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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If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try and Try Again
If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try and Try Again.
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STEAM Leadership: Supporting your Arts Teachers with SLOs
In supporting your Arts teachers with implementing SLOs/SGGs look at your upcoming conferences as an opportunity for mini-professional development.
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Streamlining Integration
Streamlining Integration is an integration process by choosing elements from the various art forms serving to inform one another.
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Connective Learning Opportunities between the Arts and Common Core
Connective Learning Opportunities - How to integrate Common Core and the Arts with integrity - through the PRACTICES embedded within all Standards!
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The ART of Setting Student Growth Targets
Have questions about Student Growth Goals? Well, we've created an online resource all about it.
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STEAM Leadership: How is this meeting improving your STEAM implementation?
As the new school year begins, we're discussing STEAM leadership and STEAM implementation.
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Are You Trying to Over-Integrate?
Are you over integrating? Are you trying to over-integrate multiple arts areas into one lesson?
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Standard 2: Lessons & Assessments
Anchor standard 2, Lessons & Assessments focuses on the artistic process of creating with the component of planning.
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“Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra”: Art and Writing Prompt for the Music Classroom
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Spark Chasers: A New Podcast Series This Fall
This fall we will be introducing a new podcast series for all of you out there, titled SparkChasers.
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