Curriculum
The National Core Arts Standards: Minor Shift or Major Detour?
Have you seen the new national core arts standards and are wondering what the implications of these new national art standards in the classroom will be?
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Pat Klos taught middle school foreign languages and served as an arts integration specialist in MD. She shares how to connect literacy and the arts through visual thinking strategies.
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STEAM Leadership: 5 Things You Need to Know About the New National Core Arts Standards
Leaders begin to build awareness around this initiative below are five things you might find helpful to know about the new National Core Arts Standards.
Educator PD
Professional Development: The Arts are Left Behind
Today we're discussing professional development.
Strategies
Circle Up and Sing! Creating Unity in the Classroom
Creating unity in the classroom, it can be a daunting task.
Advocacy
3 Tips for Integrating Parent/Teacher Conferences
Arts teachers are normally left out of parent-teacher conferences, because our classes don't carry the same "weight" that other subjects do.
Resources
For the Record: Parent/Teacher Conference Connections
Conferences are a lonely time for arts teachers.
Organization
50+ Resources for STEAM
This is the largest collection of resources for STEAM you'll find in one spot!
Strategies
Critical Thinking Assessments Part II
Building critical thinking assessment & skills is not an easy task, in ourselves as well as our students.
Curriculum
Math And the Arts: Integration Through Progressions
Math and the Arts. The Standards for Mathematical Practice are “processes and proficiencies”, and should be developed in math students of all ages.
Organization
STEAM Leadership: Declaration of Innovation
As Susan and I waited for our tour, I noticed a saying at the top of a wall near the reception desk that read "Declaration of Innovation".
Strategies
How Graphic! Using Comics to Teach and Learn
We're discussing graphic using comics to teach and learn in the classroom.
Strategies
Is It Too Late… Revising Routines and Procedures
Today, we're discussing revising routines and procedures.
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