Andrew Baker Teacher Induction Presentation

A little bit about me…I work at Wiggins High

School / Middle SchoolI am the art teacher for

both schools I teach 6th , 8th grades and

High School art.I also teach a 7th grade

computers course.I run an after school

Photography ClubI just completed my second

year teaching.I have a degree in graphic

design.

MentorsJordan Sonnenberg Melissa TrambleyMiddle School Science

teacher at Wiggins Middle School

Department head at Brighton High School

Standard 1Literacy

This assignment sheet was created to better harness literacy in regards to art description and self-assessing ones own artwork.

Standard 2Math Integration

Students worked with their skill using 1 point perspective and used measurements to create a word that described them. All of their letters had to be equal width and equal distance apart. I used information on the greatest common divisor to help teach the spacing in-between the letters. This was a very detail oriented project for my eight graders. In the past I have done this project with high school level students.

Standard 3Standards and Assessment

Jordan and I discussed a lot about the use of rubrics in the grading of my art projects. I have a variety of rubrics that I have made this year that both challenge students and grade fairly.

Standard 4Knowledge of Content AreaThis year I tried to make our

program more in the spotlight in the community.

Artist of the Month Contribution to the Lost Creek Guide (3)

6 Students had artworks displayed in the Morgan County Community College Art Gallery

Submissions to other local and national level scholarship and art galleries.

Standard 5Classroom and Instructional Management

Love and Logic SeminarI learned a lot about

classroom management and some tips and tricks Enforceable

Statements One Liners Being consistent “Happy people take

risks. Not to achieve. To Learn”

“Life is about making mistakes and fixing them”

Standard 6Individualization of InstructionI worked with Melissa a lot on individualizing

instruction for my students. We decided that there are so many objectives a

project can contain and that there are varying degrees in which a student can accomplish those objectives.

If one student tries really hard and puts the effort in but still results in a project that is not stellar then they should still be rewarded for their work. This kind of thinking applies to students that may have

an accommodation, RTI plan or IEP. These students can still do well in a project even if they are at a disadvantage somehow.

Standard 7Incorporating TechnologyDuring this year I started

using a program with my seventh graders called Scratch. It is run through MIT and is completely free.

It is a very basic way to begin learning how to code programs or games.

After watching some tutorials online I decided to introduce it to my classes and they have really enjoyed it. I hope to use it more next year.

Standard 8Democracy, Governance and Careers in Teaching

SB191 and Evaluation System

8.4 Promote teaching as a worthy career.Wrestling Mondays

Weekly Lectures Reviews Two Unit Tests Homework

Required to go to two meets

Goal 1 – Re-aligning my CurriculumJordan and I discussed

using a more core classroom approach to my curriculum. Because of this I have adjusted my projects into units rather than individual projects. The units lasted for much longer than a project and could help scaffold skills and objectives as students completed each project.

UnitProject 12

Project 12

Project 12

Goal 2 – Pre-assessmentsEvaluating my pre-assessment process. Ditching it.Creating a new evaluation process.

Goal 3Revamp Critiquing

system.Reached out to Melissa

and she suggested using a critique-like form to guide students

Art 1: Individual Presentation

Art 2: Small group discussion

Art 3: Full class discussion

Professional DevelopmentNortheastern

UNISERV WorkshopLove and Logic

SeminarAdaptive Schools

Foundation SeminarCEA Lobby Days:

Capital Visit

Future plans.June 9-12 UNISERV Leadership ConferenceOctober 9-12th 2014 Colorado Art Education

Association ConferenceFuture art related blog; Display student

work, accomplishmentsUse Twitter feed to incorporate interactions

with my photography club, post project dates and important art show deadlines