This is something that art, pe, and career tech teachers have in common.
Many of your academic courses do not deal the the numbers as we do. The
may have 3 to 4 but never 15 plus. I have the same. Most students are
not motivated, don't wish to be there, and fail due to lack of doing
anything. I often wonder why we dont have a special ed. art class, we
have it for academic areas. When I showed the counselors our TEKS in the
state of Texas, should them the students expectations to meet those
standards, they commentted, "No wonder these students have a hard time
passing, I think I would have a hard time passing" My question to them
was, "Why do you mainstream them into a class that requires math,
reading, history, self-motivation, extra hours for outside work, thinking
skills (HOTS)."
On the flip side, yes I do have students who can't do in even their
consult classes but succeed in my art class. I think the key is having
them in a class where they have no motivation to be there in the first
place.
Jackie Aust
Bryan High Art Teacher/District Art Coordinator
Bryan Texas
austart@bryanisd.org
jab1997@bryanisd.org
