Entry # 13

I plan on building a community in my classroom by making everyone share their artwork, no one can continually back out of sharing. There will be times they wont want to and I wont force them but everyone needs to be a part of the classroom. I plan on keeping students on track and I will allow talking and music but it has to be in moderation and it has to work with productive classtime use. I also will do my best to evenly split the classroom, making sure there isnt any cliques or harrassment at tables. I may even rotate throughout the class time. I plan on making my rules clear and sticking to them, once it slips students will push it further and further. I will not allow bad language or discriminatory gestures or language. I plan on having group projects to help the students learn teamwork, as well as encourage students to collaborate and help one another. I will introduce many artists and many artworks that address diversity in all of these situations listed on the question to show students there is a variety of people in this world, no one is better than anyone else and we all can strive to be a postitive and productive individual and group. I want the students to respect me, so I will make myself available for them to come to with any problems or questions. I want them to know I'm proud of them so I will share this with them when they do something well! I want my classroom to be a positive fun environment and I want students to want to come to art. So I will do all that I can to make sure this happens.