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How COVID (and Certification) Improved My Teaching
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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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Dance and Literacy Activity
Dance and Literacy have much in common. In this video workshop, you'll learn a lesson activity for responding to a dance in written form.
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Journaling Ideas for Setting and Reaching Your Goals
No matter the time of year, goal setting is a natural part of what we do.
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My Unplug Process for Plugging Into Your Life
Susan is back this week with her tips and tricks on how to really unplug so that your break is really a break.
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The Missing Creative Skill: Lateral Thinking
Learn how you can use Lateral Thinking to build student's creative skills by taking old ideas and combining them in new ways.
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STEAM Classrooms to Careers
Guest Tonie Ellis shares how she's working to encourage more girls to pursue STEAM careers by getting to know more about STEAM classrooms.
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Don’t Just Survive… Thrive
What does it REALLY mean to thrive? Author and Former educator SaraJane Herrboldt challenges us to get curious about this question and more.
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A New Way to Practice Gratitude on Thanksgiving
Want a new way to practice gratitude this Thanksgiving?
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Redefining Student Success
What does student success mean? What does it look like in your school - in your community?
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