Announcing a new 8-part series brought to you in partnership with the NAEA Connected Arts Networks (CAN)! In this series, The Creativity Department will be joined by co-host Dr. Mi'Jan Celie Tho-Biaz.  Together they will dive deeply into topics such as ED&I, SEL, and Leadership with CAN teachers and leaders! Enjoy this first conversation with Kim Hoj, Dance and Career Technical Education Teacher, and Jared Cassedy, Performing Arts Coordinator and Conductor of the Lexington High School Wind Ensemble about the importance of PLCs (Professional Learning Communities). 

Rebecca Hare, co-author of The Space: A Guide for Educators and Adobe’s Education Community Manager, joins The Creativity Department in this episode to talk about taking creative risks in teaching, building creative capacity in students, and making space for creativity in the art room. Listen in as Rebecca, Laura and Matt share their personal stories about risk taking and learn how making a plan for creativity can empower students and inspire educators. 

Elementary educator Carole Drummond-Johnson joins The Creativity Department and asks us to consider “if we are truly about the business of teaching 21-century skills, shouldn’t art & design be integrated with science, technology, engineering and math?” It’s every educators’ goal to reach all learners. Integrating STEM themes into your lessons could be the key to immersing all students in art! Listen in to learn more. 

The Creativity Department continues their 100th Episode celebration with author and educator, Tim Needles. Tim was the very first podcast guest and is a consistent contributor in the #K12ArtChat Twitter chat. Who better to discuss all   that has changed in Art Education over the past 8 years? Listen in as they discuss everything from technology integration in the art room to social emotional learning and the difficulties of hybrid learning.

It’s the 100th Episode! We couldn’t have done it without your support and our lovely guests! Join Matt and Laura as they commemorate #K12ArtChat the Podcast’s 100th episode and 8-year podcasting anniversary. Listen in and share the celebration as they reflect on the guests and topics they’ve had over the past 2 years, as well as their favorite happy teacher moments. Here’s to another 100 episodes! 

In this episode the Creativity Crew – Raine Valentine, Joe Boatfield, and Candido Crespo - talk about how they keep their students on their toes and engaged in fun and exciting ways! Listen in to hear each person’s unique approach to bringing fun into their art rooms.  Discover techniques for being silly, authentic, and spontaneous while staying on course with the curriculum and not losing control of your students.  

In this episode, Dan Ryder joins The Creativity Department to talk about project-based learning. Dan is a Learning Facilitator at Overman Academy and author of Intention: Critical Creativity in the Classroom. Listen in to learn about using project-based learning to help students make connections, transform knowledge, and explain their creative choices. When students embrace process, experimentation and even failure their learning becomes sticky, meaningful, and authentic.

In this episode, The Creativity Department is joined by Dr. Jaime Dombrowski! Author of Power Up: Gamification Tools for Social and Emotional Learning, she talks with Matt & Laura about how art can transcend language and be used to promote inclusivity and emotional wellbeing. Listen in for expert experience on how students can use art to promote empathy, communicate who they are and what they value, build decision making skills by working in teams, and foster meaningful relationships.  

In this episode, The Creativity Department is joined by long time music teacher, Jonathan Seligman! Dive into the similarities between Art and Music curriculum, the challenges both face with advocacy, and creative ways the two can support one another to promote the importance arts hold in educating today’s students.  Listen in and be inspired with ways to showcase both art and music without one overpowering the other. 

In this episode, Matt and Laura are joined by Dr. Cyndi Burnett, Director of Possibilities at Creativity and Education, to discuss what a deliberate approach to creativity looks like and how that scientific perspective parallels the artist process of creativity.  Listen in as they explore everything from the relationship between creativity and the arts, to modeling creative behaviors to students and how creative thinking in the arts transfers to other disciplines.