Williamsville Central School District Curriculum Council Review Art K-12 March 26, PDF Free Download

Williamsville Central School District Curriculum Council Review Art K-12 March 26, 2013 Sarah Barry - Elementary School Art Andrea Billias - Middle School Art Gretchen Wilson - High School Art Michael Russo - Instructional Specialist

Questions for Curriculum Review How is the intended curriculum implemented in appropriate classrooms? How does the curriculum assist students to meet or exceed the N.Y. State Learning Standards as articulated by the Williamsville Central School District content and performance standards? As you have had the opportunity to reflect on your curriculum evaluations, what do you see as the strengths and goals for improvement to further increase student achievement and develop character? Describe your next steps.

Art Mission Statement We are a community characterized by diversity, high expectations, and support for learning, to ensure that all students will: Build and create a vital relationship with the arts that assists them in developing independent, critical thought Have lives rich in meaning and expression Learn to visually communicate in their own unique way, through creating works of art Learn to critically analyze, interpret, and judge visual imagery in a rapidly changing world Discover the opportunities and roles they can play in the arts, including the wide range of vocations, and as participant and/or supporter of the arts Understand that art reflects time periods, cultures and societies Through the cultivation of artistic behaviors and strategies, students expand visual perception and intellectual skills essential for academic life and aid in understanding the world in which they live

Std. 1 Creating Art Performing & Participating

Std. 2 Materials and Processes

Std. 3 Critique & Self-Evaluation

Std. 4 Cultural Contributions

Common Core Learning Standards

Program Requirements Grades K 6 students are to receive instruction in art. Grades 7 8 students are to receive one half unit of art. Grades 9 12 students are to earn one unit in the Arts. Art courses are one way to earn this credit.

Elementary

K - 4 Progression

Technology in the Elementary Art Classroom

Middle School Grades 5-6

Middle School Grades 7-8

Technology in the Middle School Classroom

High School Studio in Art * Studio in Photography * Studio in Drawing and Painting Design for the Graphic Artist Studio in Sculpture and Ceramics Advanced Studio in Drawing and Painting Advanced Studio in Photography Visual Presentation AP Studio Art

Studio in Art

Studio in Drawing and Painting

Advanced Studio in Drawing and Painting

Advanced Studio in Drawing and Painting Unit: Social, Environmental, or Animal Rights Issue

AP Studio Art

AP Studio Art Concentration (12 works)

Studio in Photography

Advanced Studio in Photography

Design for the Graphic Artist geometric Established in Weimar, Germany, in 1919. The Bauhaus was a new school that combined the teaching of fine arts with the teaching of arts and crafts. functional order asymmetry grid structure Herbert Bayer Walter Gropius modern Moholy-Nagy Bauhaus Typography Characteristics for the design were clear, unadorned type prints, The created a combination of text and photography Joseph Albers Created "Kombinationschrift" using 10 basic shapes based on the circle and the rectangle, These 10 shapes in combination could form any letter or number. 1919-33 Oskar Schlemmer

Studio in Sculpture and Ceramics

Examples of how we use technology in Photography and Drawing and Painting courses.

Some of the Colleges our graduates have attended: Rhode Island School of Design The Art Institute of Chicago Parsons School of Design Pratt Institute Cornell University RIT Drexel University Syracuse University Fashion Institute of Technology Alfred University New Paltz College Purchase College

Rubrics Assessments K - 12 Portfolios Critiques Quizzes Observation & Feedback

Art Program Goals for Improvement Increased time for collaboration between art teachers Large class sizes pose concerns for Elementary and Middle Schools. It is difficult for teachers to deliver content as effectively as possible, and for students to work in larger formats. Increased communication with guidance and consistency on current college requirements and portfolios for art careers.

District ART Program Strengths Teachers are Practicing Artists Technology Incorporation into Lessons District Art Display at Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village Art Shows and Displays Student Celebration of the Visual Arts (SCVA), Individual School Shows Budget Vote Show Annual Poetry, Music, Art and Dance Celebration Field Trips Awards Extracurricular Clubs Community Events (Empty Bowls, Art Alive, Have a Heart) Future Curators (Albright- Knox Art Gallery) Teacher-led Work Shops New York State Art Teachers Association (NYSATA) Participation

Character Development Honesty Respect Responsibility Compassion Self-discipline Perseverance Giving to others Empty Bowls Using the arts as significant tools to teach character, ethics, and moral reasoning Barbara Coloroso from her talk, The Bully, The Bullied, and the Bystander

Looking to the Future - NCCAS

Why? The arts help children learn to say what cannot be said The arts make vivid the fact that words do not in their literal form or number, exhaust what we can know Elliot Eisner

Questions?