Art Class Rules:

1. Be quiet, look at, and listen to the teacher when they are teaching.​

   • ​​​​​​To get respect, you must give respect. Student artists will respect the teacher, other student artists, and the art room materials.

2. If you have a question, need assistance, or want to ask for something, stay in your seat and raise your hand.

   • Student artists will not be allowed out of their assigned seats unless prompted by the teacher. If they need anything, they will raise their hand and the teacher will come to them.

3. Keep your workspace tidy and clean up all messes.

   • It is important for student artists to learn how to clean up the messes they make. The art room should look just as clean by the time student artists leave as it did when they arrived.

4. Your noise levels should always stay at a 0 or 1.

   • Student artists will not yell or speak loudly to one another. They are allowed to chat, but only if their volume is at a 0 or 1 out of 10.

 

Art Class Consequences:

1. First verbal/ signaled warning

   • This may include stating the offending artist’s name aloud, making eye contact with them, or moving closer to them while teaching.

2. Second & third verbal/ signaled warning

   • If the class obtains three warnings, they get silent time for the rest of the period. If the offense is directed from one artist toward another artist, that artist would need to apologize.

3. Isolation from the group including privileges lost

   • The offending artist would be separated from the group, or their seat will be moved to another area. Privileges lost include this isolation, not being allowed to talk, or taking away certain art materials.

4. Tell their teacher (elementary)

   • The offending artist or the offending class will have their homeroom teacher notified of their behavior. I would want to set up a procedure of discipline with them; a potential method could be writing an apology note.

5. Call parents

   • The parents of the artist(s) will be contacted if bad behavior is persistent. The call or email would be done after class to not interrupt.

6. Severe Clause: Notify the dean of discipline

   • The dean of discipline will be notified if an artist did or said something that requires immediate punishment.

 

Art Class Routines:

1. Arrival

   • Students will choose where they want to sit on the first day of class and a seating chart will be formed. If rules are broken by a specific student, their seat may temporarily be adjusted. If this same student breaks the rules consistently over three class periods, their seat will be altered permanently.

   • Students are allowed to chat if their voice levels are at a 0 or 1. They must abide by the first rule; however when instruction is taking place.

2. Gaining attention

   • Clapping (all elementary students)

   • Statue/ flat tire (k-2nd grade most effective)

   • Class noise app (all elementary students, mainly 3rd-5th grade)

     • To control noise levels at a consistent and reliable pace.

   • Making a game of behavior (all elementary students)

     • Stickers and/ or small demo art as prizes to well-behaved students/ tables.

3. Distributing materials

   • Required materials will already be set out before class begins. If other supplies are necessary for the day, individual students will be chosen to pass them out rather than everybody getting into a large group to retrieve them.

4. Clean-up

   • Clean-up will always start 5 minutes before class ends (use clapping for gaining attention). Students, at this time, will drop their materials, stop working, and start cleaning up their tables. Counting backward will also help with classroom management for students putting away specific items.

5. Dismissal

   • Students are not allowed to line up and leave without all tables being cleaned up. Everything should be put back in its place as designated by the teacher. All students are responsible for the mess at their tables, not just their own.