Artistic Thinking Process #2

I had a moment of clarity yesterday. It involved what I feel like is the most important structure of my teaching, my Artistic Thinking Process. I realized that it sucks, or at least could be improved upon.

The big issue - I'd been teaching steps where I needed to teach kids what questions to ask. 

To back up - the Artistic Thinking Process, or ATP, is the structure my entire curriculum is based on. It's a process and set of strategies I use to teach creativity. It's the process I have students follow in every art experience I plan for them, starting out the year with me selecting the strategies used in each stage of the process and constantly scaffolding to ending the year with students using the process independently. 
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Here is how it looked as of yesterday: 

The old version of ATP

I realized two big things: 

1. I've been thinking too small. The strategies listed under each stage of ATP need to be approached and taught as examples of a big idea, not as a finite list. 
2. Reflection and sharing run throughout. I teach ATP as linear process because it makes vastly more sense to students than other visual depictions of the design or creative process that I've seen, but I want to make it crystal clear to students that reflecting and sharing are consistent artistic practices through every stage.

​Here's the new and improved version:  

I am now sooooooooo excited for this school year!!!!