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GOALS  |  HOW WE DO IT  |  SCHEDULING  |  TRAINING  |  SUPPLIES 
 PROGRAM COSTS  |  EVALUATION
 
CURRENT LIST OF SCHOOLS
  

Our Goal!

To implement a sequential, elemental, creative, high esteem, visual arts program for grades K-8 through on-going/hands-on workshops with trained volunteer art docents.

 

GOALS:
To impart a basic working knowledge of art techniques, media, vocabulary and history.
To increase awareness of the influence art has on our culture: personal, interpersonal, sociological.
To involve students creatively, supported by effective lessons and manageable techniques in a positive and encouraging environment.
To gather and build a strong team of parent docents.  
To train the docents in the art of teaching children to:
1.) Sequentially build up and enhance their drawing and painting skills.
2.) Heighten their visual senses.
3.) Appreciate their own creativity and that of others, both the Great Masters and their peers.
4.) Become familiar and comfortable with many art materials.
These goals also apply to the docents.
 
HOW -- WITH DOCENT TRAINING?
Art Trek art specialists bring our full rotation into the classroom with monthly docent workshops. Together we discuss teaching philosophies, methods and strategies for different grade levels, and do the art projects.  

Before the parents become docents, they become students.

 

 
SCHEDULING:
Docents coordinate with teachers to set bi-weekly schedules.  One-hour allows for warm-up, lesson, project, cool-down (share).  Dark weeks are a good time to make up any lessons.
 
TRAINING:
All volunteer docents will have clear plans, tasks and identified roles.  Docent workshops meet at the school in the cafeteria and/or hall or multi-purpose room approximately every three to four weeks to cover the next set of lessons.

It is there that the program takes its breath...in the enthusiasm of the docents.  We create, discuss, trouble-shoot and role-play.

 
SUPPLIES:
Materials will be supplied by Art Trek, organized for each lesson and stored in one accessible space on campus.

 
 
 

Standard Docent Program

The Art Trek program runs annually, September thru May.  Costs include the following:

Eight (8) Docent Workshops
Sixteen (16) Student Lessons - K-8th grade
Optional Art Extensions
Literary Arts Extensions
Coordination of Docents, Supplies & Shows
Written Lesson Plans, Posters & Prints

Docent Program Fee:  $450.00 per month

Supply Fee:  $8.00 per student / annually

Let us tailor a program to meet your needs.

ALSO AVAILABLE:
Slide Show / Power Point Assembly
Site Instruction and Teachers

Satellite Programs
 

 
EVALUATION:
A running evaluation to assess the program is vital.  Principal, teachers, docents, and students should be involved in this evaluation process.  They will be asked to formally evaluate the Art Trek Program at least once each year.

 
 

 
CURRENT LIST OF SCHOOLS:
Ascension Lutheran Calabash
Christa McAuliffe Cornerstone
Del Norte Elementary Woodland Hills
Holy Cross Madronna
Manzanita Meiners Oaks
Mira Monte Our Lady of Assumption
Our Lady of Peace Rancho Vista
St. Mary Magdalen San Antonio
Sheridan Way Sumac
Summit Sunset
Topa Topa Topanga Canyon
Westlake Hills Wood Ranch
Rio Del Norte OX (grade 3)  
ARCHDIOCESE SCHOOLS:
Holy Name Immaculate Conception
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Los Angeles
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Oxnard
San Miguel St. Anthony
St. Cecilia St. Odilia
St. Paul St. Turibius
St. Vincent
SATELLITE PROGRAMS:
TARP: Teens at Risk Casa Pacifica
Young at Art Adventures in Art
Gateway to Art  

For more information, or to sign up your school, 
please contact us!

Together we can inspire children's creative, perceptive and expressive growth through meaningful art experiences in a non-judgmental environment.
 
If you are interested or have questions, give us a call.
We would love to hear from you.
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Westlake Village, CA  91362
818.865.1162


 
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