My student teaching experience began in a flurry of new names, faces and a packed schedule. Mansfield High School is not very large (about 1400 students) and class sizes are reasonable at approx 24 students. I see about 100 students throughout the day. The school has 60 minute classes, 5 a day. Their schedule runs 1,2,3,4,5 one week and 5,4,3,2,1 the next.
This is Kerry's classroom. I spend three periods with her: 2 Intro to Ceramics classes and one Advanced Drawing.She shares this space for one period with Scott, the Art director, who teaches a Portfolio Prep class for juniors and seniors.
A view from the middle of the room.
Close up, the center island with storage. Glazes and under glazes are on the right and acrylic paints and drawing supplies on the left. The center drawers hold ceramic tools, water cups and other miscellaneous items.
View from the other side of the room, to the right are storage cabinets for student work and supplies. In the far right corner there are a few pottery wheels.
Close up of cabinets
Kerry's desk
Through the door in the picture above is the Art Office. This small room serves as storage space, a meeting area, library and break room. If you were to continue walking through you would reach the other classroom I spend my time in:
This is Jen's classroom where I help in Advanced Ceramics
The far side of the room, shelves where students keep their works in progress
Wheels, only one is working at the moment
The opposite side of the room, sinks and supplies. The door at the left leads into a storage room:
It holds a little bit of everything as well as:
Two kilns. Normally one is used for bisque firing and the other for glaze firing, but one is not working properly and can't get hot enough. It is not being used for now.
Next time: A look at some of the projects the students are working on and a breakdown of what's going on in the classes I'm in, as well as the role I play in them!
Thanks for tuning in, folks! Now get out there and make something!
Jillian!
ReplyDeleteI love all the pictures and the explanations. I'm too tired now to comment in detail but I will tomorrow if my granddaughter allows. She's become a handful; she gets into EVERYTHING and when we say "no", she thinks its a big funny game. Oh my gosh, it's exhausting. But will try tomorrow. In the meantime, be sure to write to me with days and times. I guess ideally I would prefer to see the last class of the day and then talk with your art teacher and you afterwards.
Wendy
Wendy
Hi Jillian,
ReplyDeleteYes, great pictures and explanations. The rooms look so light and spacious and so filled with great supplies. I like how you show us the whole room and then focus in on different parts of the room and even show us storage spaces. Make sure you store all these photographs in folders on your computer that you can access easily. The photographs will be useful to use when doing certain parts of the PPA such as Standard 3: Manages Classroom Climate. There are indicators in that standard that require pictures and descriptions of how the room is organized and how materials are placed so that students can access supplies easily. Awaiting the next post to see pictures of projects in process.