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.

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Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6

Classroom Management Resources

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3 Ways to Make Your Room a Must-Stop on Parent Night

Parent Night is probably right around the corner for many of you as we get ready to launch into a…
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Essential Tips to Help Your Students Enter the Classroom Quietly

The first few weeks of school are a great time to start new structures and routines. Even if you feel…
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3 Keys to Creating a Successful, Positive Behavior System

Hand stamps? Class charts? Treasure boxes? Over the years, I’ve gone back and forth about the idea of using positive…
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Survey Says…Student Inventories Are a Hit!

Does getting to know your students at the beginning of the year feel overwhelming? Whether you’re at a new school…
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Getting the Art Room You Want With the Budget You Have

Imagine that you get to walk into an empty art room and make it completely your own. You get to…
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The Ideal Tech Set-Up for the Art Room

One question I get asked quite often is: What is the ideal technology setup for the art room? Of course,…
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Letting Students Choose Materials: Do You Dare?

I saw a tweet that read, “The job of the artist is to have an idea and find the best…
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An Easy Alternative to a Bathroom Pass

If your bathroom pass was a crumpled, germ infested, barely recognizable piece of wilted lamination after a long school year and now…
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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.