A Little About
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PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
As a future art educator, my goal is to help my students expand their understanding of art. I want to build an environment where they can learn about the art world. I believe in encouraging students to experiment and explore with their work, and breaking down the barriers of the stereotypes about art. In my future classroom, I strive to be a source of information, guidance, and have an open and inclusive classroom to students of all backgrounds. The projects and lessons I will present will involve learning skills and critical thinking that can be provided in direct and simple projects. My lessons and projects will explore diverse mediums, artists, cultures, and history.
An effective art teacher is one who understands the importance of inclusion in the classroom. Students with disabilities will be given one-on-one support when needed, be allowed extended time on assignments, and preferred seating. ELL students will be given one-one-one support when needed, translations on PPT presentations and worksheets, and be seated with a student who speaks their language. I will integrate different ways of learning and teaching within lessons and projects to hopefully accommodate the different learning styles. I want to create a safe environment and space for my students. With parents’ involvement, I hope to bring an understanding to students and parents why art is a valid subject and share the different possibilities of the different careers art has to offer.
When it comes to resources for my classroom, I hope to have a reasonable funding to acquire the necessary tools for art such as: paints, pens, markers, color pencils, pencils, paper, canvas, brushes, palettes, sketchbooks, etc. I hope to be provided with a projector, sinks, screen, extra rooms, storage space, cutting board, computers, and desk space for my classroom. I hope to provide other materials for specific project assignments and field trip opportunities for my students.
Art will be graded as a performance-based assessment. It is a form a testing that students are required to demonstrate a task instead of a written test. There will be the occasional quiz where I will test the students on their vocabulary and art history understanding. I will still have to make subjective judgments on the work. However, it is helpful to layout the rubric for an assignment. In an art classroom, I would carry out an assessment through portfolio reviews, extended task, and an open-ended response exercise/critique. In a portfolio review, students will collect their best work and I can sit down with them to see their improvement. This would mainly happen towards the end of the school year. During the extended task assessment, this would allow a longer time for students to complete each project. An art lesson would contain step by step sections that lead up to the final product. The open ended response exercise/critique would come about before, during, and after the art project. It would start with seeing how much understanding the students have on the subject, since every art class will contain different levels of skills. During the projects, there will be a time of an in-progress critique where students will see what other students are doing and getting feedback on what is working and what needs improvement. Then after a project, there will be a review/critique of the project. This will allow students to reflect on what they liked or what to improve on. This will allow me to see what needs to be retaught and where we can move on as a class.
My ideal classroom is one where the students can learn the foundations of drawing and painting, as well as the freedom of exploring their desired subject. There was always a limited amount of art classes when I was growing up. Even though my middle school and high school had an art class, there really wasn't much of a "how to draw" foundation. I did enjoy my time in those classes and did learn a few things, but I just really wanted to know the basics of drawing and painting. I took some art classes from my community that taught me way more than my school did. Those classes were a lot more engaging and insightful. Once I got into college, I finally had classes that taught me the foundations of drawing and painting. I loved seeing the evolution of my work and that of my classmates. My class learning environment is something that I wish I had back in middle and high school. I would love to share the methods and foundations of what I learned to my future students, such as the foundations of drawing, foundations of painting, engaging more with a sketchbook, color theory, experimenting with mixed media, critical thinking, time management, learning about materials, learning about different artists, art history, and have an open mind of different mediums. I want my students to see the significance of the fundamentals of art.
"Every child deserves a champion; an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best they can possibly be." (Rita Pierson). Being able to guide my students and help them understand that art has a valid place in the world is what I aim for. Art deserves a place in this world. I would not only engage them in projects, but I present them with various examples of art mediums and a wide diverse range of artists that they can research. Teaching for me is a way for me to open up different possibilities for my students and for myself. Speaking as an artist and future art teacher, it is important for me to be able to be around, talk about, hopefully engage people with art. Engaging with students, there is a possibility of ideas and inspirations bouncing back and forth. I believe with the collaboration with the families, I can help students grow, and be able to create in a free, experimental, complex, and engaging environment.
An effective art teacher is one who understands the importance of inclusion in the classroom. Students with disabilities will be given one-on-one support when needed, be allowed extended time on assignments, and preferred seating. ELL students will be given one-one-one support when needed, translations on PPT presentations and worksheets, and be seated with a student who speaks their language. I will integrate different ways of learning and teaching within lessons and projects to hopefully accommodate the different learning styles. I want to create a safe environment and space for my students. With parents’ involvement, I hope to bring an understanding to students and parents why art is a valid subject and share the different possibilities of the different careers art has to offer.
When it comes to resources for my classroom, I hope to have a reasonable funding to acquire the necessary tools for art such as: paints, pens, markers, color pencils, pencils, paper, canvas, brushes, palettes, sketchbooks, etc. I hope to be provided with a projector, sinks, screen, extra rooms, storage space, cutting board, computers, and desk space for my classroom. I hope to provide other materials for specific project assignments and field trip opportunities for my students.
Art will be graded as a performance-based assessment. It is a form a testing that students are required to demonstrate a task instead of a written test. There will be the occasional quiz where I will test the students on their vocabulary and art history understanding. I will still have to make subjective judgments on the work. However, it is helpful to layout the rubric for an assignment. In an art classroom, I would carry out an assessment through portfolio reviews, extended task, and an open-ended response exercise/critique. In a portfolio review, students will collect their best work and I can sit down with them to see their improvement. This would mainly happen towards the end of the school year. During the extended task assessment, this would allow a longer time for students to complete each project. An art lesson would contain step by step sections that lead up to the final product. The open ended response exercise/critique would come about before, during, and after the art project. It would start with seeing how much understanding the students have on the subject, since every art class will contain different levels of skills. During the projects, there will be a time of an in-progress critique where students will see what other students are doing and getting feedback on what is working and what needs improvement. Then after a project, there will be a review/critique of the project. This will allow students to reflect on what they liked or what to improve on. This will allow me to see what needs to be retaught and where we can move on as a class.
My ideal classroom is one where the students can learn the foundations of drawing and painting, as well as the freedom of exploring their desired subject. There was always a limited amount of art classes when I was growing up. Even though my middle school and high school had an art class, there really wasn't much of a "how to draw" foundation. I did enjoy my time in those classes and did learn a few things, but I just really wanted to know the basics of drawing and painting. I took some art classes from my community that taught me way more than my school did. Those classes were a lot more engaging and insightful. Once I got into college, I finally had classes that taught me the foundations of drawing and painting. I loved seeing the evolution of my work and that of my classmates. My class learning environment is something that I wish I had back in middle and high school. I would love to share the methods and foundations of what I learned to my future students, such as the foundations of drawing, foundations of painting, engaging more with a sketchbook, color theory, experimenting with mixed media, critical thinking, time management, learning about materials, learning about different artists, art history, and have an open mind of different mediums. I want my students to see the significance of the fundamentals of art.
"Every child deserves a champion; an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best they can possibly be." (Rita Pierson). Being able to guide my students and help them understand that art has a valid place in the world is what I aim for. Art deserves a place in this world. I would not only engage them in projects, but I present them with various examples of art mediums and a wide diverse range of artists that they can research. Teaching for me is a way for me to open up different possibilities for my students and for myself. Speaking as an artist and future art teacher, it is important for me to be able to be around, talk about, hopefully engage people with art. Engaging with students, there is a possibility of ideas and inspirations bouncing back and forth. I believe with the collaboration with the families, I can help students grow, and be able to create in a free, experimental, complex, and engaging environment.