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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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Integrating the arts into my teaching was a powerful and effective way to reach all learners, especially those who were not successful.
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More than a Special: Connecting the Arts with Special Education
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If we go through the assessment alignment process, we are ensuring that we're choosing assessments that are measuring the standards.
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Today's lesson aligns music standards for patterns with the new Next Generation Science Standards for teaching heredity.
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Bringing the Pride Back
Arts integration is bringing the pride back to student achievement.
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