My name is Kristie Essary and I am currently enrolled in the MAT Program at the University of Alaska Southeast. I am student teaching at Juneau Douglas high school and have drawing, painting and sculpture classes. If anyone has some helpful hints, resources or some fun and unique lesson plans for high school students, they would be greatly appreciated! As a beginning art teacher I am constantly looking for techniques and strategies that aid in student understanding and have found that other educ… Continue

Check out http://www.powerfulprojects.org/ for a number of significant, art-based projects for your students to help others in need.

I encourage everyone to take a few minutes to watch Debi West's "Art With a Purpose". It is awesome and reminds us of the bigger impact we have on the lives of the students in our classrooms beyond the walls and outside the lines. We influence our students, and those around us, in so many more ways than we sometimes realize. What are your best practices? Lynn

I always search for new and exciting summer workshops but culling through the number of them can be a challenge, plus who is to know the quality of the program.

I attended the Summer Teaching Institute at SCAD and met exceptional teachers of all ages and loved my experience. Savannnah is so lovely- I would go back.

Summer AP Course in Florida was wonderful too- lots of helpful information and great and talented teachers who really enjoyed sharing ideas.

Now I would love a program to nuture my… Continue