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Building a Thriving Arts Culture: It Takes a Village
Building a thriving arts culture? You bet!
Amanda Koonlaba
Amanda Koonlaba, Ed. S. is an educator and educational consultant with over 12 years of experience teaching both visual art and regular education. Her career has been driven by the power of the arts to reach all learners. She is a published author and frequent speaker/presenter at education conferences. Amanda was named the Elementary Art Teacher of the Year for the state of Mississippi in 2016 and received the Arts Integration Service Award from the Mississippi Whole Schools Initiative (Mississippi Arts Commission) in 2015. She holds an Elementary and Middle Childhood Art certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. As a coach for The Institute for Arts Integration and STEAM, Amanda is on a mission to ensure every student in America has access to a high-quality arts-based education. She blogs at partyintheartroom.com.
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Sparkchasers Season 2: Episode 4 “Get Fuzzy”
In today's podcast, Greg and I explore the idea of innovating through the fuzziness.
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Coach’s Corner: The Art of Lesson Planning
Lesson planning has become a lost art, with most teachers just turning to the PowerPoint presentation to get it done, missing most of a valuable lesson.
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Sparkchasers Podcast: Breaking through the Roadblocks
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Happy Belated St. Patrick’s Day! Group Dancing for some Classroom Fun
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Unpacking the National Standards: Anchor Standard 8
This month we will be exploring National Standards 8 of our Unpacking the National Standards series.
Strategies
Core Music Anchor Standard 2
This month, as part of our year-long series unpacking the Core Arts Standards for General Music, we will be looking at Core Music Anchor Standard 2.
Educator PD
Sparkchasers Season 2 Episode 2: Embracing Change
It's Embracing Change on the podcast and we're asking; how many change initiatives do you have going on in your school right now?
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Theatre Games: They’re Not Just for Theatre Anymore!
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