Vision & Standards
This state department’s vision is to maximize the potential of all learners in Virginia.
What is the VDOE (Virginia Department of Education)?
While rules state what students can or cannot do, these show how students complete tasks to meet those expectations.
What are procedures?
The "S" in SMART stands for this, meaning the goal is focused by content area and learners.
What is Specific?
In the curriculum breakdown, these are the ways to measure what students have learned during the time frame.
What are Assessment Tools?
This digital resource is specifically listed in the curriculum documents for 9-12 General Music.
What is Quaver Music?
Critical thinking, creative thinking, collaboration, communication, and citizenship make up this VDOE foundational requirement.
What are the 5 C's
Explicitly outlining these reduces confusion and ensures a smoothly run school year.
What are routines?
If an appropriate instrument or rubric is selected to assess the goal, the goal is considered to be this.
What is Measurable?
This section of the curriculum breakdown details the pacing, such as days, weeks, months, or quarters.
What is Days/Time?
Band, Orchestra, and Choir teachers can use this factory-named resource for their students.
What is Sight Reading Factory?
These are clearly defined expectations describing the professional knowledge, skill, and practices educators should demonstrate.
Having an abundance of these with teachers and staff makes students more academically engaged and promotes positive behavior.
What are strong relationships?
The "T" in SMART stands for Time-Bound, which means the goal is contained to this specific timeframe.
What is a single school year?
This section of the curriculum outlines the specific expectations that need to be met during the instructional time frame.
What are SOLs Covered?
This national organization for music education is a key resource listed for our teachers.
What is NAfME (National Association for Music Education)?
The RPS Fine Arts Department is divided into these four distinct content areas.
You should use this specific technique when student behavior or engagement dips to help get them back on track.
What are check-ins or restorative conversations?
If your goal states that students will increase their performance by one level on a rubric, it is this type of goal, as opposed to an achievement goal.
What is a Progress goal?
This section in the curriculum guide provides suggested instructional materials and guides to be used during the time frame.
What are Plans/Resources?
This state-level professional organization represents and supports visual arts teachers across the commonwealth.
What is the Virginia Art Education Association (VAEA)?
Students are mastering what part of the standard?
What is the verb?
What is daily?
The person you share your Smart Goals with.
Linked in the curriculum documents, these discipline-specific charts map out the exact VDOE expectations from Elementary all the way through High School.
What are Progression Charts?
What are the names of your Fine Arts Curriculum and Instruction Coordinator and Instructional Specialist?
What is Christie-Jo Adams and Julz Suder?