What can you do while students are engaged in artmaking? What do you do when students are focused and engaged in artmaking? First, you should pause, soak it in, take a picture even. Remember rare moments like these. Teachers are...
What can you do while students are engaged in artmaking?
What do you do when students are focused and engaged in artmaking?
First, you should pause, soak it in, take a picture even. Remember rare moments like these. Teachers are often “putting out small fires,” keeping students on task and focused.
On a regular basis we are:Monitoring phone use/misuseMonitoring material use/misuseRedirecting distracted studentsWatching the clock so bathroom passes don’t become free-roaming passesGiving directions… again and againReminding students to have a proper set-upGiving individual tips & techniques
IF you can get beyond these things, then you have additional options.Build relationships with students by sitting with them and circulatingResearch new projects at www.artedguru.comFind new video resourcesUpdate supply countsUpdate professional activities for the annual performance reviewGrade projectsCreate small assessments and worksheetsCreate sample artwork for future projects
Last but not least, make your own artwork. This may seem counterintuitive to some, but it is good for students to experience professional art-making. They get to see that not only are you a teacher, but you live and breath art. It shows them that your instruction is experienced-based. If your administration has a problem with you using school time to make personal works of art, consider giving the artwork as a reward to a hard-working student, or selling it to buy more supplies for your students. This is easier to justify.
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First, you should pause, soak it in, take a picture even. Remember rare moments like these. Teachers are often “putting out small fires,” keeping students on task and focused.
On a regular basis we are:Monitoring phone use/misuseMonitoring material use/misuseRedirecting distracted studentsWatching the clock so bathroom passes don’t become free-roaming passesGiving directions… again and againReminding students to have a proper set-upGiving individual tips & techniques
IF you can get beyond these things, then you have additional options.Build relationships with students by sitting with them and circulatingResearch new projects at www.artedguru.comFind new video resourcesUpdate supply countsUpdate professional activities for the annual performance reviewGrade projectsCreate small assessments and worksheetsCreate sample artwork for future projects
Last but not least, make your own artwork. This may seem counterintuitive to some, but it is good for students to experience professional art-making. They get to see that not only are you a teacher, but you live and breath art. It shows them that your instruction is experienced-based. If your administration has a problem with you using school time to make personal works of art, consider giving the artwork as a reward to a hard-working student, or selling it to buy more supplies for your students. This is easier to justify.
Reply to this post and share what you do when your students are focused and engaged in art-making?