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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Image of a rubric
Article

6 Tips on How to Make the Best Rubric

Have you ever scored a student’s artwork on a rubric only to add up the points and disagree with the…
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Article

Quilt Design and Community in the Art Room

Art offers a positive gateway to address both personal and community crisis and trauma. Throughout history, artists have expressed feelings…
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Article

3 Quick Ways to Assess Student Learning in the Art Room

How do you know your students are learning? How can you quickly and simply assess student learning? What assessment techniques…
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Article

2 Ways to Use Take-Home Assessments in the Art Room

Assessment can be an overwhelming word. That word can put a lot of pressure on our students, and it can…
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Podcast

Inspired By Our Students (Ep. 118)

As art teachers, we sometimes have the tendency to fall back in our own interests–and our own aesthetics–when we design…
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Article

3 Practical Ways to Assess Student Growth

Educators are expected to demonstrate student growth in their classrooms. For art teachers, this can be daunting because we are…
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Article

How to Use Instruments in Classroom Management

Did you know you don’t need a college major in music to use instruments in your classroom? You and your…
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Article

Collagraph in the Classroom at a Glance

Download in full-color. Download a print-friendly version. Printmaking, for many art teachers, can be intimidating. With mediums like intaglio, lithography,…
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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.