Emily poses an interesting question, because it is something I am also working on. As the only art teacher teaching three different courses, it is up to me to come up with my own unit pacing guides. It is a lot of work, but important work. It is my third year teaching here in Shakopee, and each year poses a different obstacle. The first year felt like chaos - learning the rules, procedures, ordering, teaching, curriculum, teaching!. The second year I felt more comforable with everything, and the third year (this year) is more about improving the curriculum for student learning. In some ways I feel like it is my first year again, because I am so busy improving curriculum, re-arranging units/projects, timing, etc. I really wish I had the unit pacing guide done before working on the curriculum, but it just doesn't work that way. I think we need to be comfortable teaching the content and understanding how long it takes for students to complete and understand a unit before moving on. Creating unit pacing guides is one of our vertical team goals for this year (as secondary art teachers).