You are invited to view the online teaching portfolio of Jim Chambliss.

1. Jim Chambliss
Portfolio of Personal &
Student Works
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2. Why I want to be a teacher?
Genetic
Love Art
Impact
Helping
Youth
• The majority of my extended family are teachers.
• Example: my grandmother and her sisters
• Ms. Raley – to love and be loved
• Passionate about Art because it is a great way to
understand people and I am good at it
• Independent study of van Gogh in University
• Masters and PhD
• To have a positive influence in people’s lives that I
can be proud of and morally feel good about
• Transition from the social outcome of law
practice
• Desire to make the world a better place
• Helping young people to reach their personal best
• The pied piper with good intentions
• Positively change a lot of people who can change
the community and world 2

3. Core Teaching Values
Respect: My relationships are founded upon mutual for students, parents and
other members of a school community in the way that is considerate,
empathic and encouraging. I foster a sense of belonging where diversity is
understood and valued.
Creativity: I celebrate creativity in all its forms, providing opportunities for
students to explore what is possible for them and the world. I unveil and
nurture innovation starting with the Test for Creative Thing – Drawing
Production to developing their original ideas and processes through practice.
Growth: My students learn and grow in a safe, nurturing and engaging
environment. Through choosing to actively participate and develop skills of
self-control students can progressively achieve their personal best.
Resilience: I strive to develop resilient individuals who are able to cope with
challenges and confidently pursue their dreams. I build the confidence to
solve problems and connect failure to steps toward achieving one’s best in
school and beyond.
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4. Why am I a good teacher?
Great
Teachers
CPD
Improving
Personality
Passionate
Subject
Expert
Reflective
Engaging
Presence
Behaviour
Management
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5. A good teacher will use
advances in technology to
improve the learning
experience.
Teaching Pedagogy
Continuous Improvement Best Use of Technology
Visual Thinking Strategies Use of Learning Analytics
A wise teacher will maintain quality
person-to-person communication.
Even the best and most engaging lessons can get better
through self-reflection and seeking student and staff feedback.
Chambliss Portfolio, Page 5
6 Habits of Empathic People,
Roman Krznaric
1. Switch on you empathic brain.
2. Make the imaginative leap.
3. Seek experiential adventures.
4. Practise the craft of
conversation.
5. Transporting ourselves into
other people’s minds with the
help of art.
6. Inspire a revolution.
+ Apply
Teaching Pedagogy

6. How I deal with poor behaviour?
High Expectations
Challenge
Consistent
Clear Policy
Good Relationships
• Good positive relations
• Friendly, liked and respected
• Consistency
• Challenge with certainty of correction
• Behaviour policy
• Benefits students and peers
• High expectations
• Positive
• Safe
• Creative
Current studying of suggestions by Bill Rogers 6

7. HITS 1 -5
HITS 1 -5
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8. Hits 6 - 10
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9. Indigenous Culture
Harvard Medical School
Chambliss Portfolio, Page 9
Asian Culture and Engagement
Cross-Curriculum
Priorities
Environmental Sustainability
Social Sustainability
Courtney Mattison, LA
Assimilation Blues by Sylvia Serville
Cross Curriculum Priorities

10. Online Lessons in
Google Classroom
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11. Food Art Unit in Remote Learning
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12. Finger Painting and Pastiche Examples Drawn in Class
Little Creatures Brief Example
Chambliss Portfolio, Page 12
Teacher Examples in Ceramics
Teacher’s Examples

13. Sausage Dogs Project
My 10 year old
daughter, Chloe,
helps me test
lesson plans.

14. Secondary School Teaching
Qualification
Visual Communication Visual Art
Visual Design Social Education
Emotional Faces
Orange and an Object Little Creatures & Indigenous Art
Chambliss Portfolio, Page 14
Wire Gesture Sculptures
Year 7 Art
Year 7 Art Samples

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Chambliss Portfolio, Page 15
Year 8 Art 2D
Art
Finger Painting
Expressionistic
Self-Portraits
In Oil Pastels
Year 8 Art Samples

16. Fantasy Art Unit
Visual Communication Visual Art
Visual Design Social Education
Students were taught how to think more
creatively through combining cartoon
characters that don’t exist together into
an original, unified, visual narrative.
2D Art
Year 9 - 10
Elements and Principles of Art Learning Creativity via Fantasy Art
Year 9
Chambliss Portfolio, Page 16
Year 10
Years 9 – 10 2D Art

