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From the Page to the Stage
Drama and music impact classrooms because they bring students to life.
Project Based Learning
Project Based Learning (also known as PBL), is an approach that connects inquiry, solving real-world problems and meaningful hands-on experiences. This is a perfect opportunity to integrate the arts! But be careful - there's more to this than just fun projects. In this comprehensive area, you'll find everything you need to connect PBL and the arts with integrity. Want to learn more? Try our Project Based Learning in the Arts online class in our Accelerator membership and build a PBL lesson while getting 25 PD hours.
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3 Prompts to Reframe Your Thinking
Reframe your thinking after a tough day! Join Susan as she reveals 3 powerful prompts to break free from negativity and move forward.
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How Art Makes Us Whole with Cindy Ingram
Art is more than self-expression, history, or a subject in school.
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How to Work with Vendors: Secrets to Getting What You Need
How can teachers and schools work with vendors to get what they need, so that teachers aren't paying out of their own pockets?
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Care for Teachers After Covid-19
Care can be a tricky word when it comes to educators, and it's been used almost flippantly since the pandemic.
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Dealing with Student Apathy, Disrespect, and Arguing
Scott Ervin - aka "The Kid Whisperer" - shares strategies to help curb the 3 big behavior issues: student apathy, disrespect, and arguing.
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The Realities of Teaching to the Test
Tired of "teaching to the test"? Susan's sharing data about testing and frameworks to leverage arts integration as an advocacy tool.
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Curtain Call: Using Theatre Strategies for Teacher PD
How can theatre strategies help with burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary trauma?
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Becoming a More Joyful Teacher
Author of The Joyful Teacher, Berit Gordon, shares how teachers can set goals and use practical strategies to build a more joy-filled year.
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Rethinking Intelligence
What IS intelligence? What if we've been measuring (and using it) all wrong?
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