teaching year 9/10 illustration mark making and collage workshop
- today I got to help teach a full day of secondary illustration at a school and I wanted to reflect on this lesson on the blog and see how I can learn and adapt my teaching practice from what I've seen today
- obviously this was a vastly different age range to the group I will be leading and teaching but it was good to get back into the practice of teaching younger pupils in a school setting after a few months break
- I didn't organise or lead the workshops but I gave a small portfolio presentation and helped/ talked to the students throughout the day. this was a longer day with 5 different lessons over one day rather than the three lessons a day that I'll be doing over three days at Bankside
- the work was really tiring but also inspiring and fun, it was great to engage with students about art and help them develop their practice and skills
- the workshops with Bankside will be less about developing art practice and more focused on using simple skills to communicate a simple message
things I have learnt to carry over to my own teaching
- when you start teach as though you expect the students to have NO prior knowledge about protest art/ collage techniques/ illustration
- make sure you explain what is expected with examples more than once and circle the group to keep all students on track
- students often have really good ideas but can need directing to get them down into a concept
- always get discussions going and questions being asked so students understand the situation
- have more materials than you need, children often ask for another one
- really stress a good plan and check it before students start
- get them to plan out what colours they want to use and sort them for lesson 3
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