Dear Meet the Master Volunteers and Teachers,
Peruvian Park Elementary students have been afforded a wonderful program called Meet the Masters. This over the next several years will develop our students’ knowledge base and skill sets in art. We are excited for this program to begin to be taught. I’d like to set an agenda and give some expectations between MTM Volunteers and the teachers.
This is a huge program to administer. This year we are consolidating it and will expand on it in the 2009-2010 school year. For February – May 2009 it will function as follows:
Volunteers will instruct one artist once per month in each class, each session lasting 30 – 45 minutes. The whole school will be on the schedule that follows:
February – Escher
March - Picasso
April – Homer
May - Cassatt
Each MTM Volunteer/ Teacher will need to coordinate a date and time for the class instruction. Once the date/time are coordinated please email doug@minnickfamily.com with the date of your instruction. (Please send the date/time to me at least two weeks in advance.) I will, in turn:
Send the MTM Volunteer:
-A suggested lesson plan for the artist via email
-Artist study materials to have better knowledge of the artist via email
-Any necessary props/helps provided by MTM Program for the volunteer’s use during his/her lesson
Deliver to the Techer:
-All needed materials for the classroom activity
-Any requested supplemental materials for the activity (scissors, glue, et cetera)
MTM Volunteers
Once you have received the suggested lesson plan and study materials please review and plan your lesson one week in advance. This will allow time for questions to be asked of me or the teacher about the plan.
Additionally, I’ve set up a blog http://meetthemasters.blogspot.com/ where I’ll post all of the lesson materials for each level—beginner, intermediate, and advanced. I’d recommend visiting this site and see what ideas others are commenting about. Or just grab the materials from there.
Please email any ideas that you have to me and I’ll post them. Collaborating about ideas will help grow our other volunteers and our program for this year and future years.
Below you’ll see what classes have been assigned. Some classes still need volunteers. If you know of someone that would be willing to participate in Meet the Masters please email me. Teachers, if you do not have a volunteer listed on the attached sheet, please email me as soon as possible with the names of 3 possible volunteers. I will call and ask for them to participate.
Teachers, I understand that dates have been requested and we are changing those expectations. I apologize.
Thank you for your patience, attention, and willingness! It is tremendously appreciated.
Best regards,
Doug Minnick
