Episode 10: Podcast Recap Advocating for yourself or your team in any aspect of life can be a little intimidating. Most people don’t like confrontation and that’s what this feels like and you’re having to say “I need this” which most people struggle with as well. When we first started as leaders, we felt like...
Episode 9: Podcast Recap During teacher appreciation week, we thought it would be fun to discuss times we felt “appreciated” and some solutions to those issues. Many people just assume we color all day or assume our job is sunshine and rainbows all the time. But as an educator you know that’s not always the...
Episode 8: Podcast Recap High achieving does not always mean high ability. That’s one thing we also struggle to remember. Just because kids are smart doesn’t mean they will succeed in the art room or every subject. Just because kids are academically lower, doesn’t mean they won’t succeed in other content areas. We often find...
Episode 7: Podcast Recap Something that is always a hot topic in the world of art education is choices and differentiation in the art room. Our initial thoughts when we hear this are a choice based classroom or a TAB classroom. To us, that isn’t our ideal classroom but we have co workers who’s classrooms...
Episode 5 — Podcast Recap In this episode, we discuss formative assessments. When we were first encouraged to do more formative assessments, we really struggled with what that should look like. We felt that we needed concrete right or wrong answers and in return that would make comparing our data easier. We made lots of...
Episode 4: Podcast Recap In this episode, we discuss ways we used to data and what it used to look like for us. The more data we were expected to produce for PLC, the more we realized it was just checking a box and not necessarily help us teach better. We used to pull project grades,...
As a first year teacher I thought “yessss, I can do whatever I want??” I quickly realized that was a somewhat overwhelming task. Although I loved that freedom, I don’t feel I was taught how to set up a curriculum…lots of strategies, history and techniques. I knew I enjoyed teaching certain topics and my students...
Episode 3: Podcast Recap We wanted to go over our top 5 favorite PLC topics from this school year. First, think about what you and your team need; what are you struggling with, what do you need help with, etc. Maybe you aren’t struggling with that topic, but your team may be. So, in that...
Episode 2: Podcast Recap For this episode, we felt it was important to discuss what helps your team be a team. That is not to say our team is perfect and we have it all figured out. But, we have figured out some things that seem to help make our team stronger or help when we...