Teaching Objective

As I began to write my teaching objective, I thought back to the ultimate goals I have for the classroom that I share with the schools I am working in. I know that as I go further into a teaching career, my list of teaching objectives will expand and grow. I came up with the following:

1. Students display and have attained a good understanding of vocabulary pertaining to techniques, artists, and materials in the art room. This knowledge of vocabulary is attained because of its usage in introductions, durations, and conclusions of all projects.
2. Art advocacy. Students will gain an understanding of what it is to create and/or appreciate art that is created individually based, community based, etc. Art work produced by students will be displayed throughout the community.
3. Students will have an understanding of the cultural and historical ties to projects assigned, art work displayed in class, techniques, etc.
4. Students will be familiar with a wide variety of mediums.
5. Students will be able to reflect on their own artwork and art work from other eras and cultures.