Classroom Management
Reassessing Your Class Community
Each semester it is important to assess your classroom community.
Holly Valentine
Holly Valentine is the Director of Curriculum and Assessment for the Institute for Arts Integration and Steam. Prior to joining the Institute, Holly worked as an Arts Integration and Classroom Teacher for 20 years in a suburb of Rochester, NY. She is a certified Arts Integration Specialist and has served as an Arts Standards Writer for the New York State Education Department. Holly has been a recipient of the NYC Broadway League's Apple Award for her work in Arts Education. She also serves as the Director of Education for the Rochester Broadway Theatre League, where she has created nationally recognized programs and develops standards-based curriculum for touring Broadway shows in order to bring the theatre to classrooms and classrooms to the theatre. Holly holds both a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and Psychology as well as a Masters degree in Education from Nazareth College in Rochester, NY, where she currently lives.
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Organization
5 Essential Consumable Art Supplies for the Classroom
We all know that school budgets can be tight.
Curriculum
Mini Musical Engineers STEAM Lesson
This is a great STEAM lesson for children, all about making musical engineers out of our pre-k and kindergarten students.
Resources
Flipping the Art Room: More Time for Student Work
Do your students ask for more time to create?
Classroom Management
Cultivating Courage
Courage is something that we often shy away from because we are afraid.
Strategies
Subitizing through STEAM
If you have taught math to preschoolers through second grade, you likely know the word subitizing through STEAM & if you teach older grades you are lost.
Educator PD
Winter 2017 Conference Preview
Looking for an inspiring teacher conference? Check out our Winter 2017 Arts Integration Conference Preview and STEAM Winter Online event!
Resources
Using Robots to Create Art: Dot and Dash Edition
Integrate technology and Visual Arts in Classroom with these Dot and Dash activities.
Strategies
Egg Tempera Chemistry STEAM Lesson
Experiment with this egg tempera chemistry STEAM lesson plan designed for high school students.
Strategies
Music, Movement and Early Childhood
The benefits of music education are well documented and wide spread.
Student Groups
Early Childhood & the Arts
We know children are playful but we often forget that their playful nature directly correlates to their brains development.
Resources
Technology Review: Kahoot! In the Classroom
Kahoot! is a tech tool that encourages game-based learning in an engaging way.
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