Teaching artistic behaviors

Balancing creativity and structure can be challenging at times, so here are nine art classroom management tips that have helped me create a productive and enjoyable learning environment for everyone.

Getting ready for Back to School in your art classroom can sometimes be stressful. There is a lot to think about and remember since you've been away for 2 months. As well, the kids that left you knew your routines and now you have to re-teach them to the new set of kids. Or, you might be in your first years of teaching and are still learning how to effectively teach classroom routines in your art classroom. Or in later years and looking for some fresh ideas to allow your back to school run…

Art teachers, we know encouraging students to make art can sometimes happen easily and other times, it’s a challenge. You bring out, act out, or show your “hook” and BAM! They’re engaged and are wanting to do their best. Depending on the age or the student’s own personal experience with creating art, this is sometimes a challenge and you might even get a complete refusal. As a teacher, it is our job to encourage a student to create. After many years of experience teaching, and having taught…

8 Fundamental Routines That Will Transform Your Art Room % %

Classroom discipline, art.

I spent the summer looking at my class and my curriculum but one thing that I did was read the book Discipline with Dignity. It changed my t...

What is TAB-Choice? In a TAB-Choice studio students are regarded as artists. Students are expected to do the work of artists, directing their own learning. They practice coming up with their...

Changing your curriculum and/or teaching philosophy can be overwhelming, and at times, you might not know where to begin. This article will take 8 minutes to read.

Teaching For Artistic Behavior an introduction Elizabeth Honeysett January, 2016

Choice-Based Expectations Poster

Art Education Painting Techniques

The document provides an overview of Teaching for Artistic Behavior (TAB), an organization that promotes choice-based art education. TAB's mission is to support educators in providing authentic artmaking opportunities through choice-based concepts and a studio/learning centers approach. Key aspects of choice-based art education discussed include regarding students as artists with real choices, supporting multiple modes of learning, and utilizing various forms of assessment. The document also…

Art teacher mantra

Julie Toole signage with credit to Barbara Berry for WOW concept