Marple Newtown School District Visual Arts Curriculum Update

Marple Newtown School District Visual Arts: Curriculum Update Mission. . . to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community

Marple Newtown School District Teachers of Art ART SHOW Newtown Square Library 201 Bishop Hollow Rd. Newtown Square, PA September 2 -30, 2014 Mission. . . to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community

Featuring the works of MNSD Art Teachers: • Karen Can, Penny Gardner, Michael Winterbottom, Marple Newtown High School • Dianne Blickle, Jillian Robostello, Paxon Hollow Middle School • Jill Bialy, Culbertson Elementary School • Kimberly Trigone, Loomis Elementary School • Deidre Selig, Russell Elementary School • Vicki Israel, Worrall Elementary School Mission. . . to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community

Art Curriculum and the Curriculum Cycle Year 4: Teaching for Understanding • Implement new resources • Tweak scope and sequence, essential questions, and assessments Mission. . . to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community

Art Curriculum Revision • K-12 Teachers met to align scope and sequence and create common academic vocabulary. • Elementary Art Curriculum revision process completed 2013 -14. • Middle School Art Curriculum revision is nearly complete. • HS Art Curriculum will be revised 2014 -15. Mission. . . to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community

Art Curriculum and the PA Academic Standards • The Art Curriculum is aligned to the PA Academic Standards for the Arts and Humanities. • PA Academic Standards for the Arts and Humanities Mission. . . to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community

Art Curriculum and the PA Core Standards • There are no PA Core Standards for Art. • Art teachers use the processes of Art to teach the processes of the PA Core Standards • For Example: Art teachers teach student to do a “Close Reading” of a work of art, using the concepts and terminology of the PA Core Standards in Language Arts. Mission. . . to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community

Another Example: in Paxon Hollow 6 th Grade Art Compare and Contrast A comparison of different Artists’ Paintings This isn’t English class—why do we have to write? RESEARCH SHOWS that when students take ownership for their learning by educating themselves through a buildup of basic knowledge of the visual arts and application of art critique/analyzing methods for the visual arts, their studio products improve greatly. In other words, the more you put your thoughts about art into words, the better your own art will become! Mission. . . to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community

Art Curriculum and the PA Core Standards • Elementary Art teachers will be reviewing PSSA exam questions to identify content and concepts, especially math and spatial concepts, that can be taught and reinforced in Art classes. Mission. . . to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community

Coming Attractions in Art • We’re expanding vision of the Gala Evening of the Arts—Art Teachers are leading the way…. --to include Robotics, National History Day, Poetry, Drama and more… --to move the High School Art Show opening to the Gala Evening of the Arts, and --to add a Teacher Art show. Mission. . . to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community

We greatly appreciate the ongoing School Board support for the Arts! “Arts education aids students in skills needed in the workplace: flexibility, the ability to solve problems and communicate, the ability to learn new skills, to be creative and innovative, and to strive for excellence. ” – Joseph M. Calahan, Director of Cooperate Communications, Xerox Corporation Mission. . . to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community