Classroom Management
Establishing Mindful Routines for a New School Year
How can you promote mindfulness in our students?
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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Educator PD
Building Trust in the Classroom
This article explores a strategy to help student cope with insecurity in their artistic processes and build trust in the classroom.
Strategies
Visual Arts Activities for Mindfulness
Cultivating awareness in the classroom can positively impact our students.
Resources
How to Cultivate a Mindful Classroom
In this month's article, I interview Mary Kay Connerton, a Yoga instructor, who uses yoga to engage students and cultivate a mindful classroom.
Strategies
Creative Mindfulness: Using Visual Art to Cultivate Zen in the Classroom
How do you know where to start? Try these 3 tips for bringing more creative mindfulness into any project, lesson or unit.
Classroom Management
Positive Interactions in the Art Room
This article from ArtsEd Lab Magazine on student relationships in the classroom is a must-read!
Educator PD
Equality in Instruction and Exposure
Occasionally, there are teaching moments that wake you from routine instruction.
Strategies
Art Gems in the Oscar Short Film Nominees
Spoiler alert! If you are planning to see the films that were nominated for an Oscar in the Short Film category this year, don’t read this article.
Educator PD
Navigating the Creative Desert
Feeling like your own well of ideas and creativity has gone blank?
Educator PD
Student Feedback Strategy That Builds Community
Building an open and honest community in our classrooms is even more crucial than many of us think.
Strategies
Music, Movies, Autism, the Brain and the Human Experience
Children with Autism are all different. It's important to remember that something may work for one child may not work for another, that's human experience.
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