u/Lonelyrollingstar_

Hello Reddit.

I’ve been subbing at my school for about two years. I have a bfa but no certifications (I am working it though). Last year I was turned down for both a full time art position and an associate teacher position and have been applying to other private/charter schools. I’ve been pretty consistently making it to final rounds (about three times), but it’s not leading to anything.

I have one last final interview this upcoming week and I’m wondering if I should just back out, since I feel like signs are pointing to not being able to handle the job. I do have a lot of experience working with kids in art, including running classes as a solo teacher at art camps but schools are obviously very hesitant to hire me on because of my lack of official experience outside of subbing.

This last school I’ve applied to backed out of me giving a demo lesson at the last minute in favor of a internal candidate, then asked me if I wanted another position (because they liked me), backed out again; reposted the same position again after a few months, and then rejected me again and told me to apply for associate teaching next year.

With this in mind, what should I do? This position I’m Currently in the finals for seems like it would require a lot of curriculum planning; and although I vaguely have some idea of what I’d like to do in in terms of projects, I still don’t know anything about grading and although my classroom management continues to improve, it still needs work. I’m also feeling very burnt out and extremely frustrated by everything that has taken place in the last year career wise for me. My current school is ok but it seems like I will not be considered for any roles in ed; and it’s making me unhappy. What should I do?

EDIT: I’m just going to do a simpler drawing lesson 💀💀💀 (the one suggested by the school I’m interviewing for), thank you for the help. I’m over complicating things, but I am a rookie after all! Luckily I do have the option to trial a lesson with kids at my current school so I think I’ll be ok.

Hello guys! I’ve spent the past two years as a in house-sub and I’ve finally managed to get to the third round (and final?) round for a middle school art teacher position. I’m very excited, but I’ve never done a demo lesson before. The school I’m interviewing has requested for me to run a 20 minute lesson with a clear beginning, middle, an end. I’ve decided to talk about how shape influences how we perceive art with the concept of “Kiki” (sharp, dynamic, “pointy”, active, exciting to the eye) vs “bouba” (soft,rounded,passive, calming to the eye).

Eventually I’d like to have 4 groups of 5-6 kids create a large Kiki or bouba collage using some pre-made shapes and then come back as a class to guess which group created a Kiki or Bouba collage (for a comprehension check).

The break down for this is more or less like this:

8 minutes - intro and explanation
(… 30 seconds to introduce yourself)
(… 3 minutes to go through Kiki and bouba shapes and paintings + sample collages)
… 2 minutes to go through properties of Kiki vs bouba)
(… 2 minutes to go through directions)

10 minutes - kids create collages in groups

2 minutes - have class guess if collages are Kiki or Bouba; wrap up!

Does this look good to you guys? Should I include clean up time? Is the concept too difficult? Is the learning goal legitimate in terms of artistic learning? Is the learning goal clear?

I’ve also been asked to produce an annotated teacher key for this lesson. What is this? lol.

I’ll have the opportunity to run this lesson sometime this week with another group of students thankfully, but I’m still very worried! Thanks for any help or insight you can offer me!

Title! Love you Somerville!