Tag: teaching art
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Art Teacher Interview Questions
If you’re about to be interviewed or you’re a head of department who is going to be doing the interviewing, you’ll find the questions below useful. As an interviewee, you can’t anticipate every question but if you write down answers to the questions below, you’ll certainly fly through a good part of the interview. Writing…
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‘No Sharing Art Materials’ Art Projects
‘No Sharing Art Materials’ Art Projects We’re all wondering what we can teach that is engaging and varied but doesn’t require our students to share materials. Even though I can’t plan to teach printing and clay in the near future, I’ve still got lots of projects that have been popular with students and projects that…
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5 Ways to Teach Year 10 When They Return to The Art Department
It’s human to worry about things that might not happen. At the moment there is a lot we don’t know. It appears likely that year 10 will be the first year group to return to schools in the UK. When will they return? Will it be before summer? How much work they have completed? How…
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Teaching Art Remotely – Using Technology
As soon as my daughter got a cough I, of course, had to self isolate. I was plunged in the deep end of having to embrace home learning. Luckily, my school had already been training us for this eventuality. I’m excited to make home-learning a success. Here is what I have learned so far. Using…
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Don’t Take it Personally! Some Students don’t like Art Class
‘Don’t Take it Personally! Some Students don’t like Art Class’ is a guest post from Art Teacher Madelyn Hewins from Don Tyson School of Innovation in Springdale, Arkansas. I read this on her blog ‘Teaching from my heART‘ and thought she had some wise words to share. You can also find her on Facebook. Some students…
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How Planning & Reflection Is Key To Happiness
This blog post offers practical ideas for how to be a happier Art Teacher. You used to love it right? You did all that training to become an Art Teacher with such enthusiasm, but now you don’t feel all that happy. You may have found last year incredible difficult. Or you may love your job…