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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Article

The Magic Word for No Hassle Cleanup

Some classes take pride in cleaning up the art room, and others don’t! So how do you get a class…
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Article

5 Ways to Save Your Sharpies

Middle school students LOVE Sharpie markers. They use them on their art projects, on their binders, on their clothes, and…
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Video

How to Stash Your Scraps

Waste not, want not, that is what I say when it comes to saving paper scraps off the paper cutter….
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Video

Sink Management 101

This post could have been called: How to Survive an Art Room with Only 2 Working Sinks OR Look Out…
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Video

The “Super Handy Yarn Cart”

Behold, the “Super Handy Yarn Cart!” Weaving projects in the art room can easily get out of control! Especially when…
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Article

50 Positive Reinforcements for the Art Room

Positive reinforcement is a game changer in the art room. It’s amazing how a positive reinforcement, no matter how small,…
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Video

8 Unconventional Art Room Organizers

Welcome to my art room! Here are eight quick, easy, and affordable (sometimes FREE) tools you can use to help…
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Article

When to Show a Video

Do you show a lot of videos in your art room? Videos should not replace the teacher, in fact, more and more, showing…
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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.