17. Visual Communication Visual Art
Visual Design Social Education
VCE Art
Visual Diaries Art Practice
Art Interpretation
Chambliss Portfolio, Page 17
Art History
VCE Art

18. Visual Communication Visual Art
Visual Design Social Education
Rendering
Art Interpretation
Chambliss Portfolio, Page 18
VCE Student
Signs and Banners
VCD
Visual Communication Design

19. Years 9 – 10
3rd Place vs.
Professionals
Chambliss Portfolio, Page 19
Year 9 and 10 Art students, working as
a team, produced a ceramic totem
influenced by the Aboriginal culture
and indigenous creatures of Australia.
They were taught about traditional
and contemporary Aboriginal art, then
chose the works of contemporary
indigenous artists as examples for their
ceramic tiles. They formed teams of
four to produce a box from their tiles,
then added a cylinder to the top of
each of five boxes to be assembled
together as a totem pole, similar to
indigenous spirit poles.
The quality of the work was so high
that we entered the Indigenous Tribute
Totem Pole in the open category of the
Spring Arts 2019 Outdoor Sculpture
Exhibition competing against
professionals. Our students, with the
help of staff, finished third in voting
out of 39 entries. Out of 289 votes
casts they were only 23 votes behind
the winning sculpture that had an
asking price of $40,000.
3D Art Indigenous Totem 1

20. Section 1
Section 2
3D Art Indigenous Totem 2
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21. Section 3
Section 5
3D Art Indigenous Totem 3
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22. Section 4
Adaptable
Year 8 Dreamtime Tiles
Change to
Cylinders
Simpler
Tasks
Zoo Sculpture
3D Art Indigenous Totem 4
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23. Cylinder 1
Cylinder 2
Cylinder 3
Cylinder 4
Cylinder 5
Cylinder 6
Cylinder 7
Animal Options
Cylinder 1 (Sky):
eagle, magpie, bat, hawk, etc.
Cylinder 2 (Tree Level):
kookaburra, koala, frog, possum, etc.
Cylinder 3 (Higher Ground):
kangaroo, emu, dingo, etc.
Cylinder 4 (Middle Ground):
Tasmanian Devil, Wombat, etc.
Cylinder 5 (Lower Ground):
snake, lyrebird, lizard, bandicoot,
wombat, etc.
Cylinder 6 (Freshwater):
platypus, fish, frogs, turtle. crane, etc.
Cylinder 7 (Saltwater and Names):
jellyfish, clown fish, turtle
Indigenous Totem Relief Sculpture Designs
Indigenous Totem Plans 23

24. 2-Dimensional Art Three Dimensional Art
Visual Communication Design Art History - Literacy
Knowledge
Chambliss Portfolio, Page 24
Book &
Publications
Knowledge, PhD, JD, MA, DipEd, BA

25. Chambliss Portfolio, Page 25
Drawing Samples: (1) Pensive, (2) Bird Houses, (3) Fishin’(4) Bedroom Design, (5) Constricted Nude,
(6) Sleeping Shroud, (7) Two Point Perspective
Jim Chambliss’ Drawings

26. Blindsided
ceramic sculpture
Kentucky Ceramic
Sculpture Award
Broken Crank Organ
ceramic sculpture
Ceramic Sculpture Award
Displayed at NCECA
Discovering the Source
ceramic sculpture with personal glaze recipes
These works were published in academic journals and/or a book. Jim Chambliss’ MA Thesis
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27. Swallowtail Bowl, hand built ceramics, Pottery Award
Soft Toffee Bowl
hand thrown, altered and sand blasted
Soft Toffee Bowl, hand thrown, altered & sand blasted
Shadows of the Past, acrylic on canvas
It won my Class Painting Award and was published in a book.
Jim Chambliss’ Art
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28. The sculpture conveys a complex visual narrative of my personal experiences and inquiry-based learning.
It is a good example of high achievement with technical skills in digital graphics mixed with sculpture.
The decals of digital imagery have multiple layers of two-dimensional art and technology.
Chambliss Portfolio, Page 28
Puzzled (2005)
digital graphics on a meter-high ceramic sculpture
Published on the cover of two academic journals.
Puzzled by Jim Chambliss