1. BEVERLY TAYLOR SORENSON ARTS LEARNING PROGRAM
Professional Development Portfolio - Year One
Rosemary Mitchell, Visual Art Specialist,
Woodrow Wilson Elementary, Granite School District

2. INDIVIDUAL ARTISTIC GOALS
ART EDUCATION
VISUAL ARTS
• WEBPAGE • PROFESSIONAL • BUILD A NETWORK
EDUCATIONAL
• ESTABLISH DEVELOPEMENT WITH OTHER
RESOURCES • COLLABORATIV VISUAL ARTISTS
• ORGANIZE E PROJECTS • SCHOOLWIDE
SCHOOL ARTS • SCHOOL WILL UNDERSTANDING
COMMITTEE OF SIDE BY SIDE
HAVE LOOK OF TEACHING
A VISUAL ART
SCHOOL

4. 3 INSTRUCTIONAL PLANS:
•COLLABORATIVE ART MAKING – “2ND GRADE MURALS”,
“THE COLONIAL PRINTING PRESS”, 5TH GRADE
•LEDGER ART – “FROM ROCK ART -TO HIDE TO
- LEDGER PAPER”
•CLAY – K-1: STARS & ICYCLES, 4TH GRADE: REGIONS &
ANIMALS OF UTAH, 5TH GRADE TESSELLATIONS, ELL
ADULT LEARNERS BASKETS, K-1 BASKETS & CATS

5. COLLABORATIVE ART MAKING: “2ND GRADE MURALS”
STUDENTS WILL KNOW… STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO…
• the importance of collaboration in art •create a collaborative mural with their
• the implications of working as a team to classmates & discuss their artwork
create one project • problem solve on a large scale project
• the definition & history of a mural • continue a visual design
INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS: community, cultures, environment, citizenship,
problem solving,collaboration, language development
“THE COLONIAL PRINTING PRESS”, 5TH GRADE
• the history of printmaking and its • create a letter to contribute to the class
connection to Colonialism alphabet
• about block printmaking and the • apply their knowledge about colonial culture
importance of design to create a message
• the importance of teamwork in • connect their work with another students
collaborative art making work to create a collaborative work of art
• Students will know the connection between • problem solve as they work in a group
printmaking and colonial culture
INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIIONS: Explorers,
Colonists, governments and cultures, communication, SLIDESHOW
Problem solving, collaboration, language development

6. LEDGER ART: “FROM ROCK ART, TO HIDE, TO LEDGER PAPER STORYTELLING”
STUDENTS WILL KNOW… STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO…
• the qualities of ledger art •identify the unique aspects of
• Native artists who created ledger art
ledger art • create their own piece of ledger
• the history of ledger art art
• the aesthetic importance • discuss their ledger art with
of ledger art in history other students
• articulate the symbols, designs,
and stories found in ledger
art
INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS: History, government, cultures,
Native American Tribes, storytelling, literature, symbolism
SLIDESHOW

7. CLAY
STUDENTS WILL KNOW… STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO…
• how to create clay forms using textures
• understand the history of clay in relation
and patterns from different cultures
to culture
• how to use different techniques when
• better understand and apply media,
working with clay
techniques& processes
• how to incorporate art history,
• choose a range of subject matter,
aesthetics and criticism with a
symbols and ideas
hands-on activity
• reflect upon and assess the results of the
• how to use glazes to personalize their
clay and firing process
work
• make connections between visual arts and
other disciplines
INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIIONS:
K-1: manipulation of tools, basic shapes, using basic shapes to create form, life skill of respect
4th: regions & landforms of Utah, soil comparisons, animals of Utah
5th: math – tessellations, repeating patterns, symmetry
6th: Egyptian vessels, Egyptian cartouches, Egyptian Paste, language development
SLIDESHOW

8. SIDE BY SIDE TEACHING
Classroom teachers and art specialists working together to
design curriculum that is rigorous in the art form and in
other areas of the curriculum, i.e. science, math, and
the language arts.
SLIDESHOW

9. BEVERLY TAYLOR SORENSON ARTS LEARNING PROGRAM
Professional Development Portfolio - Year One
Rosemary Mitchell, Visual Art Specialist,
Woodrow Wilson Elementary, Granite School District