Welcome to Art!
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It is with great anticipation that I look forward to this year at Sahuarita High School!
To begin, I graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education, from the University of Arizona. I grew up in Tucson and graduated from Canyon Del Oro High School. I knew I wanted to become an art teacher in 3rd grade. This will be my 11th year teaching; 7 years teaching at Ironwood Ridge High School and 3 years at Cross Middle School.
I look forward to meeting and connecting with all of my students this year. For ten years I have been given the opportunity to grow two beautiful art programs for two schools. I have developed highly effective teaching techniques and instructional methods, which have allowed me to educate all styles of learners, and foster a fun and engaging learning environment that effectively teaches art appreciation, promotes creativity, and encourages growing independence. Recently, I have had the experience of working at Ironwood Ridge High School for 7 years, where I was involved in several dynamic leadership and professional growth programs, with some of the most inspiring students I have had the privilege to work with.
One of my greatest strengths as an educator is compassionately meeting each student’s unique needs by developing a personal understanding of each of them. I achieve this by seeing and assessing the students as individuals, and tailoring lesson plans to help them illustrate themselves both as an artist and individual. I offer one-on-one and after-school support to ensure that all students are able to grasp the learning materials and enhance their unique skills. I work with the community to display and support student art-including mosaics, murals, and art shows to include all. I travel with students across the world to promote art appreciation. My goal is to increase student motivation, awareness, and understanding of the arts.
In addition to teaching I am a working artist! I create watercolors that are on display in several museums, along with the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild. I also sell pet portraits at the Fall and Spring festivals for the Tucson Museum of Art.
Office hours:
Monday through Friday
7:45-8:15
Mustang Power Hour: Blue
3:15-3:45
Telephone: (520) 625-3502 Ext. 1550.
Email: Danielle.rutherford@sahuarita.net
Class Website: https://sites.google.com/a/sahuarita.net/shsfinearts-rutherford/home
Grades Online: Powerschool (updated weekly)
Expectations Across ALL Courses:
Teacher Expectations:
I expect you to….
· Be on time, punctual and prepared for class.
· Be positive, focused, and receptive.
· Use the right side of your brain (literally).
· Practice good listening skills
· Be organized and responsible with your work and the work of others’ art in progress
· Act responsible, maturely, and respectfully at all times
· Give your best effort; creativity takes courage and patience
· Exercise perseverance; PMA
· Continually ask questions and ask for help; this will all be very new material to you.
· Be receptive and open-minded to exploring new ideas, concepts, and experiences.
· Act passionately about all that you create in this room.
· Believe in your creative and artistic potential.
Mustang Power Hour
Office hours schedule: Monday through Friday 7:30-8:05
Lunchtime Office Hours M, T, TH, & F
Gold (11:25-11:50)
Blue (11:50-12:15)
Student Responsibilities:
· Attend office hours if you have questions, need help on homework, are assigned by the teacher, or have make-up assignments from absences.
· Check posted grades every Friday.
· Report to office hours for classes in which your grade is below a 70%. If you have more than one class that you have below 70% in, you will create a plan to attend office hours the next week.
· Phones may only be used with teacher permission.
· Remain in the classroom for the entire office hour period, or upon dismissal by the teacher
Consequences for missing mandatory MPH:
The teacher will email and/or call parents if a student misses mandatory MPH, and the teacher will conference with the student.
Administration will be assigning consequences to students who do not attend mandatory office hours. Students will receive a “strike” on a weekly basis if they are absent from mandatory MPH during the previous week.
§ 1st strike: warning letter
§ 2nd strike: letter sent home to be signed by parent, lunch detention
§ 3rd strike: letter sent home to be signed, after school detention
§ 4th strike: letter sent home; ACE, parent partnership, or focused MPH for the remainder of the semester
Hallway and building expectations:
· Hallways will be closed to students from 11:25-11:45 and 11:50-12:15.
· Hallways will be open for students to get to Gold office hours (in the rooms by 11:25) and to get to the Blue office hours (in the rooms by 11:50).