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[ART CLASS CURATOR] 29: Mindset and Management with Anna Nichols
11/26/18 • 41 min
This episode is part of the former Art Class Curator podcast and is targeted specifically for art teachers.
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If you’ve ever found yourself on the edge of breaking down in the classroom, today’s show is especially for you. There is hope and there are so many resources to help you - today’s guest is one of those resources!
Anna Nichols had lots of experience outside of teaching before she became a teacher at age 31. Being an outsider to the public education system, since then she’s feels like she’s been trying to figure out what makes students tick!
Anna runs the blog - Managing the Art Classroom. She started the blog after finding out that the number one issue for teachers was classroom management. She talked to many teachers and they felt like it was a struggle to even get children to a space where they could actually learn.
Show Highlights:
- Anna’s dream job teaching everybody is the job she has now!
- Once a month elementary art isn’t ideal for the kids or the teachers
- Anna’s biggest challenge for elementary art classes
- How Anna’s blog was created to help teachers.
- Ways that Anna’s consulting business is providing oxygen for teachers.
- Advice for teachers who are on the verge of breaking down.
- Classroom management was the #1 variable in student achievement.
- Anna is the last person she ever thought would influence other teachers in the classroom.
- Warm/strict is how Anna describes her classroom management style.
- Being a teacher is a psychological mine field!
- The power stance can be a secret weapon against fear and anxiety.
- The power of “decide first” as a mindset practice.
Resources:
Episode 3 - Michael Linsin
Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People by Vanessa Van Edwards
Managing the Art Classroom Website
Managing the Art Classroom on Facebook
Get full access to Art and Self with Cindy Ingram at cindyingram.substack.com/subscribe
This episode is part of the former Art Class Curator podcast and is targeted specifically for art teachers.
-
If you’ve ever found yourself on the edge of breaking down in the classroom, today’s show is especially for you. There is hope and there are so many resources to help you - today’s guest is one of those resources!
Anna Nichols had lots of experience outside of teaching before she became a teacher at age 31. Being an outsider to the public education system, since then she’s feels like she’s been trying to figure out what makes students tick!
Anna runs the blog - Managing the Art Classroom. She started the blog after finding out that the number one issue for teachers was classroom management. She talked to many teachers and they felt like it was a struggle to even get children to a space where they could actually learn.
Show Highlights:
- Anna’s dream job teaching everybody is the job she has now!
- Once a month elementary art isn’t ideal for the kids or the teachers
- Anna’s biggest challenge for elementary art classes
- How Anna’s blog was created to help teachers.
- Ways that Anna’s consulting business is providing oxygen for teachers.
- Advice for teachers who are on the verge of breaking down.
- Classroom management was the #1 variable in student achievement.
- Anna is the last person she ever thought would influence other teachers in the classroom.
- Warm/strict is how Anna describes her classroom management style.
- Being a teacher is a psychological mine field!
- The power stance can be a secret weapon against fear and anxiety.
- The power of “decide first” as a mindset practice.
Resources:
Episode 3 - Michael Linsin
Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People by Vanessa Van Edwards
Managing the Art Classroom Website
Managing the Art Classroom on Facebook
Get full access to Art and Self with Cindy Ingram at cindyingram.substack.com/subscribe
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[ART CLASS CURATOR] 28: Artist/Teacher with Dr. Ilona Szekely
This episode is part of the former Art Class Curator podcast and is targeted specifically for art teachers.
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Balancing education and artistic expression can be a difficult task in todays’ school system. Finding ways to incorporate art into students’ daily lives and help them find relevance in artistic structure in the world is important. Ilona Szekely is passionate about helping students understand the technicalities of art but also the dynamics of creativity. She has worked in various professional settings, including colleges and public schools, along with being a practicing artist herself. Tune into this episode of Art Class Curator to learn more about balancing your classroom education and helping students cultivate personal expression in art.
Show Highlights:
- Background and experiences
- Finding your right place in the education system
- Shifting focus and utilizing visual experiences
- Incorporating art projects that students think are important
- Art Ilona likes to make and materials to use
- Translating every day issues to art
- Balancing being an artist and an educator
- Using art to spend time with your kids
- How parents can influence creativity
- Validating art experimentation
- Body image in the art room
- Being introspective in terms of our own beauty
- How to tactically address insecurity in the classroom
- How to teach technique and personal expression in art
- The key to discipline issues in a classroom
- Lifechanging artwork
Resources:
Facebook: Ilona Szekely
https://art.eku.edu/people/szekely
Get full access to Art and Self with Cindy Ingram at cindyingram.substack.com/subscribe
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[ART CLASS CURATOR] 30: Perfection = Failure
This episode is part of the former Art Class Curator podcast and is targeted specifically for art teachers.
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How is perfectionism stopping you from being the best art teacher you can be? Cindy shares her thoughts on how to get over having to do everything little thing right and why perfection=failure.
Visit the show notes at https://artclasscurator.com/30 for the links and resources mentioned in this episode.
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