the Harrisonburg area, and was…
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Let the VAEA Conference Commence!
The fall season has been a marathon of events preparing for the start of the school year, in-services, meetings, professional development, and so many administrative tasks. The annual VAEA conference offers a welcome opportunity to pause, reflect, and do some learning of my own.
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Activities that Engage
I have spent some time this school year looking at engaging activities and how they impact instruction. I especially enjoyed an opportunity we had to share and play with a number of such activities with a cohort of new art teachers to our district. Most recently, though, I learned of a clever idea that was used to engage a different audience, families!
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The Effect of Classroom Strategies
Every classroom strategy has an effect. Action = reaction. That’s the point, right? As teachers, we try out strategies to get a desired effect, but beware! Some strategies will have unexpected consequences as well.
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Leadership, Trauma & Cultural Proficiency
I may be inappropriately mixing topics in the title of this post, but with an honest intent to honor the powerful messages shared in two presentations by FCPS art teacher and VAEA Secretary Libya Doman.
In her presentation, The Journey to Being a Trauma Sensitive Art Educator, Libya guided a full room to a better understanding of trauma and how it impacts students and educators. She discussed…
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Cura-culum
What in the world is cura-culum?! Well, it’s a made up word, and notably NOT a word that Marilyn Stewart used. It’s my word to summarize the ideas from her presentation Curatorial Practice and Curriculum: Creating Pathways Toward Art and Understanding.
Cura-culum, then, is a carefully CURATED CURRICULUM. Marilyn points out that teachers must consider their curriculum like a curator. Let’s think…
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Colleague Presenters
Super proud of all of the FCPS art teachers who are presenting to their colleagues from around the state this morning at the VAEA conference.
Kudos to:
Greg Skrtic who talked about breaking bad habits like drawing stick figures
Beth Smith who shares a plethora of ceramics projects and strategies
Adam Hatchl and Susan Silva who shared photoshop instruction included in their photo courses
Amber…
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Totally Engaged
My colleagues, Carol and Jean-Marie, presented Equity through Engagement, a session that explored how engaging learning activities provide an equitable opportunity for learning to students of all backgrounds.
Not only did they address the important issues of equity, they also presented and allowed participants to try out a number of engaging activities… and boy were they!
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From the DOE
It was a pleasure to join other arts supervisors from around the state to hear updates from Dr. Christine Harris from the Virginia Department of Education. Our discussions ranged across topics including updates to standards of accreditation and standards of quality, the broader education priorities of the Governor, and some of the recent curricular projects in other disciplines that will…
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VAEA 2018 Super excited about the kickoff of the annual Virginia Art Education Association conference. Stay tuned for regular updates.
Table Settings
I am so fortunate to be able to see a variety of approaches to managing materials and art room routines. Among these are the ways teachers mark and organize their tables.
Here’s a nice little table setting that includes a caddy for frequently used materials, a small table trash bin, and a card stand that allows the teacher to rotate jobs from table to table. I am particularly fond of this…
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