Run the Art Room

Are you excited for a fresh, new school year but are unsure where to start planning? Over the next six episodes, we equip you with tips and tricks to add to your classroom management toolkit.

Stay tuned for best practices and systems around entering and exiting the art room, art material prep, distribution, and collection, attention getters, and more! Join Keisha Casiano from The Art of Education University as she brings eleven art teachers from around the world together to help YOU successfully run your art room.

Watch The YouTube Series
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6

Everything You Need to Know About Classroom Management in the Art Room

What Do New Teachers Need to Know About Classroom Management? (Ep. 304)

5 Essential Tips for Managing High School Students

Art Room Management 101 (Ep. 004)

Learn How to Play Teachers vs Students—A Fun Classroom Management Game

Quick Classroom Management Strategies (Ep. 6)

5 Classroom Management Strategies for the Art Room

The Benefits of Using an Art Room Mantra

8 Classroom Management Tips No Choice-Based Teacher Can Be Without

How to Cure the “No-Name” Epidemic

Behavior Management at the Elementary Level

3 Ideas to Help Discover Your Classroom Management Style (Ep. 055)

Calming the Classroom Chaos (Ep. 207)

Why Meeting Your Kids at the Door Is So Important

Classroom Management Resources

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Go Ahead, Let Your Students Google You

  It never fails. No matter how much I hide out from my students on social media, someone inevitably finds…
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15 Things No One Tells You About Teaching Your Toughest Class

We all have those classes. Maybe you have a tough class once in a blue moon, maybe one every other…
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Spreading Positivity, One Sticky Note at a Time

I suppose the best description of this would be a guerilla art project, but however you might describe it, it started…
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Great Advice for Helping Students Deal With Bullies and Meanies

  A few years ago, our district keynote was Rosalind Wiseman. She is the author of the extremely successful (and…
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The Time I Quit Teaching

    I was in the middle of a one-point perspective lesson with my fifth graders. I set my pencil…
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Conquering Hot Spots in Your Art Room

What is a hot spot, you ask? It’s a place in your room that quickly fills with clutter throughout the…
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A List of Simple Ways to Teach More Mindfully

    The idea of mindfulness may not be new to you, but thinking about it in regards to your fast-paced teaching…
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Does the Decor in Your Art Room Affect Your Students?

Is your art room drenched from top to bottom with a wide array of decor? Rainbow tissue paper spheres hanging…
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Managing the Art Room

Clay, paint, ink, water spills, messy hands, cutting tools, slippery floors, and busy bodies. Classroom management in the art room is like no other subject area. When it is well-designed, the art room is a magical place. And when it goes awry, it can be chaotic.

Leverage best practices, design an efficient space, and ideate a classroom management system unique to you and your students.

Join fellow art teachers who understand the challenges and celebrations of art teacher life. Leave with new ideas, new friends, and a plan ready to implement right away.