2013 VCCS New Horizons Conference

Ensuring Student Success in a Visual Arts Program

Session Abstract: The Visual Arts Center of Tidewater

Community College engages students from start to finish,

employing intrusive orientation by introducing expectations

early on for successful mastery of core course content,

promoting student engagement in Visual Arts events,

reinforcing the use of a universal critique form and

supporting visual literacy. Dynamic communication modes

used will be discussed including the TCC VAC Blackboard site,

the TCC VAC website, and strategically located electronic

boards. This presentation walks through the “steps to

success” as faculty present to you the “assessment story”,

useful orientation components, opportunities for student

engagement and returning full circle.

1. Introduction

2. Assessment Story

3. Orientation Components

4. Student Engagement

5. Full Circle

6. Group Opportunity to Share Successful Initiatives

7. Questions