1. Teacher Induction Presentation

2. A little bit about me… I work at Wiggins High School / Middle School I am the art teacher for both schools I teach 6 th, 8 th grades and High School art. I also teach a 7 th grade computers course. I run an after school Photography Club I just completed my second year teaching. I have a degree in graphic design.

3. Mentors Jordan Sonnenberg Melissa Trambley Middle School Science teacher at Wiggins Middle School Department head at Brighton High School

4. Standard 1 Literacy This assignment sheet was created to better harness literacy in regards to art description and self- assessing ones own artwork.

5. Standard 2 Math Integration Students worked with their skill using 1 point perspective and used measurements to create a word that described them. All of their letters had to be equal width and equal distance apart. I used information on the greatest common divisor to help teach the spacing in-between the letters. This was a very detail oriented project for my eight graders. In the past I have done this project with high school level students.

6. Standard 3 Standards and Assessment Jordan and I discussed a lot about the use of rubrics in the grading of my art projects. I have a variety of rubrics that I have made this year that both challenge students and grade fairly.

7. Standard 4 Knowledge of Content Area This year I tried to make our program more in the spotlight in the community. Artist of the Month Contribution to the Lost Creek Guide (3) 6 Students had artworks displayed in the Morgan County Community College Art Gallery Submissions to other local and national level scholarship and art galleries.

8. Standard 5 Classroom and Instructional Management Love and Logic Seminar I learned a lot about classroom management and some tips and tricks Enforceable Statements One Liners Being consistent “Happy people take risks. Not to achieve. To Learn” “Life is about making mistakes and fixing them”

9. Standard 6 Individualization of Instruction I worked with Melissa a lot on individualizing instruction for my students. We decided that there are so many objectives a project can contain and that there are varying degrees in which a student can accomplish those objectives. If one student tries really hard and puts the effort in but still results in a project that is not stellar then they should still be rewarded for their work. This kind of thinking applies to students that may have an accommodation, RTI plan or IEP. These students can still do well in a project even if they are at a disadvantage somehow.

10. Standard 7 Incorporating Technology During this year I started using a program with my seventh graders called Scratch. It is run through MIT and is completely free. It is a very basic way to begin learning how to code programs or games. After watching some tutorials online I decided to introduce it to my classes and they have really enjoyed it. I hope to use it more next year.

11. Standard 8 Democracy, Governance and Careers in Teaching SB191 and Evaluation System 8.4 Promote teaching as a worthy career. Wrestling Mondays Weekly Lectures Reviews Two Unit Tests Homework Required to go to two meets

12. Goal 1 – Re-aligning my Curriculum Jordan and I discussed using a more core classroom approach to my curriculum. Because of this I have adjusted my projects into units rather than individual projects. The units lasted for much longer than a project and could help scaffold skills and objectives as students completed each project. Unit Project 1 2 1 2 1 2

13. Goal 2 – Pre-assessments Evaluating my pre-assessment process. Ditching it. Creating a new evaluation process.

14. Goal 3 Revamp Critiquing system. Reached out to Melissa and she suggested using a critique-like form to guide students Art 1: Individual Presentation Art 2: Small group discussion Art 3: Full class discussion

15. Professional Development Northeastern UNISERV Workshop Love and Logic Seminar Adaptive Schools Foundation Seminar CEA Lobby Days: Capital Visit

16. Future plans. June 9-12 UNISERV Leadership Conference October 9-12 th 2014 Colorado Art Education Association Conference Future art related blog; Display student work, accomplishments Use Twitter feed to incorporate interactions with my photography club, post project dates and important art show deadlines