maria shah dr. michelle pauken justin clumpner
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Role as a Middle School Art Teacher Recruitment: 5 th and 6 th Students are not sure about art yet Limited electives Varied skill levels Positive atmosphere Bragging and displayTRANSCRIPT
Maria ShahDr. Michelle Pauken
Justin Clumpner
Role as a Middle School Art Teacher
•Recruitment: 5th and 6th •Students are not sure about art yet•Limited electives•Varied skill levels•Positive atmosphere •Bragging and display
Middle school art•Competitions help drive program•Show often•Good Balance of 2d-3d projects•Art 1, art II, Sculpture 1, Sculpture II•All draw
Art One•Limited electives•Varied skill sets•Communicate clearly with parents•Fair grading•Great mix of 2-D and 3-D
Art Two•Select students•Communicate with counselors•Communicate expectations•Rigor•Projects •Running sketchbook altered book
Art Two•Required competitions•Required Art show•Student show case•Required to attend District show, pre
ap•Enrollment in Pre Ap
Sample Rubric• Candle Value Drawings Grade sheet
• ____ (15) Drawn Forms
• ____ (15) Cast Shadow Direction
• ____ (15) Value Gradient (“rounds”)
• ____ (15) Value Sides (“cubes”)
• ____ (15) Creativity
• ____ (10) Craftsmanship
• ____ (15) Time/Effort
• ___ Total Score
Dr. Michelle Pauken
Pre-AP Art Recommendation Form
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Quality of Work in relation to peers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Maturity/Independence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Work Ethic/Use of class time wisely 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Completion of Assignments 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Drawing skills 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Total = ____________
What do they learn?
Art as a Discipline
Competency with a Variety of Materials
•Pencil•Charcoal•Ink/ washes•Oil Pastel•Chalk pastel•Watercolor•Acrylic
How to develop an idea•Weekly sketchbook assignments
•Building from previous assignments•Self-reflection of art work•Looking at other artists •End-of-year mini independent study
project
Sketchbooks•Nice, hardbound sketchbooks (can’t tear pages
out)•Students design the cover (take ownership)•Sketchbook assignments are due the same day
every week (ADHD/LD) Assignments are given the Friday before
•Look at sketchbooks as a class every Friday•BRAG! BRAG! BRAG! Positive reinforcement•Art treasure box (external motivation)•Emphasize experimentation over technical
ability
Concept Assignments
Pre-AP 2
AP Portfolio
