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Jaime Patterson
About Jaime Patterson
Senior Creative Producer + Media Coordinator
Jaime enjoys producing the ArtWorks for Teachers podcast, creating social media content, and working with her colleagues to provide quality events and resources to educators across the world. Jaime resides in Hanover, Pennsylvania with her husband, their three children, a sweet (but dumb) dog named Paisley, and two cats, Skye and Finn. A steadfast advocate for the arts throughout her life, Jaime enjoys playing her flute and singing in her spare time, and recently took on the role of President of her children's high school band boosters organization.
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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.
Resources
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!
Resources
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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