1. One-on-one critique with students as they are working is incredibly important. If you do not check on students throughout the process, they will not push themselves, and end up unhappy with their work.
2. Great prompts make life a lot easier. If you have good questions, students will better understand what they are supposed to be taking away from a project, and discussion will be a lot more meaningful.
3. Be flexible. Listen to what your students want, and do not be afraid to adapt the lesson to fit their needs. It makes the lesson a lot more enjoyable overall.
4. Establish a balance between friend and authoritative figure. This will make it easier to keep control of the class, while still remaining approachable to your students.
5. Make the most of your time! Come up with ways to help students keep track of the time and work efficiently.
6. Keep the classroom fun. Try and avoid stereotypical art projects. Kids most likely have already done them a million times and will not put their all into the project.
7. Treat your students like artists with their own voice and style. They will take their work more seriously, and create better products because of it.
8. Listen to your students. Whether it is an idea for an assignment, or their plans for the weekend, show you care. They really appreciate it, and it builds up the class community really fast.
9. Sometimes requirements are not a bad thing! Having more requirements keeps your students pushing themselves to meet your expectations. Just keep them vague, so they still have room to work around the different mediums and explore.
10. Care. I know this will be a lot harder to do when I have class loads of 100+ students, but remembering things that they had told me a couple weeks ago, or asking how their weekend plans went meant a lot to them. This helped keep the class fun and comfortable, and kept them coming back!
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