Classroom Management
Behavioral Literacy: Building Student Self-Regulation and Social Competency
The hope of most educators is that, we don’t have to spend much more time and energy on managing Behavioral Literacy of students.
IB/PYP/MYP
International Baccalaureate, Primary Years Programme and Middle Years Programme (IB/PYP/MYP) are approaches grounded in asking meaningful questions. Many of these questions are the same as ones that artists have been asking for generations. Who are we? Why are we here? How do we effect change? By connecting IB/PYP/MYP and Arts Integration, students are able to bring their unique point of view to any complex issue.
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Classroom Management
Making Beauty Out of Life’s Stains
While she was creating beauty and intricate artwork, I started to think about how the concept behind her work is PERFECT for the growth mindset culture.
Classroom Management
Flexible Seating for Secondary
Flexible seating is the latest trend in classroom environment.
Organization
Rearrange your Planning Time
Today's video shares how I get rid of all that stress and instead, maximize your planning time so that you stay in your own creative flow.
Educator PD
Art: Product or Process?
Should art focus on product or process? I have always looked at my students' art works as products, but in the last few years my students taught me.
Advocacy
Turning Around a School Through the Arts: A Journey
This plan has never been more important than it is now.
Classroom Management
ABCs of Classroom Management
Strong classroom management tools are essential for student success.
Assessment
Checking Prior Knowledge without the Diagnostic
We often scoff at more testing, yet we are so quick to use a traditional paper/pencil styled diagnostic test to check our students' prior knowledge.
Classroom Management
Classroom Management: How to Value Our Students
Students are the most important components to our jobs as teachers.
Strategies
Formula Elements: smART Ideas Strategy
Use the Formula Elements Strategy to bring the dance elements of body, space, energy and time into your lessons.
Resources
Are You Wounding Artists or Fostering Them?
Years ago I read a book about how to teach children to draw.
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