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 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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Podcast

Why Kids Need More Than Reward Systems (Ep. 159)

Reward systems can work for some instances of classroom management. But more often than not, there is a better way….
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Article

How to Get Moving in the Art Classroom

You can see it in the shifting, distracted eyes of your students. In their tapping toes, their wiggling bodies, and…
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Podcast

Simple Strategies for Managing Misbehavior (Ep. 078)

Getting help from your specials team or other colleagues, why observing classroom teachers can be worthwhile, and how to deal…
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Article

Should Your Students Be Prepping the Art Room?

How many times have you gone in early to school or stayed late to prepare materials for class? Whether it’s…
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Article

How to Nurture Your Introverted Students in the Art Classroom

Making sure education has a place for all types of students is an essential part of being a teacher. Educators…
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Podcast

Forget Tidying Up. Art Teachers Need to Hoard! (Ep. 076)

Tidying Up is all the rage on Netflix right now, and Marie Kondo has everyone throwing out their treasures. But…
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Article

How to Create a Calm Down Corner in 5 Easy Steps

Do you have students who have a hard time controlling their emotions? Are you unsure of the best approach to…
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Article

5 Simple Things Art Teachers Can Do to Feel Happier in Their Classrooms

You know those students who think teachers live in their classrooms? They’re not entirely wrong. Sometimes it feels like we…
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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.