TEACHER QUALITY STANDARD I Teachers demonstrate mastery of and pedagogical expertise in the content they teach.
Colorado State University Art Education program offers a unique learning experience where students are required to take a substantial amount of studio classes in order to receive a BFA (contrary to BA). This means that I am capable of and comfortable teaching classes from painting, to sculpture, drawing, metalsmithing, photography, pottery, wood shop, and fibers. Because of my love for art and painting, I decided to go beyond the course graduation requirements and decided to receive an "Emphasis in Painting". This means that I took all of the possible painting courses offered at CSU including the Advanced Capstone Painting class to further my education and love for the medium. Not only did I take an incredible amount of studio courses, I also have a ton of practicum teaching experience in the elementary, middle school, and high school level. During my 450 practicum, I decided to teach 6 more lessons than what was required, as well as 2 additional classes outside of the typical CSU class hours. Additionally, I attended 4 professional development days offered through CAEA and Eaglecrest High School where I furthered my knowledge on drawing and painting as well as run a staff development day class at Eaglecrest High School. I would rate myself as proficient in Quality Standard 1 because of the amount of studio courses I have taken at CSU, professional development opportunities, as well as the amount of experience I have teaching in the classroom Standard I Reflection:
ELEMENT A: Teachers provide instruction that is aligned with the Colorado Academic Standards, their District’s organized plan of instruction, and the individual needs of their students.
The Colorado Academic Standards were created with intent for students to develop artist skills, create, transfer knowledge and reflect upon their artwork. Through the oil painting lesson I taught, "Bonescapes", you can find this evident. Students were asked to critically analyze a selection of oil painting materials, define oil painting terminology, create a 14x16” oil painting, and reflect and define terms and processes used during their painting by writing in their journal.
ELEMENT B: Teachers develop and implement lessons that connect to a variety of content areas/disciplines and emphasize literacy and mathematical practices.
When creating a face, one must follow the portions between each facial feature. In the lesson "Vases with Faces", the students were given this diagram of 5 mathematical fractions that would assist in creating the desired face on their coil pot. The students were also frequently asked to measure their coil pots to ensure they were between 8 and 9 inches.
ELEMENT C:Teachers demonstrate knowledge of the content, central concepts, disciplinary inquiry, appropriate evidence-based instructional practices and specialized characteristics of the disciplines being taught.
A great way for a teacher to demonstrate their knowledge of content is by creating the project themselves before they teach the lesson to their students. For me, I found it best that I create a YouTube video showing the process of sculpting a nose out of clay. This video was given to the students before demonstrating the lesson so the students would have an idea of what they would be learning for the day as well as having a resource to look at when questions arose.