Yeah, welcome to life. My experience in the training world is that I have to learn two types of information: the stuff that I have to know for the tests and the actually useful shit that I'll use to train myself and clients.
There's surprisingly little overlap.
The trick in this case is not to struggle. Are you having problems designing art projects the kids will like or are you having problems designing ones that'll live up to *your* standards? If it's the latter, take a deep breath and remove your limitations; your first year doesn't have to be a slam dunk. If it's the former then I'd recommend talking to the teachers about what skill sets their students are familiar with. Build your program from there. In a few years you can build the kids from scribbling on paper to actually being able to create some art by the time they're 7th graders. For now, just give the kids a chance to have some fun and use another part of their brains.
you would think that there should be overlap. Oh well - roll with the punches, eh?
And my biggest problem is creating lesson plans for the pre K - 3rd grade groups. I want to build a foundation for them so that they go on with a good basis to work from... but even my super simple lesson was too much for 60% of the K's, which was incredibly frustrating. I need to scale my thinking back as far as I can. The only big thing for me though is art is often considered 'play' time by other el. teachers. Yes, it is fun, but often they think of art as only their planning time, or time for the kids to blow off steam. Art can be and is so much more than that. I don't want to send kids home with just arts and crafts.
:) that's half of my current problem - I was homeschooled all of my life, so I have no past memories of art projects to lean upon. But yes, I'll probably end up getting a hold of the former art teacher and see what advice she has to share.
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There's surprisingly little overlap.
The trick in this case is not to struggle. Are you having problems designing art projects the kids will like or are you having problems designing ones that'll live up to *your* standards? If it's the latter, take a deep breath and remove your limitations; your first year doesn't have to be a slam dunk. If it's the former then I'd recommend talking to the teachers about what skill sets their students are familiar with. Build your program from there. In a few years you can build the kids from scribbling on paper to actually being able to create some art by the time they're 7th graders. For now, just give the kids a chance to have some fun and use another part of their brains.
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And my biggest problem is creating lesson plans for the pre K - 3rd grade groups. I want to build a foundation for them so that they go on with a good basis to work from... but even my super simple lesson was too much for 60% of the K's, which was incredibly frustrating. I need to scale my thinking back as far as I can. The only big thing for me though is art is often considered 'play' time by other el. teachers. Yes, it is fun, but often they think of art as only their planning time, or time for the kids to blow off steam. Art can be and is so much more than that. I don't want to send kids home with just arts and crafts.
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Thank you for the thoughts! :)
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