At my school we have a period called I and E (Intervention and Enrichment) It is only held Tuesday-Friday and is a 30 minute class. We hold ours at the beginning of the day right after first core, which I think is the perfect time of day.
Teachers can teach whatever kind of class they want. An English teacher can teach crochet, the Band teacher teaches floor hockey, the 6th grade Science teacher teaches jump rope. Its a really open ended project for teachers which is great for the students and teachers alike.
I have done many different things from altered books to independent art studies to my latest: Magnificent Murals.
I had 16 students who I hand picked (based off of the students who signed up for the class) and I had them organize themselves into 4 groups: Band room door, Gym mural, Art room, and independent studies. Each group designed and submitted ideas based off of their own creativity and images they found online. **The murals are still a work in progress and I will update the pictures as they get completed. **
The band room door group began by using pencil and then silver sharpies to draw their design on the doors (they were black to start so we used white paint to complete the design) This mural was entirely student designed and executed. It is not finished yet, but I will update with new pics soon!
The Gym mural group was a bit more involved. I did a lot of the prep work. I designed it with student input. I found silhouettes, projected them in my room and traced each on to black paper. I taped them to the wall and students traced around them. I drew the splatters and students did all of the painting. I did a similar process for the lettering. The Ram heads are my original design, that I also projected and traced. They worked really hard and it looks AWESOME!!!
The art room mural consists of the elements of art: It is the slowest in progress, but that is only because the group of girls working on it are silly and goof off a lot. I will update the pics as it comes along.
Lastly I had some students who chose to do some individual murals. I was blessed with a principal who lets our creativity flow, and is open to allowing us to do amazing things!
The first wall began as just "Drew Rams" but has since been transformed into a "Wall of Honor" so that we can recognize the Teacher of the Year, Service Employee of the Year and New Teacher of the Year. I again will post updated pics when all is said and done.
This one is a positive message for all students to see:
This has been a huge undertaking but my independent art students never cease to impress me!
We used regular acrylic paint to complete these murals.
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