Reinventing the Rubrics in Primary Art
A recent goal in our Curriculum Meetings has been unit planning and creating rubrics within these units. It’s been a learning journey to be able to reflect on how important it is to create a rubric with specific expectations in Art in order to set up our students for success.
What I love is being able to get perspective from our Director of Innovations as well as my teaching partner who taught primary art for over 20 years. I think that combining the creative process, project based learning with the rubrics is helping me learn how to become a better educator in Visual Arts as well. In this rubric I built for the Grade 3 Colour and Emotion Unit, I was able to get feedback which challenged me to improve and refine the rubric.
I think in my second year as the Primary Visual Arts teacher, I have only BEGUN to find a few routines that are in place. As I navigate the rest of the year, I hope to take more time to reflect on my practice to inform my teaching – even in the midst of back-acheing, tiring yet rewarding days as a primary art teacher.
Anyone have any resources for creating rubrics as an art teacher? I’ve attached the rubric below and am open for feedback!