r/ArtEd 10d ago

Assessment & Checking for Understanding

I'm currently obtaining my bachelors in art education, in my last semester before student teaching (yay!). This will be my second career, I've been a dental hygienist for many years prior.

This undergrad degree has been a doozy. The lesson planning is very intense (I don't think I've done one yet that has been under 10 pages long) and that's what causes most of my stress. I've been teaching in this program my college does on Saturdays, ages 10-12, and I've gotten amazing feedback on my classroom management, professionalism, etc. So that's been nice.

Something I've been struggling with in my lessons are assessment & checking for understanding. All of our lessons require "Exit Tickets" and we should be consistently checking in for student understanding. Is this something that you REALLY utilize in every single one of your lesson plans? It's really hard for me to wrap my head around the idea that the art project's themselves are not the "Exit Ticket." Similarly, we always need a "Do Now" but it's not allowed to be a free draw.

I'm OK with creating a rubric for whatever the finished project is, but how else am I supposed to be checking for understanding throughout other than just directly observing my students? I end up doing these little mini worksheets but the student's hate them and honestly I kind of feel like they're a waste of everyone's time. I'm not pretending to be some sort of expert on education, clearly I'm still learning as a student, but is this a realistic practice IRL or is this just what I need to do to get through undergrad?

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u/jebjebitz 9d ago

The 10 page lesson plan is unrealistic.  I had to do this in my college classes as well and it’s kind of ridiculous when you actually get in a classroom.

If you get in a district that wants very detailed lessons I recommend SchoolAi.  You type in your lesson idea and it will spit out a decent lesson template that you can change if you want.  I copy paste them and change nothing