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| "Cafe Terrace at Night" - Vincent VanGogh |
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| School Parent and Adult Volunteers can commit to providing their school's students with an outstanding supplemental fine arts education program.
Remember, you, as their parents, are their FIRST teachers!
On this site, on the page entitled "List of Prints" is the annual schedule of selected prints, or syllabus, for the program volunteer you to use as a guide to which prints to present to the class each month. Every two-grade level has an overall for the year, which can be changed from year to year. Also included are helpful suggestions of topics for discussion and "hands-on" projects.
Here’s how to get started:
1. Make arrangements with your teacher for the date and time of your presentation.
2. Find the prints for the grade level you will be teaching at your school art facility or contact your local school district's volunteer coordinator. Be sure to reserve your needed prints in advance with your Meet the Masters Program Chairperson at your school.
3. When borrowing the prints on the day of your presentation, please log them out on the Sign- out sheet on top of the drawers and return them to the art facility promptly when finished. The prints are available to study at your leisure in the art facility or in the Meet the Masters Notebooks in your school art facility, media center, or online at your school district's volunteer website.
4 Information on the pictures and artists can be found in the Meet the Masters Notebooks on the shelves in the back of the workroom and online at the Get Involved In Education website. These pages also have suggested questions for class discussion and activities.
5. Sharing of hands-on project ideas with other volunteers and team-presenting (two volunteers working together) is highly encouraged. Please familiarize yourself with this Meet the Masters website. It is highly informative. Your Chairperson may find it useful to build a "library" of hands-on projects.
Anyone who has done a very successful, really interesting, and fun project is encouraged to write down:
List of materials (what you used),
Procedures (step-by-step how you did it),
A Model or Sample (and templates for any cut-outs needed),
You Chairperson can post these on their program website. Your Chairperson can provide many wonderful projects for sharing from their own collection and from any art teacher training classes attended.
6. Prepare for your presentation and gather your materials for a few minutes per day, a few days in advance. It’s a good idea to practice on family members if possible. Preparation can involve familiarizing yourself with the prints, reviewing the notes on the artist and print, and always making a finished example of your hands-on project to model for the students. I find it very helpful to print up the online information and paste it on 3x5 index cards to use during my presentation. For additional information on artists and their works you can consult three great websites: www.artcyclopedia.com , www.wikipedia.com , and www.enchantedlearning.com .
Inexpensive materials can be obtained at Dollar Stores (Family Dollar, 99¢ Store), Discount Stores (Big Lot, Target sale bins), Jo Ann Fabrics, Craft/Hobby Shops, or Michael’s sale bins (alas, my favorite Rag Shop is no more!). Ask your teacher what classroom materials he/she can allow you to use (paper, tape, glue, scissors, and crayons). Or you can coordinate with the teacher or "Room Parent" to ask students to bring in any special items that may be needed ahead of time (be sure to bring a few extras for those who forget). Your school's art teacher may be able to give advice or a few sheets of paper in a pinch as well. "It never hurts to ask," I always say!
Should you have any questions, doubts, need ideas, advice, or assistance, please consult with your school's Meet the Masters program chairperson. It is the function of the coordinator or chairperson to assist and guide you.
A Message from a Meet the Masters Program Chairperson/Coodinator...
I would like you to know that - - whether you are a "seasoned pro" or " newbie", a professional artist, or "all thumbs", a stay-at-home Mom, or full-time working parent, we are all intelligent and committed people and we are all in this together...for the kids!
So remember to :
Sit in on presentations given by others to see how they do it, and to get fresh ideas.
Ask for advice , physical help, or supplies when you need it.
And please SHARE your great ideas and successful "hands-on" projects.
Thank you for making a committment to arts education, and thanks for being part of the team.
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