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The Coolest Website for Exploring Ca...
Teaching students about cave art can be engaging at so many levels. Making a...
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It’s that time of year: Interview season! Many of you may be looking for...
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A Resume for the Modern Art Teacher
I often receive emails from art teachers asking me to look over their resumes...
3 Classes Running in May!
Spring is here and May is on the horizon! As an FYI, AOE will be running three...
Slang in the Art Studio
The other day three students arrived to class a couple minutes early. ...
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5 (Almost Legal) Street Art Projects...
Editor’s Note: Today we welcome the newest member of the AOE Team, Ian...
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The Quest for a Fair Teacher Evaluat...
Teacher evaluations and observations (as we’ve talked about all week...
Walk Throughs and Pop-Ins: Dealing W...
Imagine you’re in the middle of teaching your students how to choose the...
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How to Handle a Teaching Observation...
I have had two teaching observations that have taken a turn for the worst...
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From Cowering to Confident: How to H...
By now, many of you have heard the statistic that the fear of public speaking...
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Preparing For an Observation
Nothing can make a teacher more nervous than anticipating an administrator...
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A Sneaky Way to Stretch Your PD Budg...
I really shouldn’t even be telling you this, but I have a clever way to...
Pastel Landscape: Free Lesson Plan D...
Grade Level: PreK-2 Art Education Lesson Plan Art Elements: Line, Space Art...
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5 Ways to Support Autism Awareness M...
The Center for Disease Control now reports that 1 in 88 children will be...
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What Are the Biggest Misconceptions ...
Many people who aren’t in the field of art education LOVE what we do in...
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Arts Integration and Collaborating w...
All too often art teachers feel as though they are on an island: they are the...
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Video: Making a Simple Batik for the...
During my first year of teaching, I attempted real batik with my fourth...
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Dealing with Failure: When Achieveme...
In an ideal world full of unicorns and perfect students, post-test data would...
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Day of the Dead Skulls: Free Lesson ...
Grade Level: 3-5 Art Education Lesson Plan Art Elements: Line, Shape, Form Art...
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7 Ways to Get Paid More as an Art Te...
We’ve all heard the same sob story time and time again. Teacher’s...
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It’s that time of year again. Spring is just around the corner. We...
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Knofolio: The New Wave of Digital Ar...
When I was in High School I applied for an art scholarship at the college I...
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Lesson Plan: Building Blue “Pr...
Grade Level: K-2 Art Elements: Line, Shape Art Skills: Drawing,...
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Art21: Enrichment Ideas to go Beyond...
As discussed in Part 1 of this series, Art 21 is a PBS series that is...
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