Student’s Name _____________________________________________  Hour ______

 

                                                                Photo 1 Evaluation

 

Parents,

         I appreciate your taking the time to sit with your son or daughter while they share their Artwork from this semester in Photo 1 with you. You will see the majority of work done in class this semester, hopefully in a well-organized portfolio! Although each piece may not be a finished work of art, or may even be a miscalculation, they all lead to the skills necessary to complete the more significant works. Your artist should be able to explain the methods and media involved in each assignment. The assignments listed were completed by most students.

         Please place check marks in the appropriate columns and conclude by writing a brief evaluation of what you have heard and been shown. These pages need to be returned on our exam day. It is my hope that you will appreciate this closure to the semester, as much as I appreciate your feedback. This is the last component to our final exam.

 

I have seen             I have had the process explained to me

 

_____                    _____ Thematic photograms (two 5x7 and one 8x10)

 

_____                    _____ Artist’s statement, explaining the 8x10 photogram’s theme

 

_____                    _____ “Bird’s eye & Worm’s eye view” handout (detailing assignment)

 

_____                    _____ “Bird’s eye & Worm’s eye view” set of negatives

 

_____                    _____ “Bird’s eye & Worm’s eye view” contact sheet/log

 

_____                    _____ “Bird’s eye & Worm’s eye view” darkroom work logs

 

_____                    _____ “Bird’s eye & Worm’s eye view” tonals

 

_____                    _____ “Bird’s eye & Worm’s eye view” tests

 

_____                    _____ “Bird’s eye & Worm’s eye view” 8x10 final print

 

_____                    _____ Artist’s statement, for the 8x10 “Bird’s eye & Worm’s eye view”

 

                           _____ Function of an f-stop on a camera and an enlarger

 

                           _____ Function of the shutter speed on a camera & timer on an enlarger

 

_____                    _____ Photographer’s Report MO handout

 

_____                    _____ Photographer’s Report

 

_____                    _____ 2 Images copied for report

 

_____                    _____ “Expression and Personality” handout (detailing assignment)

 

_____                    _____ “Expression and Personality” negatives & contact sheet/log

 

_____                    _____ “Expression” darkroom logs (tonals, tests)

 

_____                    _____ “Expression” 8x10 print

 

_____                    _____ Artist’s statement, for the 8x10 “Expression”

 

_____                    _____ “Personality” darkroom logs (tonals, tests)

 

_____                    _____ “Personality” 8x10 final print

 

_____                    _____ Artist’s statement, for the 8x10 “Personality”

 

_____                    _____ 3-Dimensional Photo Art handout

 

_____                    _____ 8x10 3-Dimensional Photo Art (pop up)

 

_____                    _____ Matting MO handout

 

_____                    _____ An example of a mat

 

_____                    _____ An example of peer feedback

 

_____                    _____ An example of burning

 

_____                    _____ An example of dodging

 

_____                    _____ An example of cropping

 

_____                    _____ An example of the “Rule of Thirds”

 

_____                    _____ Other work-please identify

 

_____                    _____ Other work-please identify

 

_____                    _____ Other work-please identify

 

_____                    _____ Student’s Self Evaluation (attached)

 

_____ I am satisfied that my son/daughter understands the processes of making and printing an image using darkroom equipment

Parent Evaluation:

I appreciate your documenting this conference with comments on any of the following aspects of your son or daughter’s work (you may wish to refer to the assignment sheets for additional criteria):

 

Also please include any comments you have about this semester or suggestions for making next semester’s course more enriching.

 

Thank you for this feedback!

 

(leave space for parent comments)

 

Parent’s signature______________________________________________

 

Note From Judy Grochowski:

 

[This idea came from a Getty TeacherArtExchange list member many years ago who never had student leave work behind.] I emailed her privately and she was kind enough to share her letters and forms with me. Essentially, what is done in our case (but again, can be adjusted to suit the class) is that the day we take down our art exhibit (which is at the end of our semester-literally the last class day), the kids all bring a large box (if needed - my Photo students don't need to do this, but my 3D students do need to). All of their work goes home and they take this checklist, which covers everything we've done over the semester. They are to have a student-teacher conference during which they go over all the assignments, and then their parents write an evaluation, which the students carry back on the very last day (in our case, exam day). This gets all the work out of the room and home! Puts the parents in the loop! Provides closure to the course! And nine times out of ten, when they write the evaluation, they also write a thank you to me for everything their child got out of the class. This is like gold! Additionally, if I have a student who is not doing their work, when they sit down with their folks, the reason for their grade becomes very apparent! I have had parents tell me they wish every teacher did this.