1. Preparing Teaching Environments for Art Education When considering the many options available for arranging a classroom, three overarching concepts should be considered...

2.  A reasonable relationship exists between the characteristics of the environment and the behaviors of the inhabitants.  Although the physical setting does not teach, it does tend to facilitate certain behaviors and hinder others.

3.  The environment must be organized to function in unison with the teaching methods being used. No single room layout is ideal for all phases of an art experience.  The art room should be expected to change several times during a lesson in response to the shifting directions of student work and the progress of the lesson.

4. Research continues on the art classroom practices of teachers who have been described by their colleagues as being effective instructors; who include attention to physical environmental variables, including:

5.  Dividing the room into distinct zones or areas that are designated for specific functions or activities.  Perceiving the art classroom as a flexible setting that can be tailored to best suit the behavioral and participatory requirements of the lesson: Expressive (Studio) Responsive (Presentation, Lecture)

6.  Developing procedures that allow equipment that must be stored to be easily obtained and replaced.  Planning spatial arrangements to facilitate easy movement from one area in the room to another. The intent is to minimize crowding and congestion in high traffic areas.

7. Art Room Design What you need to know...

8. Consider...   General art room vs. specific studios   School size   Class size   Number of classes   Specialized studios: type and design   Storage areas Unlocked Locked Student work Supplies Equipment Accessories

9.  Provisions for showing images: Storage Storage Blinds Blinds Blackout curtains Blackout curtains  Electric outlets  Ventilation  Display  Media area  Computer/Digital area  Instructor area  Sinks Traps Traps “In-the-round “In-the-round

10.  White board / Smart board  Lights  Equipment  Provisions for all types of learners  Furniture

11. Ordering Supplies Lisa - Congrats on your new job! I am so excited about mine but also really nervous! I'd love to share some ideas with you as well:) I just turned in my supply order today. It was pretty big because the Art program is brand new this year (Art has been taught in the general classrooms for the last 20 years) and my room is completely empty save the tables, stools and my desk and chair. I am extremely lucky that there was a generous start up budget that allowed me to buy some big items that you buy once and they last forever, such as a large drying rack with wheels and a high quality paper cutter. Most of the items on my list are things that I used frequently during my student teaching but I also got some really neat stuff that I haven't had the opportunity to teach yet (like stuff for printmaking). Here is my list:

12.  Tempera paint  Watercolors  Camel Hair brushes  White Bristle brushes  Plastic 6-Well Muffin Pans (for paint)  Drawing Paper (9x12 and 12x18 in both 60lb and 80lb)  Newsprint  Construction Paper  Scratch-art supplies  Marker Classpack  Crayon Classpack  Colored Pencil Classpack  Cray-Pas Classpack

13.  Personal Mirrors (class set for portrait projects)  Print foam  Block ink  Hard Brayers  Plast’r Craft  Craft sticks  Glue (bottles and the Elmer's gallon and glue pump)  Drying Rack  Watercolor paper  Texture Plates  Willow Charcoal  Pressed Charcoal  Wooden rulers  2” Masking Tape  Paper cutter

14.  Scissors  Swingline 747 Stapler and staples  Staple remover (the kind with the magnet for when you are taking own bulletin boards, etc)  X-Acto School Pro Electric Sharpener  #2 Pencils  Pink Pearl Erasers

15. Consider the need for donated materials...  Cardboard egg cartons  Cool-whip containers  Cottage cheese/yogurt containers (the 32 oz size)  Fabric  Old file folders  Ice cream buckets with lids  Magazines  Newspapers  Ribbon  Yarn

16. Terminology  Expendable/consumable supplies  Capital outlay items  Zero-based budgeting  Student-grade  Gross  Paper Ream Ream Weight Weight Tooth Tooth Newsprint Newsprint Sulphite Sulphite

17.  Paint Watercolor Watercolor Tempera Tempera Acrylic Acrylic  Drawing India Ink India Ink Ebony Pencils Ebony Pencils Vine and Compressed Charcoal Vine and Compressed Charcoal Colored Pencils Colored Pencils Watercolor Pencils Watercolor Pencils Kneaded Erasers Kneaded Erasers Markers Markers

18.  Ceramics and Sculpture Earthenware Earthenware Stoneware Stoneware Air Dried Clay Air Dried Clay Junior/Senior Cones Junior/Senior Cones Kiln Wash Kiln Wash Posts and Stilts Posts and Stilts Glazes/Underglazes Glazes/Underglazes Plaster Plaster Paper-mache Paper-mache Sculpture wire Sculpture wire

19.  Printmaking Relief Relief Paper Lithography Paper Lithography Silk-screen Silk-screen