ACCESSING & TURNING IN WORK
All assignments and contents are published on my site, and all work is submitted and graded on Infinite Campus. I do not use Google Classroom.
You will create a digital portfolio for this class (see attached sites). In the portfolio, you will document the deisgn process (tutorials, blog posts) and publish finished work. You will comment on one another's Work and give feedback. Both virtual sketchbook assignments and projects are turned in digitally. Blog posts and items on your website are turned in by attaching/pasting the link to your published site to the assignment.
Generally, there is no homework assigned in this class. However, you are expected to use student support (open at lunch!) or time at home to make up missed work due to absence or illness. Once a project is due/turned in, any preliminary work for that project, (including sketchbook assignments, warm ups, tutorials, blogposts or drafts) will be marked down or earn zero points (with exceptions for religious holidays or extended excused absences.) depending upon the circumstances. The preliminary work you do documents the ideation and technical progress of your project, without that you have not established evidence of your process and may loose points on the final project.
There are three categories for grades in Art One: sketchbook and projects and cooperation.
Your virtual sketchbook (45% of your total grade) is your collection of practical classwork: blog posts, tutotrials and warm ups, which submitted in Infinite Campus. Your practical/technical development and project plans created in your book prepare you for your studio projects (graded final artwork).
Classroom projects (45% of your grade) are the project(s) you submit for grading and exhibit (graded on district 100 pt. scale). Although I provide guidance and teach techniques, your work will reflect your own sensibilities and taste. Each studio project will be graded using rubrics customized to each project. The rubric works from four criteria for grading C+C+C+C: concept (development of the idea), creativity (expression of the concept), craft (care and development of technique), and cooperation (see next section) The process of practice, research and development for a project accounts for the quality of your final studio project. Your authentic effort in the process results in a better product.
And finally, cooperation: (10%) is your work ethic in the studio: cooperation with classmates, respecting materials and managing class time. Some ways to loose points: playing with or breaking materials, playing video games, not cleaning up, leaving class without permission, and USING YOUR PHONE IN CLASS.
All materials will be provided in the classroom, we use Mac latops which I provide. Laptops are assigned to individuals, use only your assigned device. You may borrow the device: ask permission verbally, then follow up with na email titled: borrowed laptop #--, and attach a photo of the asset tag on its cover to the email (please indiciate the duration of your use). Any printing of work we do in class. We appreciate the you consider donating to the class. Please go to the school site to make a donation:
FUTURE FUND LINK!
BOARD POLICIES
AR 5221: DROPPING A COURSE
Students may drop a course within the first 3 weeks of the semester without the class or grade appearing on the transcript. If a course is dropped after the third week of a semester, the teacher may give an "N" grade or an "F" grade depending on the quality of the student's work to date and provided that proper notice concerning the possibility of failure has been given to the parents/caregivers. Parents/caregivers may request a teacher- conference to discuss the implications of an "F" grade.
BP 5121: GRADING
A teacher shall base a student's grades on impartial, consistent observation of the quality of the student's work and his/her mastery of course content and district standards. Students shall have the opportunity to demonstrate this mastery through a variety of methods such as classroom participation, homework, tests, and portfolios.
HOMEWORK - BP 6154 / AR 6154
HOMEWORK / TESTS / MAKE UP WORK
The MV Student Handbook (page 23) outlines the purpose of homework.
Per SRVUSD Board Policy BP 5113, “participation in a cultural ceremony or event” is an excused absence. “When a student's absence from school is excused, the student's teacher shall determine identical or reasonably equivalent assignments and tests to those missed during the absence which the student shall be permitted to complete for full credit within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the teacher… Student absence for religious instruction or participation in religious exercises away from school property may be considered excused subject to law and administrative regulation.”
TESTING and ACADEMIC CODE
Monte Vista High School regards the academic conduct of our students to be a critical part of their education. Academic INTEGRITY requires students to properly demonstrate their talents through the utilization of suitable formats, proper citation methods, and HONESTY for themselves, their fellow students, and their instructors. We believe it is critical to master this behavior during high school in order to successfully navigate the educational systems and/or work environments our students will encounter once they leave Monte Vista High School.
*Plagiarism is defined as presenting materials or work prepared by another person/persons as the student’s own work without crediting the source. This includes, but is not limited to failing to expressly acknowledge the research, writing, or work by someone other than the student, claiming authorship as his/her own; presenting as his/her own, or as a new and original idea or product derived from an existing source.”
PROCEDURES & CONSEQUENCES FOR VIOLATING MONTE VISTA’S ACADEMIC CODE
Student will receive a zero for the assignment pertaining to the violation
Teacher will contact parents/caregivers AND report the violation to administration to be recorded in the student’s disciplinary file.
Repeat offenders may be subject to suspension from class and/or further disciplinary action.