In my classroom, I expected my students to be comfortable feeling challenged by art. I expected them to be comfortable working through the difficulties they faced, whether those difficulties were working with new materials, more complex images, etc. Through my support and encouragement I expected students to become confident in their artistic abilities no matter what level they started at. I expected them to take risks in trying new approaches to their work even if they failed at their first attempt, then to feel comfortable trying again.

I also expected my students to gain strong understandings of the elements and principles of design that I taught. I expected them authentically grasp those concepts to make meaning for themselves. That could manifest in the form of students asking for modifications in a project, for example.

The following pages reiterate the learning goals for two of my units from this past year. There are also images of student work samples and a reflection on how those works exemplify student growth (these will be focused on the collage diptychs unit). The Reflections page summarizes the results of a feedback survey that my students took about me. Please read through the pages for more information.