Kick-start your back-to-school learning! This important webinar introduces Studio Thinking and the eight studio habits of mind, which describe the thinking skills and attitudes that help students learn to think authentically as artists. The Studio Thinking framework names what you already know happens in your art classroom, and grounds choice-based arts methods like TAB (Teaching for Artistic Behavior). Learn to guide your students to make decisions about what engages and challenges them personally. Walk away with tools to support authentic teaching of Studio Thinking—the skills and attitudes that help students learn and develop the internal lenses needed to think as artists.

Different teaching strategies are necessary for students with learning disabilities. However, all students can benefit from quality instruction that comes with the careful planning that goes into preparing these lessons. What does differentiated instruction actually look like for students with learning disabilities? Delve into support for the needs of students with language-based learning disabilities; processing and memory retention issues; cognitive impairments; attention deficit disorders; social/emotional challenges; and struggles with executive functioning. See concrete examples of what differentiated instruction looks like in high school digital art, photography, ceramics, and sculpture classrooms in order to connect with and meaningfully engage all learners, in a way that can be applied across grade levels and artistic media.

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Join Wendy Ann Greenhalgh, writer, artist, author, creative mindfulness teacher, and arts educator, as she leads an overview of mindfulness and related practices. Learn how to successfully apply these mindfulness techniques in your visual arts classroom.

Join an Expressive Arts Therapist and and Art Educator for insight on how adverse childhood experiences (ACES) cause trauma. Delve into artistic processes that help discharge trauma, and gain information on how to create an environment of emotional support. Leave prepared to continue your learning after the webinar with helpful handouts and a bibliography.

[November 4, 2020] In a world where hatred and intolerance are alarmingly on the rise, it is imperative that we as educators continuously strive to implement empathy in our teaching practices and among our students. How might we design learning experiences to grow our students’ creative and emotional capacities in the art studio? How might we infuse empathy into our students’ creative processes? The purpose of this webinar is to reflect on the impact of empathy to create deeper learning experiences that develop emotional awareness. We will look at the benefits of engaging our students in projects that spark empathic curiosity, as well as potential problems and how to avoid them.

Teaching for Artistic Behavior is a complex curricular concept that is rewarding for both students and art educators!

How do we guide students through the processes of developing and refining their own creative ideas? Join us as we explore ideas and approaches for guided inquiry and concept mapping that are scalable for beginner or advanced-level students. Dive into the sustained investigation portion of the AP Art and Design portfolio as a lens for considering ideation as an ongoing and reflective practice that happens throughout the entire process of creating a body of work, not only at the outset.

Enhance your current visual arts lessons and studio activities by organizing them around meaningful, universal themes. Join NAEA author Marilyn Stewart as she leads this discussion on why thematic lessons are more successful and engaging for studio practice.

It is evident that growing diversity has had a significant impact on education in urban, rural, and suburban areas. Research and practice continues to demonstrate the need for strong teacher in-service and preservice programs to connect home, school, and community with culturally-relevant or culturally-responsive teaching strategies. This approach will not only expose students to diverse curriculum and best teaching practices but can encourage them to remain focused, become invested in what is happening, and actually step onto the road of academic success and social achievement. During this webinar, you will learn from examples of culturally responsive art instructional strategies, happening in K-16 environments. As the field of (art) education endeavors to become a culturally, socially and racially equitable system, educators often need a space to support their own developing professionalism around these issues. The aim of the presenters is to provide that space.