Teaching Philosophy
I am here to support the learner. I feel it is important to know my students as individuals in order for education to be relevant. My goal is to help my students realize how capable they are so they may feel empowered to take action and change what they deem change worthy in the world around them.
“Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett
Common phrases in my classroom are “embrace the gifted mistake” and “beautiful oops”. Students learn through the process of failure and the art classroom is the perfect practice ground for this. My students learn to welcome the discomfort of new territory. Through creative problem solving and engagement with the discomfort associated with taking risks, I see my students build stamina for personal voice. Students can stop looking for the right answer and rather find their own answer.
“We cannot solve a problem by examining it from the same frame of reference or consciousness that created it.” – Sherman & Schultz
The process is a playground for learning. I teach my students to engage with the process and to recognize research as a tool at their disposal. The sketchbook becomes a laboratory for exploring concepts and materials and how they work together. Research is a heavy part of my teaching as I constantly seek to innovate my practices and engage with my students in new and interesting ways. Research and reflection creates a constant cycle as the process of teaching and learning becomes one and the same.
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