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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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Approaches
Thinking Out Loud
When we are thinking out loud, we're better able to understand the processes by which our mind takes us to a conclusion.
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Don’t Forget to Ask: Guiding Reflection to Deepen Learning
While I believe that having an arts experience is worthwhile for any child, I know that any experience is richer with guided reflection.
Organization
Classroom Organization Checklist
Need some help getting your classroom organization under control?
Strategies
Alive, Alert, Awake, Enthusiastic!
The song with movements I am going to share with you today can be a great tool for enlivening the class' energy or make an uplifting transition activity for your students!
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Make Not Art the Servant
In our zeal to improve test scores and make learning the core curriculum more engaging, let us not make art a faithful servant to the core curriculum.
Organization
Finding the Time to Integrate
How do you develop a system that makes a bit easier on your overall time with integration?
Curriculum
On-Demand Common Core and the Arts Webinar
Extreme honor to be one of two featured speakers for Edweek's Arts webinar on Common Core and the Arts.
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