Aimee




 * __5th Grade Career Project__**

The Work in Progress...

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Here is a video presentation of the projects my students have created!

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 When reflecting upon this years Arts Educator experience, I again can’t help but think about how this experience has affected my attitude towards teaching, my teaching style, and my motivation to give my students the best possible experience in the arts that they deserve. Beyond all of the standards, GPRA measures, and requirements we have all met, we must stop and think about the fact that just being a part of this experience pushes us to be what our students deserve, an important, invaluable part of their education! Whether we have 5 emergent artists in the future, or 500, we have forever changed the lives of our students by taking part of a program that has been designed for us, art and music teachers in underprivileged schools! We are working with children who have never seen a musical, never been to a production, and have never been taken to a museum. We can’t overlook this and allow it to be their norm. By bringing programs to them through the grant, and working with them to show them the importance of arts in education, we are giving them an experience that they would never have otherwise. Through our Cig project, I have found that although pupil motivation was greatly increased, they still do not view a career in the arts as a realistic goal. To be honest, it’s really not that surprising to me. Working with a group of 5th graders that have only had art for 3 years, they view it as an extra, something that is fun, but not well, “that important”. Do I blame them? Come on, I see them for 35 minutes a week give or take a few misses for a field trip or school program. My 5th grade I see on Friday I missed 6 times alone just for the grant. Unfortunately, those classes aren’t made up! In the grand scheme of things, with holidays and all, I got to see my Friday 5th grade classes just around 26 times. That’s not accounting for snow delays! That’s approximately **15 hrs**! Not even the equivalent of 2 days of school! ** Again! That’s Not even the equivalent of 2 days of school! ** **// Is that right?? Is that fair?? How are we to expect them to take the arts seriously if they are being offered the equivalent of 2 days of it? //**
 * __Reflection__**

**// That’s why this program is so important to us! To figure things like this out! To make ourselves aware of what we are up against! //**


 * __Time Tracker of Hours__**

http://vacantia.wikispaces.com/Classroom+Career+Groups || thru 2-25-10 || Total 20 hours || Collaboration Time with Rachael on 10 different Thursdays for 2 hrs each || 1&2 || http://vacantia.wikispaces.com/Weekly+Collaboration || (Including District Collaboration time of a 7hr Day) || 1&2 || http://vacantia.wikispaces.com/Weekly+Collaboration ||
 * Name || Date || Time || Accomlishment || GPRA’s || Where to find work ||
 * Aimee || 12/30 || 45min || Added assignment sheets to wiki || 1 & 2 || Under Job Choices on Group Wiki ||
 * Aimee || 2/16/10 || 1.5 Hr || Researched CIG $ Cameras/Searched online for best classroom camera kit/ emailed David selections || 1 || [] ||
 * Aimee || 2/23/10 || 1hr || Checked/Answered e-mails. Added reflections to message board on this wiki. || 1 || Message board page on this wiki. ||
 * Aimee || 2/22/10 || 1hr || Gave pre-test. Created Groups. Handed out Career Choices to groups. || 1&2 || Career Groups Page on my wiki.
 * Aimee || 2/25/10 || 2hr || Created packets for each of the job choices that my groups selected.Created a total of 12 packets. A sample packet is attached> || 1 || http://vacantia.wikispaces.com/Sample+Packet ||
 * Aimee || 3/3/10 || 30minutes || Skype with Amanda/Ken || 1 ||  ||
 * Aimee || 10-8-09
 * Aimee || 3/4/10-3/25/10 || Total 13 hours || Collaboration Time with Rachael for the month of March
 * Aimee || 3/24/10 || 1 Hr || Skype Meeting with Group || 1 || Summary on Meeting Doc Page ||
 * Aimee || 5/5/10 || 1hr || Skype Meeting and Work after on wiki page || 1&2 ||  ||
 * Aimee || 5/11/10 || 1 1/2 || Skype Meeting-Work on wiki after the meeting || 1&2 || wiki on presentation page ||
 * ~ Aimee ||~ 5/11/10 ||~ 1 1/2 ||~ Worked on creating video for my personal page on the presentation wiki ||~ 1&2 ||~ video on presentation page wiki/Aimee ||

Total Hours= 48.5+ 42 Hours at the IU = 90.5 90 Hrs = 3 CPU Credits!