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Re: Portfolios

From: KLMVisArt
Date: Mon Jun 19 2000 - 09:06:47 PDT

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    Anna,
    I have approximately 1000 students (preK-5, 3 schools, no art room). I do
    portfolios out of 24x36" paper. I am enteriing my third year this fall. The
    first year I did them differently than I did this past year. We made a
    vertical fold that was left of center, another fold up about 3", and stapled
    the sides of bottom pocket. I kept them in boxes in my closet. This year I
    asked each classroom teacher to choose a space in their room to store
    portfolios (an empty desk worked well). I simlpified the portfolio and
    simply had children fold the paper in half vertically.

    Students kept most of their work in the portfolio. Every once in a while I
    let them take art works home. The first year I had them choose one work of
    art to keep in the portfolio ach quarter. The problem was that they often
    took things home that we later wished were there for the art show and other
    exhibits. Now I encourage them to keep all the work in school, and I find
    that is working well.

    Sculpture is a tough one because my storage space is so limited. One of my
    three schools doesn't even have an art closet! I try to document with
    disposable cameras since they are easy to carry around when I don't have a
    cart to push. The school without the art closet also has no cart! I lug
    things around in milk crates, running up and down stairs. 3-D work generally
    needs to go home immediately. I try to do sculpure so that I can display it
    in the art show (I had one at each school). My goal is to document using the
    digital camera more next year (saving me a great deal of $).
    I could also keep a disc for each room. The problem is that it is more to
    carry and availability (one per school).

    My daughters' teacher uses lightweight cardboard folded horizontally and
    stapled on the sides to create a pocket. She keeps it for 2 years. This
    seems to work well. I might try it in the future. I'd love to hear about
    what you do.
    Kerry 

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