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Professional Development

All teachers need professional development. Why not make it meaningful to your individual teaching practice? In this area, you'll find a wide variety of ways you can keep your own creative juices flowing. Be sure to dig into the subtopics for more specific PD opportunities.

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Creating a Pop Up Experience in Your Classroom

Learn how to use the ideas from Pop-Up Restaurants and Groups to build a purposeful, creative, and high-energy learning experience for your students.

Podcast episode

Strategies

CATCH a Spark!

Children’s literature can open so many access points for our students.

Strategies

Using Media Arts

In this episode, learn how use the basics of social media to create your own "stickiness formula" for engaging your students through media arts.

Podcast episode

Student Groups

Mental Health for Educators

In this podcast episode, we're chatting about the importance of making our mental health as educators a priority.

Podcast episode

Educator PD

Opening the Mailbag

Today we're dipping into the mailbag! Tune is as Susan Riley, IAS Team, & Jaime Patterson answer a wide variety of listener questions about the arts.

Podcast episode

Flexing Your Job Skills
Educator PD

Flexing Your Job Skills

Interested in a new job for the new year? Try flexing your job skills and learn how you can use that to pivot into any position you want.

Podcast episode

Holiday and Celebration Discovery Lab
Classroom Management

Holiday and Celebration Discovery Lab

If you're looking for a culturally responsive way to honor all of the holidays and traditions of your students, try this Celebration Discovery Lab activity.

Podcast episode

Classroom Management

Context Switching

Context switching is when we’re jumping back and forth between tasks all day, every day.

Podcast episode

Classroom Management

Building Your Own Playday

If you're struggling with stress, overwhelm, or energy, a playday just what you need.

Podcast episode

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