Art Ed Radio

After publishing her popular article last week, Abby sits down with Tim to discuss the best strategies to manage student behavior and keep those behaviors from escalating. Listen as they discuss oppositional defiant disorder, how to stay calm in the face of misbehavior, and why you should be a "second-to-last word teacher."

• 5 Ways to Avoid Power Struggles and Defiance in the Art Room
• Why You Shouldn't Care if Your Students Misbehave
• Learn more about Brian Mendler
• Abby's Art Ed PRO Learning Pack on Managing Your Classroom

Too many teachers find their budget to be the biggest concern in their classroom. It is a constant struggle when you don't have enough money, there are never enough supplies, and we seem to never have everything that we need to teach the way we want to teach. Listen as Tim gives suggestions for inexpensive sculpture materials, how to build your students' problem-solving skills, and how to get creative to stretch that budget.

Art with Coach T's Instagram Matt Young's Ideas for Mixed Media Sculptures Tim's Article on Sculpture Ideas

With so many teachers sitting through professional development of questionable relevance, it's time to look for a better option. Today, Art Ed PRO director Amanda Heyn joins Tim to discuss the best options for better art teacher PD. Listen as they talk about what PD should do for teachers, their favorite learning packs in the PRO library, how to approach your admin about getting PRO for your school.

• Getting PRO in Your School
• Check out the Entire PRO Library
• How to Ask Your Admin to Pay for PRO
• The Professional K-12 Art Educator Teaching Framework
• Understanding and Implementing IEPs
• Surviving Your First Year of High School Art
• Planning for Substitutes
• Building Leadership Skills as an Art Teacher
• How to Use PRO for a PD Day

Jonathan Juravich returns to the show to talk more about how we teach awareness and empathy in the art room. Since his last appearance, Jonathan has given a TED talk and continued to spread the word about the importance of social and emotional learning. Listen as he and Tim discuss what it's like to give a TED talk, how we make the art room a safe space for our kids, and why we need to have purposeful conversations with our kids.

• You can watch Jonathan's TED Talk here
• You can take a quick look at Jonathan in his classroom here
• Follow Jonathan on Twitter
• A great write-up on Jonathan and his arts advocacy work
• Take a look at the Masterclass Jonathan is developing on Creative Strategies for Social and Emotional Learning

Are you a teacher that gets things started as soon as the bell rings, or are you willing to take a couple of minutes to converse before beginning instruction? In this episode, Tim argues for the latter, sharing why he thinks it's important to spend more time talking to your kids. Listen as he discusses why you need to get to know your kids, strategies for building connections, and the benefits you will see when kids know you really care about them.

• Quiz About the Teacher
• How to Be a Better Teacher This Year
• How to Plan Your First Day at the High School Level
• Name Designs to Know More About Your Students

Amanda O'Shaughnessy is an elementary art teacher from Kansas City who does incredible ceramic work with her kids. After her wildly popular Art Ed Now presentation, she comes on the podcast with Tim to share even more of her ideas. Listen as they discuss why she brings advanced ideas to her younger kids, the importance of making connections on Instagram, and her best advice for people to advance their ceramics instruction. Resources and Links

• Check out Amanda's PRO Pack here
• Follow Amanda on Instagram
• Another idea on how to brush up on Ceramics
• Help your admin get on board with PRO!

There's never a bad time to talk about blowing glass, particularly with the popularity of Netflix's show Blown Away. Today, Tim talks to contestant Momo Schafer about her experience in the glassblowing world and her time on the show. Listen as they discuss Momo's life and artistic career, some behind-the-scenes stories from the show, and ideas for helping your students appreciate what happens in a hot shop.

• Momo's website can be found here
• Her Instagram is here
• Watch Blown Away on Netflix!

The 2019 Summer Art Ed Now conference is in the books, and Tim is here with Lindsey Moss and Abby Schukei break it all down! Listen as they discuss their highlights from the conference, their admiration for Ron Clark, and their a-ha moments and takeaways from the presenters.

• The Summer Conference Recap is Here
• The Ron Clark Podcast Interview
• If you missed this conference, there's always the next one!

Conference week is finally here! With Art Ed Now coming up in just two days, AOEU's Lindsey Moss joins Tim to preview everything coming up on Thursday. They talk about Lindsey's excitement for her upcoming conference presentation, her love of putting together giant packets of information and resources to share with everyone, and the presentations they are most looking forward to this time around.

• Check out everything about the conference here
• Artsonia can be found here
• Nasco can be found here
• All of Lindsey's articles can be found here

One thing we don't think about often enough, and rarely take the time to reflect on, is how we communicate. Today, AOEU's Amber Kane talks to Tim about the importance of communication and how it can affect collaboration in our classrooms and our schools at large. Listen as they discuss what we need to ask ourselves about communication, how we play to our strengths, and how we take those strengths into our classrooms.

• Amber's previous podcast appearance
• The case for more communication
• More ideas on collaboration
• Simple communication ideas with your students