Welcome parents to my elementary art class Weebly where I will be uploading monthly what your students are working on. A little bit about myself before I talk about what will happen in the classroom over the school year. I have been teaching abroad for the past 7 years. Starting off with three years in South Korea, one year in Australia, and the last three years teaching art to all grades in a special needs school in Kuwait that is situated in the Middle East. My last placement opened me up to the enjoyment of teaching to elementary students. This is why I am excited in teaching art at Lincoln School. For the past week I have been introducing myself to all of the elementary students. I believe to be a good holistic educator you need the students to feel that they know me and that they feel that they can trust me. Once that trust is built then the students can move forward and the learning begins. Since I have roughly 500 students my next two weeks will be focusing on getting to know the students. I want to know what they learned from the previous year at Lincoln and what they enjoyed from art class. Once I have the students feedback about what they enjoy about art I will then introduce the expectation of the art classroom. When the students know the expectations of the classroom I will then begin discussing what projects they will be working on. I will be discussing with them that some projects are pre-plan, some projects will be created based on their interests, and some projects will be based on what they are learning from other subjects. I hope over the course of the school year you will be checking in on this Weebly webpage to see what your students are creating.
Looking forward to meeting you in person,
Ryan
Looking forward to meeting you in person,
Ryan