Ms. Jennifer Sweeney

"A Week in the Life of an Art Teacher"

-Over 600 kids per week

 RULES is RULES--
Discipline- Only deal with the person and the problem not the entire class for one child

Awesome way to get 1-3 grade students to line up "Mona Lisa"
-Notice the way that the she has hands to herself looking forward and being quiet (etc.).

-Because of the multiculturalism (Ho-Chunk) that is in the classroom Ms. Sweeney uses their native language along with: Japanese, French, German etc. This is a great way not only to introduce the students to multiculturalism that is in their area but also to some cultures outside of this and around the world.
-Keeping with the multiculturalism-- instead of only talking about dead European males talk about everyone (included in texts, handouts, lessons etc.)

-Putting naughty students in charge because instead of being naughty they will focus on everyone else.


-Adding shaving cream to paint makes it fluffier
-Using digital camera (video etc.) to show steps and procedures that are lengthy

 Beatles lesson- great lesson using song lyrics, which is great because the students all have a different art piece as a final result. Lyrics that are inappropriate are changed (for example "birthday greetings bottle of wine" is changed to "birthday greeting bottle of milk".

Ms. Sweeney-
She seems like she would be a great art teacher. Personally when a teacher is excited about a particular subject I find myself more engaged. I'm sure this is how most people are including her many students. She is very engaged in what she does and is creative in her classroom (Elmo and I know it, Mona Lisa line up etc.)

PDP- needs to be completed every five years and they are goals that need to be completed to renew their license.