Episode 13: Podcast Recap To start this mini series off, we talk about how to organize an art curriculum based on art styles. Depending on where you teach, you may or may not have the freedom to create your own curriculum. And while that sounds amazing at first, it can be really overwhelming! For kindergarten,...
Episode 12: Podcast Recap Wrapping up the year in any classroom can be a challenge, but when you see students once a week? Even more interesting! In this episode we discuss different ways we like to or have finished the school year with students. Some of our favorites are having them use up supplies that...
Episode 11: Podcast Recap With it being the end of the year, we thought it would be fun to go over some of our favorite lessons and processes. This episode is broken down by K-2 and then 3-5, but can be adjusted to fit any grade level. And come on, what 5th grader doesn’t want...
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,...