Summer 2024 After Pass
Keep the creativity going with this exclusive After Pass that gives you on-demand access to all of the presentations, handouts, downloads, digital swag, and bonus content for an entire year after the conference has concluded.
Premium AOEU Swag • Bellringer Slides
Use these Bellringer Slides to start each day off with imagination, focus, and curiosity. Click to make a copy for your classroom. Elementary and secondary slides are available to toss right into your Learning Management System and adjust to your needs.
Curriculum
Ideation and Planning for Sustained Investigations
Kristina Brown
AP Art & Design Learning Guide
How to Easily Break Down AP Art & Design Portfolios
AP Portfolios Podcast: Part 1, Part 2
Experimentation with Digital Art
Don Masse
Unit 1 Lesson Slides
Unit 2 Lesson Slides
10 Digital Artists You Should Know
Discussing Digital Art and Technology
Learn more about digital art in PRO Learning.
Service Learning and Animal Rescues
Catie Nasser
Find lessons like these and more in FLEX Curriculum.
10 Art History Ideas in 10 Minutes
Kyle Wood
10 Weird Art History Facts to Inspire Your Lessons
Weird Art History Facts Slides for Students
Who ARTed podcast
Learn more about this topic in the graduate course Educating Through Art History.
Guiding Students Toward Risk-Taking
Sahirah Dean
Assessment
Assessment at the Elementary Level
Betsy Komarchuk & Tim Bogatz
What Do New Teachers Need to Know About Assessment? (Episode 7)
Implementing Formative Assessment Strategies (Ep. 283)
Learn more about this topic in the graduate course Assessment in Art Education.
Scaffolded Skills in Drawing
Rebecca Potts Aguirre
Instructional Strategies
The Art of Modeling: A Teaching Practice
Mabel Rivas
Building a Fine Motor Skills Lab
Kathy Dang
Strategies to Engage and Motivate Your Students from Day One
Art Teacher Roundtable with Tim Bogatz, Jonathan Juravich, Jen Leban, and Jenn Russell
Cultural Proficiency in the Art Room
Dr. Eden Reff-Presco
6 Ways to Be a Culturally Responsive Educator
Cultural Competence Self-Assessment
Strategies to Create a More Culturally Competent Classroom
Learn more about this topic in the graduate course Cultural Competency in Art Education.
Meaning Making Through Fibers
Tina Maloch
Finding Meaning in Fibers
Illustrating a Theme for Elementary School Artists
Exploring a Theme for Middle & High School Artists
Finding Meaning in Fibers Student Slide Deck (will ask you to make a copy)
Learn more about this topic in the graduate course Studio: Fibers.
Studio Practices
Abstract Artmaking, Innovation, and Interaction
Reggie Laurent
Reggie’s website
Artist Bio: Reggie Laurent
FLEX Lesson inspired by Reggie Laurent’s work: Line and Shapes of Unity
Studio Visit with Reggie Laurent
Reggie Laurent
Artmaking: Abstract Nature Collages
Marina Alfera
Permission to Pause: Taking Time for Creative Mindfulness
Dr. Andrea McDonough
Something I Love
Mandy Culver & Sarah Krajewski
FLEX Lesson: Something I Love
Explore lessons like this and more in FLEX Curriculum.
Creating Miniature Works
Chris Hodge & Janet Taylor
Classroom Management
This is the Year: Your Guide to Efficient Art Room Organization
Alicia Ferrell
Learn more about this topic in the graduate course Managing the Art Room.
Junkyard: The Ultimate Classroom Incentive System
Molly Dall’Osto
Building a Supportive Classroom Climate
Angela Matsuoka
Ways to Build Great Relationships With Students in the Art Room
Explore PRO Learning for more classroom management strategies.
Building Relationships on Day One and Throughout the School Year
Jennifer Wargin
Perspective-Taking When We Are Discussing
Mood Meter
Game of Phones Activity
Why Building Relationships Should Be at the Center of Everything You Do
Explore PRO Learning for more on classroom management.
Professionalism
Effective Teaching Through Self-Awareness and Authenticity
Lyndsay Rose
5 Tips to Effectively Align Your PLC Team
Janell Matas & Janet Taylor
5 Tips to Effectively Align Your PLC Team
Learn more about the PLC process with PRO Learning.
Planning for In-Person Professional Development
Nick Gehl
Finding Time for Better Professional Development (Ep. 184)
Why Professional Development Really Matters
Learn more about the PLC process with PRO Learning.
5 Green Flags When Job Hunting
Amanda Heyn & TIm Bogatz
Get inspired with standards-aligned FLEX lessons and expert-led PRO PD. Access 3 FLEX plans, a De-escalation Strategies PRO Pack, and over a dozen free resources.
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Flexible Curriculum
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