AP Course:

AP ART & DESIGN

CONSULTANT: Sensei David Isamu Tamori, Visual Artist and Performer

Oroville High School Teacher and Coach 1973-2010

Cooperating teacher for over 30 CSU Chico student Teachers.

California Arts Project 1988-2010

Introduced the 5th standard in the previous states, arts standards.

Served on the Development committees for the Praxis, CSET, and National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

California Art Education Association Outstanding Secondary Arts Educator in 1992.
Outstanding Visual Art Program award in 1996.
National Art Education Association Pacific Region Secondary Art Educator Award in 1999.
California State University Athletic Hall of Fame.

University of California Cadre of Visual and Performing Art Experts.
Commission on Teacher Credentialing Bias Review Committee Member.
Consultant for the College Board Advanced Placement Art and Design Program. Western States Region.

Chair of the Oroville Arts Commission

President of the Artist of River Town Studio

Member of the BCOE Strategic Planning committee.

Chief Reader/Scoring Leader/Rater for the Praxis Arts Assessment.

US Army Veteran. 

Class Description:

Day 1 Part 1: Understanding the Course

8:00-8:30 Activity A Welcome, Introductions.

8:30-9:30 Learning Goals and Approaches, Activity B Using the Course Framework, Accessing AP Classroom

9:30-10 :00 Activity C What is a Sustained Investigation?

10:00 – 10:10 Break  

10:10-12:00 Continue with Activity C

12:00-12:40 Lunch

12:40-1:40 What are Selected Works?  Activity D

1:40- 4:00 Inquiry and Making (Minutes)

4:00-4:30 Communicating and Reflecting (45 Minutes)

Day 2 Understanding, Planning and Teaching the Course 

8:00-8:30 Part 1:  Understanding the Course

Part 2:  Planning Your Course

Part 3:  Teaching the Course

Activity E generating Possibilities for Investigation  | Activity F Formulating Questions to Further Sustained Investigation

10:10-12:00

Activity G What are AP 2-D and Design, AP 3-D Art and Design, and AP Drawing?

Inquiry and Making

12:10-12:40 Lunch 

12:40-3:00 Activity H Setting Learning Milestones 

3::00-4:00 Communication and Reflection 

Day 3 Part 3 Teaching the Course

8:00-10:00 Activity I Practicing, Experimenting, and Revising with Material, Processes, and Ideas

10:00-10:10 Break

10:10-11:00 Activity J Connecting Visual and Written Evidence

11:00-12:00 Inquiry and Making 

12:00-12:40 Lunch

12:40-1:40 Activity K Skillful Synthesis of Materials, Processes, and Ideas

1:40-2:50 Activity L Striving for Equity and Access Using the Growth Mindset 

2:50-4:30 Communication and Reflecting.  Sharing resources

Day 4 Part 4 Assessing Student Progress and Understanding

8:00-9:00 Activity M Formative and Summative Assessment 

9:00-10:00 Activity in Presenting Art and Design for interpretation

10:00-10:10 Break

10:10-12:00 Inquiry and Making Set up Sustained Investigations.

12:00-12:40 Lunch

12:40-to 2:00 Activity O Scoring Portfolios

2:00-3:00 Activity P AP Course Audit and AP Resources.

The course Audit, due until Fall of 2021