Team Name Date

1. Team NameDate UNIT TITLE Schools and Artists as Learning TeamsOngoing Assessment and Reflection

2. NEED • Your project meets a demonstrated NEED in your student body. • Explain the need you are striving to address with your project. Very brief – one or two sentences.

3. BIG /ENDURING IDEA • A topic that matters to the students in the classroom and beyond – and will matter for years from now. • What important thing did you want your students to UNDERSTAND at the end of this project?

4. Rationale • Explain why this idea is important for students to understand?

5. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS • One - three questions that guide the investigation of the Big/Enduring Idea and Key Concepts.

6. UNIT OBJECTIVES • What will my students understand or be able to do as a result of their engagement in this unit of study? • These objectives are broad and are usually a restatement of the Essential Questions.

7. ND STANDARDS • ND Art Standards Addressed: • ND (Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, ect.) Standards/Common Cores Addressed:

8. OVERVIEW OF LESSONS Lesson One • Select pictures, video, reflections or recordings that tell the story of this lesson. • What were the objectives? • How were the objectives assessed? • What was the process? • What was the evidence of student learning?

9. OVERVIEW OF LESSONS Lesson Two • Select pictures, video, reflections or recordings that tell the story of this lesson. • What were the objectives? • How were the objectives assessed? • What was the process? • What was the evidence of student learning?

10. OVERVIEW OF LESSONS Lesson Three • Select pictures, video, reflections or recordings that tell the story of this lesson. • What were the objectives? • How were the objectives assessed? • What was the process? • What was the evidence of student learning?

11. OVERVIEW OF LESSONS Lesson Four • Select pictures, video, reflections or recordings that tell the story of this lesson. • What were the objectives? • How were the objectives assessed? • What was the process? • What was the evidence of student learning? *If your unit included more than four lessons, please create an additional slide for each lesson. *You may also include additional slides to demonstrate any lesson extensions created by the classroom teacher or teaching artist.

12. UNIT ASSESSMENT/EVIDENCE • Provide evidence that demonstrates students’ understanding of the Big/Enduring Idea, Key Concepts, and Essential Questions. • Include pictures, video, recordings, student portfolios, reflections, and/or examples of the “end-of-unit” performance task(s). • Include examples of exemplary, essential, and partial achievement.

13. INDVIDUAL TEACHER REFLECTION • Provide a reflection from each teacher and teaching artist. Consider addressing the following questions: • What new ideas, insights (ah-ha!) or understandings did you form as a result of this experience? • What were the successes and challenges you experienced during this project? • How did your participation in the SALT program impact your teaching practice? • What new insights or understandings are forming as a result of this experience? • What evidence might you share of your own learning?

14. TEACHING TEAM REFLECTION • Reflecting as a team; • What patterns or trends are you seeing in your students? • What worked? Why? • What did the team find challenging? Why? • What revisions will you make next year? (please be specific) • As a teaching team, time is difficult to find. How will your team structure time in and outside the classroom to prepare for this project next year? • What additional support/tools could you use to help you reach your goals?

15. Sources Schools and Artists as Learning Teams (SALT) is a grant program of the North Dakota Council on the Arts (NDCA). NDCA is a service and program agency of the state, established in 1967 by the State Legislature to develop the arts and to promote and support the arts in North Dakota. Grant funds are made available by the National endowment for the Arts and appropriations from the state of North Dakota. All students and adults included in the photographs of this slideshow presentation have signed permission slips, which have been submitted in paper form to the North Dakota Council on the Arts office and are on file at the school office.