AOE LIVE

Ian Sands stops by to kick off his AOE farwell tour! Ian is a long time contributer to AOE by way of North Carolina and has become a huge champion for Choice Based Art Education and TAB at the secondary level. He'll be sorely missed at AOE. Tim and Andrew get one last chance to talk Zonkeys, opening up your classroom and your teaching style to choice to empower students to make authentic art. Ian shares his vision for the future of art education covering how space could be better utilized to spur authentic creation, new media in the artroom, and the possible stumbling block of SLO's and standardized assessments.

Listen in as Ian pounders the slight, yet profound difference between getting great results from your students or your students get great results. While this sounds a bit confusing... that's a whole different way of looking at art education.

Join Tim and Andrew as they sit down and talk STEAM education with Cassidy Reinken. Cassidy is a former middle school and elementary art teacher. She’s also written and taught for the Art of Education before transitioning to be the new STEAM Magnet Coordinator for Johnson STEAM Academy Magnet School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

You’ll see what we all can learn from a STEAM magnet model (regardless of how invested we are in STEAM education). As Cassidy points out, the Arts is the glue that makes STEM work. See how this new hybrid school aims to revitalize not just the school district, but the larger community through arts integration. Finally, learn some tips on how to build buy in while aligning curriculum vertically and horizontally. We know you’ll love this one.

Join Tim and Andrew as they sit down with Art of Education founder Jessica Balsley and discuss how to find that sweet spot at home and at work. They discuss the myth of the work/life balance, why multi-tasking is overrated, and how to let positivity drive your teaching. Learn how to get the most out of teaching and life with some simple tips like "layering" and using the idea of an “ideal day" to strive towards excellence. This episode is filled with so much great advice from Jessica's years of teaching and being an entrepreneur. You'll walk away from this episode rejuvenated and ready to find you own sweet spot of success, productivity, and balance!

Learn some incredibly helpful tricks for getting your students to put on and promote their very own art show. Join the guys and their guest Kristin Stephens, a secondary parochial art teacher from the Washington D.C. area, as they discuss the three strategies for launching an effective student-run art show. Just imagine, you’ll have enough energy left over the night of the opening… you might actually be able to sit back and enjoy the process! Kristin walks us through how she starts planning months in advance, gets student committees responsible for the majority of the work, and then delegates like a boss to execute the whole big thematic art show. You'll especially enjoy seeing how this process ties in with the new NCCAS. Tons of great tips in this one! Get into it!

Ted Edinger of "Art With Mr. E" fame stops by to talk about all things art teaching; student teachers, developing your strengths as a teacher and improving upon your weaknesses. His insight into these three keys of teaching will make this episode a must-listen! We had a few audio issues with this episode, but stick around until the end to find out why Ted is Andrew's new hero.

Art Teacher, Blogger, and Fashion Inspiration Cassie Stephens stops in to AOE LIVE to talk about her fashion creations, her teaching style, her passions, and how to remain authentic as teachers as we tell the stories of how we came to be where we are today. The conversation ranges from accountability, passion, bedazzled khakis, and Elvis Cats!

Andrew and Tim discuss why art is the most important class with The Artistic Edge’s very own Lisa Phillips. Lisa is an author, speaker, mentor, and business owner. Her passion for helping young people achieve success in all aspects of their lives inspired Lisa to publish The Artistic Edge: 7 Skills Children Need to Succeed in an Increasingly Right Brain World. Check out the conversation as it covers how the arts instills leadership skills and gives students an edge in ever-changing world. Find out some tips for not only building an art program the debliberlaly teaches such skills, but also discover some ways to promote such a program! Explore more great links for all things promotion at The Art of Education’s website http://www.theartofed.com/ and The Artistic Edge http://theartisticedge.ca/

Andrew and Tim dig in deep with Wisconsin Art Education Association and NAEA Elemntary Division Director Elect, Jen Dahl to discuss all things inspiration. Join their in-depth converstation on inspiration for new lessons, inspiration for overall teaching style, and on finding that inspiration to endure and evolve in the classroom. Listen closely to see why Jen has such an infatuation with Kenny Rogers and "The Gambler."

Andrew and Tim debut the AOE Live Podcast and take on the subject of classroom management. Special guest Alecia Eggers, elementary teacher, organization extraordinaire, and writer with The Art of Education joins the guys for an in-depth conversation on keeping a positive environment, tips and tricks for classroom management, and how you deal with your worst students. And what does Andrew mean when he says “Kids don’t do ‘nothing’ well?”