PACIFIC AP* INSTITUTE
Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, California
Monday, June 22 through Thursday, June 25, 2009

 

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STUDIO ART

Charlotte Chambliss

A native of Dallas, Texas, Charlotte received her B.F.A. (Drawing and Painting) from North Texas State University in Denton, Texas in 1984; she received her Teacher Certification in Secondary Art in 1997 from Texas A & M Commerce, Texas. Charlotte has been teaching classes in visual art at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts since 1989. She has taught AP* Art History for 17 years and AP* Studio Art for 14.

Charlotte has been a College Board Reader for AP* Studio Art since summer 2000; from 2003 - currently she has served as a Table Leader and Question Leader. She became a College Board Consultant in 2002. Charlotte has presented a variety of workshops on AP* topics for several state and national school districts, as well as at numerous AP* Summer Institutes across the country. From July 2002 through June 2006 Charlotte served as a member of the AP* Studio Art Test Development Committee. From 2005 - 2008 Charlotte was a part of the College Board National Leader Program for Consultant Training and Endorsement, and currently serves as a Mentor in the Mentor/Mentee Consultant Development Program. Charlotte was selected Booker T. Washington H.S.P.V.A. Teacher of the Year for 2000-2001. She also traveled to Japan in November 2001 as a participant of the Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program.

 

You can e-mail Charlotte at chamananda@hotmail.com

Note: The AP* Exam readings are scheduled during the first 3 weeks in June. Since our faculty members are exam readers in their respective subjects, your messages or inquiries posted during June may not be returned or answered in a timely manner.

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2009 Session Outline   

MONDAY

  • Introductions
  • Review mission of the College Board's Advanced Placement Program*: Access and Equity
  • The AP* Course Audit
  • Overview of the three Studio Art Portfolios - Drawing, 2-D Design and 3-D Design - and the three components of each - Quality, Concentration and Breadth
  • Review College Board Resources for the AP* Studio Art Instructor
  • The AP* Studio Art: Drawing Portfolio
  • Hands-on studio activity

TUESDAY

  • The AP* Studio Art: 2-D Design Portfolio
  • Beginning an AP* Studio Art Class
  • The AP Reading in Studio Art 2009 - An Overview of the Grading Process and the Scoring Guidelines (rubrics)
  • Mock Reading - Concentrations and Breadth from the Drawing, 2-D and 3-D Design Portfolio
  • Participant Sharing of Best Practices
  • Hands-on studio activity

WEDNESDAY

  • The AP* Studio Art: 3-D Design Portfolio
  • Grading Student Work in AP* Classes
  • Developing Concentrations ideas for the 2-D, 3-D and Drawing Portfolios
  • Developing Lessons for Breadth
  • Participant Sharing of Best Practices
  • Hands-on studio activity

THURSDAY

  • Photographing Works of Art: A Brief Overview
  • "AP* Journeys: The Sketchbook"
  • The Class Critique: Getting Students to Think and Write About Art
  • Participant Sharing of Best Practices
  • Hands-on Studio Activity (as time permits)
  • Wrap- Up; Evaluations

PARTICIPANTS:

Please bring your favorite art making supplies (pens, pencils, colored pencils) if you can travel with them.

Participants will be asked to share successful lessons that they have used in the art classroom.  If you have a word/document file of the lesson please bring it on a CD Flash Drive or email it to chamananda@hotmail.com. If examples of the work are available (actual work or, preferably, digital form), bring them along.

 

*College Board, AP, Advanced Placement Program, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of the College Board. Used with permission.