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The Better Days Project
Mekhi Hill of The Better Days Project shares how to weave mental wellness into arts and STEAM lessons and help students find their voice.
Social Emotional Learning
In a time when schools are facing issues with bullying, poverty, and intense expectations, social emotional learning is more important than ever. As a tool for making meaning and communication, the arts can have a profound impact on the social emotional health of our students. In this section, you'll find resources and tips for integrating SEL with the Arts in your own classroom. Want more? Explore our online SEL and the Arts course for 25 PD hours.
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The Skills Employers Are Desperately Searching For… and Where Kids Are Actually Learning Them
Durable skills like adaptability and problem solving are top workforce priorities.
Strategies
The Bridge Strategy
The Bridge Strategy uses musical song structure as an analytical tool, helping students identify the turning point in any content they're studying.
Strategies
Visual Literacy Made Easy
Learn the four levels of questioning which can be used as visual literacy teaching tools in this free video workshop for teachers.
Organization
Arts Integration Lesson Audits
Lesson audit alert! We're putting 2 online lessons to the test using the Arts Integration Look-For Checklist to help find the differences.
Educator PD
The Power of the Enneagram
In this episode, Susan explores the Enneagram's 9 personality types and how to use them to build stronger relationships.
Educator PD
Math and Theater Strategy
Use this math and theater strategy to plot where props from set design go on stage using the coordinate plane.
Educator PD
Standards for Arts Integration Specialists
Did you know there are 8 standards for arts integration specialists?
Strategies
Inquiry in Art and Social Studies
Inquiry in art and social studies is a natural pairing that can lead to extraordinary conversations.
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