Do you wish that your administrators, colleagues and parents of students could glimpse the unique learning happening in the visual art classes? Or, have you ever seen an amazing display of art work at a school and wondered how the students created it? Or, how the teacher taught the lesson so that you could teach it too?
"Documentation" inspired by the Reggio Emilia schools in Italy and "Making Learning Visible" (MLV) from Project Zero at Harvard Graduate School of Education are two processes through which teachers can display the process of artistic creation as well as the products. Through this method of displaying student work; the art teacher shares the specific learning happening in his or her classroom; it is a great way to include the wider community in the learning happening in the visual art classroom.
Art instructors interested in learning about these approaches and applying them to their own teaching practices may participate in a program starting this fall. The program includes a Saturday workshop in September as well as two brief follow up meetings in the late fall and early winter. Participants will also be asked to fill out a brief email survey before and after the program.
K-12 Art teachers interested in participating or who have further questions, please contact:
Lisa Ostapinski
lostapinsk@yahoo.com or l_ostapinski@cais.org
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