As with other subjects in Education such as Math and Reading, Arts Education follows and integrates a set of standards by which we teach. These standards help guide our teaching practices by highlighting the most important aspects of the greater art community and creative process. These areas include Creating, Presenting, Responding, and Reflecting upon the students' own art work, the work of their peers, and the work of the wider art community in the form of Art History and Artists of Today.
The National Visual Arts Standards are written in "I Can" Statements, making the Standards more accessible to the wide ranging ages that we have in school. Some of these might sound like:
And many, many more.
Click on the following link to explore the National Visual Arts Standards website, which is full of helpful information about Visual Arts Education on a national scale, and see how they help your artist grow!