COMPENTENCY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

Embedded within lesson and unit goals and objectives, the course utilizes the National Standards for Arts Education, as well as Ohio Visual Arts Content Standards.

​Studio Habits of ​Mind:

Develop Craft: Learning to use tools, materials, artistic conventions; and learning to care for tools, materials, and space.

Engage & Persist: Learning to embrace problems of relevance within the art world and/or of personal importance, to develop focus conducive to working and persevering at tasks.

Envision: Learning to picture mentally what cannot be directly observed, and imagine possible next steps in making a piece.

Express: Learning to create works that convey an idea, a feeling, or a personal meaning.

Observe: Learning to attend to visual contexts more closely than ordinary “looking” requires, and thereby to see things that otherwise might not be seen.

Reflect: Learning to think and talk with others about an aspect of one’s work or working process, and learning to judge one’s own work and working process and the work of others.

Stretch & Explore: Learning to reach beyond one’s capacities, to explore playfully without a preconceived plan, and to embrace the opportunity to learn from mistakes. Understand (Arts) Community: Learning to interact as an artist with other artists (i.e., in classrooms, in local arts organizations, and across the art field) and within the broader society.

 

 

Assignments and Grading

This is a process- oriented class in which students will be evaluated primarily through projects and related materials including:

Sketches/Drafts, Achievement of Personal and Class Goals and Skill Development, Quality Craftsmanship, Effort / Self Reflection, Peer Critique,

and Presentations of Work

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· Assignments along with related presentation materials, models, work samples, due dates and assessment rubrics are posted on Schoology with links to content.

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· Most major course assignments will be due through a turn in Padlet post or Schoology drop box. Time will be given in class to document and reflect on the design process and will align to portfolio requirements – allowing students to easily capture and share their growth throughout the year. Sketchbook checks will be periodic. All due dates and submission instructions can be found on Schoology. All resources and instructional materials can be found on our class website – also linked in Schoology.

· Assignments are due on the posted due date but will be accepted the following day for full credit. Additional deadline extensions, beyond one day, must be student initiated and approved by the teacher. Feel free to email or discuss in person. Per school policy, absences (within 5 days of a deadline) get an automatic one-day extension per day absent.

All extension work must happen outside class time.

*Please note it is understood that students work at different paces and some may desire extended time to complete work to their own standards. If students are demonstrating consistent effort in class, and desire extended time beyond due dates – I am happy to negotiate whatever time they need within reason to fulfill their goals – this may require them to complete work outside of class in order to continue moving forward with class projects in a timely manner. Open Studio time is provided every Thursday after school from 3:30-4:30 and additional times can be arranged should students need access to supplies or studio space.

· Partner and group projects will receive a group grade when members of the team work collaboratively.

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My goal is to update Progress Book as frequently as I can - but feel free to reach out to me anytime you have questions. I will reach out to you if I feel your student is falling behind or needs some additional support.