Letter Writing: An Expression of Respect for Your Art Students
Letter writing is a simple and effective way to show respect and care for your students, while boosting engagement in your class. Whether you are working with little ones, older kids or adults, you can brighten someone’s day with a simple note acknowledging their efforts.
6 Ways To Find New Students For Your Art Classes
If your business offers Art classes, you know that finding students is a top priority. These ideas will help you innovate and attract more students so your business can thrive.
Landscape Painting Art Lesson Plan with Literacy Connections
This free art lesson plan with literacy connections is great for early childhood. Explore a Vincent Van Gogh landscape with your students, and make an original work of art.
Adjunct Professor Survival Guide
If you have ever considered being an adjunct professor, or are looking for tips on how to thrive as an adjunct, this article is for you.
Benefits of Explorative Sculpture for Young Children
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What Is It Like Teaching Art?
What it’s really like teaching art.
Building Confidence as a New Teacher
Tips for new or young teachers working to build their confidence.
Teacher as Host
If we think of our teaching role as that of a host, we can begin to consider ways to make sure our students are at ease and nourished intellectually when in our care.
Boosting Engagement With Interactive Writing in the Classroom
Boost engagement in your classroom with this simple interactive writing activity.
Reinforcing Learning in Higher Ed: Post-Session Summaries
After class, try sending summaries of the session to your students. These summaries can take on a variety of forms.
Maintaining an Active Studio Practice as a Teaching Artist
The best thing you can do is make your art.
10 Engaging Ways to Introduce Value Scales to Students of Any Age
An effective introduction to the concept of value provides a solid starting point to learn the basics of Drawing, Painting, Photography, and more. It also gives us better insight into works from Art History and allows us to appreciate the efforts and skills of artists.
Showing Deep Respect for Students in Your University or K-12 Art Classroom
When I talk about respect in the classroom, I am referring to a much deeper, more profound concept than simply being polite to students.
Tips for Photographing Student Art
Are you always looking for new ways to boost the level of professionalism in your middle school, high school or college art classroom? Treating your students’ work with care shows that you respect their efforts.
5 Ways to Connect With Your Online High School or College Students
Teaching online can feel daunting, especially at first. Here are some tips based on notes I took throughout my first year of distance teaching. Whether you teach synchronously, asynchronously or somewhere in between, these tips should help you to improve your classroom community and engagement.
The Golden Rule: How Treating Your Students with Respect Produces Better Outcomes
Our students deserve our respect. It is our responsibility to nourish and protect the people we teach.