Back To School Night: Gail Miller-Wagner

Welcome Parents and Guardians

To Mrs. Wagner's Back to School Night in the Art Room 

email: millerwagng1@mail.montclair.edu School phone: 908- 555-1212 ext. XXX

About me: Education• Bachelor's Degree from

Montclair State in Art Education and Deaf Studies

• Concentration in Ceramics and Painting

• Married with two teenage daughters• Have worked in Special Ed for over 10 years

Where you can reach me:

• By email:   millerwagng1@mail.montclair

• By phone at the school:   908 555-1212 ext. XXX (the art room)

Values I practice in my classroom every day

 Life Values • Compassion• Interdependence• Responsibility• Diversity

• Integrity•  Respect

Values I practice in my classroom every day (cont.)

 Basic Social Skills

• Anger Management• Helpfulness

(kindness, sharing)• Assertiveness• Impulse control • Cooperation

 • Empathy• Problem solving

Student evaluation/grading policies

Evaluations will be based on • Attendance and participation

(THIS IS A BIG ONE!)• Improvement (throughout the year)• Process (following directions)• Critiques (displaying and discussing finished projects)

  Student evaluation/  grading policies (cont.)      Evaluations will also be based on • Technical abilities: how well students apply new skills (in addition

to learning to use traditional media (pencil, charcoal, paint), students will learn 21st Century Readiness skills by using the computer as a drawing tool to createa student gallery on the school's website

• Homework (research form and styles using the computer)

What your children will learn this yearDrawing and illustration skills

• Tone and value• Balance• Proportion• Design

Color theoryCreate a color wheel using • Primary Colors• Secondary Colors• Tertiary Colors • Complementary Colors• Warm and Cool Colors • Tints and Shades

Design

Students will learn about logo and package design • Develop and design a new green package or product  • Explore famous graphic artists such as Milton Glaser,

Andy Warhol and Roy Lictenstein, to name a few•  

Ceramics, sculpture, 3D design

Students will expand on basic elements and principles of design using clay, plaster and recycled materials • Learn to use armatures to build 3D sculptures

using various materials (paper mache, plaster, clay, etc.)

• Learn hand-building techniques and basic throwing on the potter's wheel

Aesthetics, art history and criticismWith your permission and help, we will go on• Local outings: exploring our local environment by

walking around town, observing local architecture• Museum trip to Newark Museum

http://www.newarkmuseum.org• Trip to an outdoor sculpture park: Storm King

http://stormking.org• Students will write reactions papers (1-2 paragraphs)

about their new art experiences  Parents and Guardians are always welcome to join us!

Thank you!

I'm here for you and your children

   My first and foremost concern is creating    a creative, safe and loving environment

   Gail Miller-Wagner

    email: millerwagng1@mail.montclair.edu    School phone: 908- 555-1212 ext. XXX