Christopher Adams

I'm primarily a studio art class teacher. While there is some lecture involved, I've almost always taught the classes where we have tools and get our hands messy! The pure lecture course is definitely pushing me a bit in that it's gotten me out of my usual tactile comfort zone. That being said, my art history class consists of web design, graphic design, and fashion design majors. And it's small-- 9 students. I'm thinking I'm join to break with art history convention and have the students practice their studio skills as they relate to art history. And I live near… >>>

My first day on this job went rather well. Having spent last year with between 25 and 30 junior high students per class, I'll confess to being a little stunned when all 8 (now 9) students were in front of me. I was a little nervous about my content for the day as I'm an emergency fill who wasn't handed day one material, but my students and I survived. A couple elf them have really warmed up, and they're showing initiative. That's great, as I just had my first supervisory review today! It went wonderfully. Can't say enough positive about… >>>

As I went charging into my new lecture class, History of Art: The Renaissance to the 20th Century, I was handed all the course materials. Syllabus, PowerPoint presentations, book, quizzes, worksheets...everything. Well, almost everything. As I was prepping, I looked at the course calendar, and it indicated that Day 1 was a review of Middle Ages and the Late Gothic Period. Looking for the slideshow so I could get acquainted with the lesson, I discovered that I had every class covered EXCEPT for the first day's lesson! I made a rather mad scramble to create a lesson that seemed to… >>>

My prior teaching experience is in studio art. I've taught mostly at the college level, and last year I took a stab at public school teaching junior high students. I'm generally a popular instructor, and I'm always proud of my students and the results they get. This time around I'm getting handed my first lecture course. Literally. As an emergency hire, I was given all the previous slide presentations, quizzes, projects...everything. I thought that was going to be great, but it's turning out to be double the work as I adjust the course to my style. I've also been put… >>>