WELCOME  TO ART 138.02 ON-LINE

STUDIO EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Spring 2006                            

 

Donna Thompson,Instructor

408 924-4395 donnart@pacbell.net

School of Art and Design

San Jose State University

1 Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192-0089

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FAX (408) 924-4326

Office : 211 Art Building, Hours: 3:30 to 4:30 PM Tues/Thurs.

 

Letter of Introduction

 

In this course you will become familiar with content and methodologies for teaching art to children, K-12.  This is lecture-reading-activity course which consists of 14 lecture sessions and 10 activity sessions.  The time commitment required is equal to the time required to complete a 3-unit studio art course: about 90 - 110 hours of lecture, discussion, assessment and studio activity. The first session will appear on-line on January 25, 2006.  Sessions will be presented weekly througH May 16, 2006.  Class orientation is schedueled for January 26 at 10 AM Room 203, Art Building and and on January 31 from 3 to 4PM. You can attend either day.A ‘green sheet’ with course goals and objectives and materials list will be available at the first session.  This letter of introduction is sent only as an orientation to the course.

 

The course is taught entirely on-line.  Participants will not need to come to the San Jose State University Campus unless they wish to meet with the instructor during regularly scheduled office hours as announced on the Green Sheet . The orientation is optional but highly reccommended. Appointments can be made on-line at the address above or at webct site under heading "mailbox".

 

Lectures, discussion and assessment activities are presented and responded to on-line, but studio activities must be accomplished through the teaching of ten art lessons to at least 5 youngsters for a minimum of 20 hours over a 12 week period. (This includes prep time and teaching time) The lessons to be taught are provided by this course. Children should be of the same age or grade level with the acception of an afterschool program.  Teaching will begin during the third week of the course.  Suggestions for modifications for different age groups are included in the lessons.

 

Participants in Art 138 online who are teachers may want to teach the lessons to their whole class, but select five members of the class as their ‘activity group’ for purposes of this course.  Those who are not teachers will need to find a group of young people to serve as their activity group.  The activity group must be constant, that is, the youngsters must participate in the entire set of lessons.  Those who are not presently teaching may want to contact a nearby school and arrange to teach in that school as a volunteer.  An after-school program could become the center of activities if the participant can make sure that all children will attend the whole series of lessons.

 

All participants must obtain a letter of agreement from the principal of the school or program administrator allowing the participant to teach art to at least 5 youngsters for a minimum of 20 hours over a 12 week period in their school or as part of an extended school program. This letter should be faxed to the instructor of the course during the first week of the class.  Participants who do not send the letter of agreement by the end of the third week of class (February 7)will be dropped from the course,no exceptions.  You may not begin to teach without the permission form signed. You must begin to teach the week of February 7. A form for that letter follows.  Art supplies for the lessons are materials commonly used in schools and possibly may be provided by the school or program.  It may be that the participant will need to purchase the materials. The cost will range from $35 to $50.  A list of supplies will be provided in the first session of the course. You will also need a three ring binder to hold the copies of student work and their written assignments. Photos of children's work will be displayed during the course. These photos may be taken with a regular camera , scanned images, or a digital camera. You will be taking pictures of the student work throughout the semester and a digital camera is highly reccommended.

 

Since the work of the youngsters will be shared on-line with others in Art 138, participants must also obtain a letter of release from the parents or guardians of the 5 children to give permission to the participant and San Jose State University to publish their children’s work on-line (with credits, of course). Children’s work will not be individually evaluated but will become part of a portfolio of course work submitted by the participant at the end of the semester in a 'portfolio ' of work that will include a written component by the children.

Parent or guardian permission forms are included in course materials. Permission forms must be faxed to the instructor by the end of the fourth week of class.  Participants who do not send these forms will be dropped from the class.

 

This course addresses the Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards for California Public Schools, Prekindergarten Through Grade Twelve and the as well as California Standards for the Teaching Profession.  Information on ordering the California documents may be found on the web at www.cde.ca.gov 

 

The course requires f a textbook: Hurwitz, Al and Day, Michael, Children and Their Art, Seventh Edition. Harcourt College Publishers, Orlando, FL.  ISBN 0-15-507438-5.  The text can can be borrowed from Art 203, or you may want to purchase a copy for yourself for future reference. To obtain the book you need to come to San Jose State during the first week of the semester.

 

Use your SJSU User ID to login: Examples: W7867652, W0172834, W0061723 This cannot be changed and use all caps when entering. Note: Do not use your SJSU ID such as 007867652. To find this code visit: http://myeducation.sjsu.edu/ Use the current semester name as your temporary password: Examples: winter, spring, summer, fall You should change this immediately and use all lowercase when entering. Note: Do not use your SJSU password such as 2HYTDRWHJ.

FORM of LETTER of AGREEMENT This is a sample letter. Original letter must be on school or program letter head and signed by the principal or director of program

 

This is a letter of agreement with (___________________ ___________________) who is taking an on-line course in children’s art, Art 138 from San Jose State University, may teach art to at least 5 children in grade _______ for 1 hour per week for 10 weeks, at _______________________ school during the school day or as part of an extended school program.  The teaching will take place between  February 7 to May 8, 2006. 

 

The proposed art program will follow a curriculum developed at San Jose State University which is aligned with Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards for California Public Schools, Prekindergarten Through Grade Twelve.

 

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I agree to allow the art program/teaching as described above take place in my school or program between February 7 to May 8 , 2006.

 

 

 

 

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Signed:  Principal or Program Director                             Date

 

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