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Reset and Get Back to Best Practices You Love Through SEL and Assessment

Another school year is right around the corner. You have taken time to recharge, and now you are shifting your...
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9 Strategies to Build Rapport With Your Students From the Start

It’s that time of year when we prepare to welcome new students into our art rooms. It is also the...
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Phil Hansen and the Power of Zines (Ep. 329)

Phil Hansen is back on the show! Best known for his Embrace the Shake TED Talk, Phil is also an...
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4 More Unexpected Ways You Can Bring Fibers Into Your Art Curriculum

According to AOEU’s 2022 State of Art Education survey, you feel most confident in teaching two-dimensional mediums. This is likely...
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Infinity Cards, STEAM, and Kinetic Sculpture Parades (Ep. 324)

Catie Nasser is back on the show today to talk to Tim about a variety of projects that she and...
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Celebrating Valuable Art Teacher Wins After Another Challenging Year

It has been another challenging year amid a global pandemic. Art educators have faced evaluation changes, health and safety protocol...
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4 Engaging One-Day Art Lessons That Connect to Science

Science and art are two disciplines that actively celebrate failure. From Bob Ross’ famous “happy accidents” to “the scientific method...
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Exploring IB Visual Arts, Part Two (Ep. 313)

In the second episode exploring the teaching of the IB Visual Arts curriculum,  Shannon Brinkley joins Tim once again to...
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Exploring IB Visual Arts, Part One (Ep. 312)

Tim has been wanting to learn more about teaching IB Visual Arts, and in today’s episode, Shannon Brinkley joins him...
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4 One-Day Challenges for Your Art Class That Incorporate Math

Believe it or not, mathematics and the arts have always gone together. While we fight a myth of whether we...
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4 Ideas to Foster Empathy and Gift Giving in the Art Room

Why do we make art? We all are passionate about making art—that’s why we are in this field. But how...
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5 Points of Discovery to Unpack When You Teach IB Visual Arts

Whether new or seasoned, you are probably well aware that unpacking the International Baccalaureate (IB) Visual Arts curriculum guide takes...
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