FY25 School Guide Class

CE session Family, Friends, and Communities on 3.4.25

Here is a video of Debbi’s presentation of FFC:

Art Adventure FFC 3.5.25

And here are the slides, with resources at the end:

03.04.25 Family, Friends, Communities_DH

CE session 2.27.25 Sources of Strength

Video of session:

Sources of Strength 2.27.25

Slides for the presentation:

CE 2.27.25 Sources of Strength (1)

CE session 2.20.25: Cultural Reflections in Art

Here is the video:

Cultural Reflections in Art

And here are the slides:

Cultural Reflections in Art 2.20.25 (1)

January 21 and 24 class

We went on a walkabout to explore the Highlights tour, Introduction to Mia!

Here is a PDF of the key ideas and questions, with additional resources hot-linked within so you can learn more:

Highlights K-6 2025

Here are slides covering the 10 artworks in the set:

to come

January 28 and 31 class

Here are the videos from our final class:

Last class 1.31.25 part 1

Last class 1.31.25 part 2

And video of information on StaffSavvy from 2.7.25

Slides:

January 28 and 31, 2025

January 14 and 17, 2025 class

Here are the slides, with various links:

Period Rooms 1.14.25 and 1.17.25 final

Here is the video of the last half hour, covering tour check-ins and tour day selection, as well as going over how to check out from tours:

January 14 and 17 class

January 7 and 10, 2025 class

Here are the videos from class:

Part 1, January 7 and 10

Part 2, January 7 and 10

Here are the slides:

Amazing Animals in Art 01.07.25 and 01.10.25

December 17 and 20, 2024 class

Here is a link to the Zoom session, focused on Artists’ Inspirations and discussion of the substitutes worksheet:

December 20 class recording

Here are the presentation slides:

12.17 and 12.20 class Artists Inspirations

Here is a link to a Google Doc, where you can share your ideas for the substitutes for the assignment.

Finally, here is the link for the schedule of January tours to participate on.

The full tour observation and participation instructions are here:

Observation and participation 2025

And here is the school tour participation reflection form:

School Guide Tour Participation Reflection Form

November 19 and 22, 2024 class

Here is a link to the recording of the class Zoom:

Zoom recording for Nov. 19/22 class session: Let’s Celebrate Life

Here is the chat file:

Zoom Class chat Nov 22

Here are Debbi’s presentation slides:

11.19.24 and 11.22.24_Let’s Celebrate Life

November 12 and 15, 2024 class

We did not have a recording or slides this week as we did group presentations.

Here are the instructions for the individual gallery presentation:

General Guidelines for Individual Gallery Presentations FY25 school guides

Individual galllery presentation sign-ups

Per request, we also have a google doc, link here, where you can share your ideas for props and other resources.

November 5 and 8, 2024 class

Here is a link to the recording:

November 5 and 8 class

Here are the presentation slides (note that the PDF has the links for the resource pages):

11.5 and 11.8 School guide class (2)

Here were the handouts given in class:

Gender Inclusive Language and Gender Pronouns 101 (1)

Inclusive Language table

Tips for Group Management 2024-2025

Also, a great resource on gender is the National Geographic special edition, Gender Revolution

October 29 and November 1, 2024 class

Here is the recording of our Week 3 class:

Part 1 Week 3 class

Part 2 Week 3 class

Here are the presentation slides:

10.29 and 11.1 School Guide class (2)

Here are the small groups for class:

Small Groups for class

And here are the small group presentation instructions:

Group Presentation Assignment_ School Guides FY25 training

This is the handout of the topic tour (Highlights Tour) route map:

Starting-areas-for-routes-of-topic-tours rev.

October 22 and 25, 2024 class

Here is a link to the recording:

Week 2 school guide class

Part 2 (just a couple more minutes) Week 2 guide class

Here is a link to the slides:

10.22 and 10.25 School Guide class (1)

Readings for next week:

Look at the Tour Toolkit, link here, and read the following brief sections under Tour Preparation:

Developing a Theme, Choice of Artworks, Key Ideas, Route Planning, Transitions, Developing Questions

Here are the readings for next week:

Approaches for Presentation to Grades K-6 Based on Age_Grade Characteristics (2)

Points to remember about using VTS

Stage-Development-and-Learning-Styles

Types of Open-Ended Questions

October 15 and 18, 2024 class

Here is a link to the slides:

10.15 and 10.18 School Guide class

and a link to the slides on the Highlights tour for K-5 students:

Highlights of Mia’s Collection Gr K-5_DH

We did not record the first class because of the focus on administrative materials.

Here is the Brief Syllabus:

FY25 Brief syllabus Mia school guide class (1)

Assignments and readings

Here is the Wayfinding assignment, due in 3 weeks (due Nov. 5/8)

School guides wayfinding 2024 (1)

Here are the readings for next week, on Visual Elements and Principles of Art, and VTS:

Visual Elements and Principles of Art

Also check out the reading on elements of art, with visuals, from Khan Academy, link here.

VTS-elements_Master-1

VTS_at_a_Glance-Adapted