GROWTH PLAN ANALYSIS

Although the Community Discovered goals are so interrelated that they cannot be separated easily the participants appeared to target the following goals within their growth plans:

		Total	Percent
Goal 1: Enable students to achieve high academic standards in art and other core subject areas.
Objective 1.1	80% improvement	18	51%
Goal 2 : To provide students and educators in rural and disadvantaged urban areas with equal access to the nations's information and art museum resources.
Objective 2.1	750 NMAA images minimum	12	35%
Objective 2.2	Museum educators will develop outreach programs	12	35%
Goal 3: To enable educators to effectively use appropriate technologies for teaching and learning in art and other core subject areas.
Objective 3.1	Evaluation of software	20	57%
Objective 3.2	Availability of resource person	17	49%
Objective 3.3	Constructivist training	21	60%
Objective 3.4	90% participant improvement	29	83%
Objective 3.5	90% participant completion	27	77%
Objective 3.6	positive technology attitude	18	51%

Community Discovered participants expect to apply their CD training and with creativity and enthusiasm as evidenced by their growth plans. The plans are innovative (much more than just modification of existing plans) and contain well thought out applications of CD objectives.

Technology Utilized:
The participants use E-mail for student connections with professionals in the field, student driven keypals, and for other support purposes. Internet is used for student research projects, student culture enrichment, bookmarks for student perusal, and as a general data source. The students have generated books, designed presentations and mentored other students using one or more technology resources. The participants also utilize quicktake, quickcam, scanners, and hyperstudio within student projects for presentation, instruction, documentation, and student competency.

Across the Disciplines:
The growth plans are rich with integration across the disciplines. Participants have found art within mathematics, science, and social studies. Integration is also occurring with language arts and literature where art is easily and naturally integrated. Art is well integrated, for example, elementary students have been working with colors and shapes, and geography students have created new and interesting perspectives to present to their class utilizing land forms and art. Appreciation of families, cultures, feelings and self-esteem are also built into several of the growth plans submitted.

Student projects:
The CD growth plans expect that students will take charge of their own learning , such as through portfolios and other projects. Students are exploring their heritage through genealogy and social studies "adopt a state" projects. They are making books at many levels on topics such as counting and colors at the elementary level and using science and social studies at the secondary level. Other projects include Native American artists, field trip generated stories, and kite designs.

Instruction:
Instruction appears to focus on inquiry based units, allowing students to answer their own questions. There are several collaborative learning plans such as one which links a middle school classroom with an elementary school classroom. The overall approach targeted by the teachers plans, appears to be one rich in constructivism.