Professional DevelopmentOctober 9, 2015
During this Professional Development The Phillips Collection's Head of K-12 Initiatives, Rachel Goldberg and Andrea Kim Neighbors, Specialist for School, Outreach, and Family Programs, introduced the us (4 Special Program Educators) to the ITS teachers. Andrea and Rachel explained what our role as Special Program Educators would be with ITS. They introduced the themes the principals chose for this year: Science for Lower School and” Point of View” for Middle School. However, last year we noticed that a lot of the art teachers did not feel comfortable working with the vast art materials that we provided them. So this year, before we started brainstorming, we gave all of the teachers an opportunity to create! They were able and encouraged to use the paints, collage materials, scissors, glue sticks, tissue paper, patterned paper, etc. The teachers loved it! They were able to explore their capabilities with these products. It also made them feel comfortable and let them brainstorm for possible ideas on how to implement these art skills in the classroom! I met with my teachers Mr. M and Mr. D and we began the brainstorming process! I contacted the 3rd grade teachers that I would be working with and they informed me of the topics they were covering in the coming year. ITS 3rd grade would be focusing on habitats and/or weather. However, during the Professional Development the art specialist asked the educators to move past habitats and think about, perhaps, engineering and design. SOOO we decided to focus on engineering and design. This required me to think quick on my feet. We had a great brainstorming jam session! The teachers started sharing their amazing ideas, such as city planning and designing for the future. So, I had to think on my feet. Think of other paintings, ideas, and topics. I needed to find painting that depicted the future, and a building, bridge, roads, etc. Here was my brainstorm document. You can see my PrismK12 Worksheet here! |
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