Classroom Management

4 Simple Strategies to Motivate Students in Art Class

Join Molly McFee, Kristina Brown, Katie Gaff, and Jon Hansen as they each share a powerful way to motivate students in the art room. Use kindness confetti to focus on positive behaviors, show your art outside of the classroom to make real-world connections, incorporate student choice to hook uninterested students, and gamify your classroom management to make learning fun! Find a new, simple strategy to implement in your elementary, middle, or high school classroom.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lindsey McGinnis

Lindsey McGinnis is AOEU’s Media Content Manager and a former high school art educator. She is passionately equipping art teachers to be successful in their classrooms and firmly believes that art is a safe place for students to explore and process the challenging topics and concepts around them.

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