Art classroom management

Photo Source: coralvssalmon.wordpress.com We love what art teacher, Sunnylee Mowery, over at Coral vs. Salmon instituted to help manage behavior in her classroom. Selecting seven behavior goals for her students to work on - from entering the classroom quietly and raising hands to following directions and cleaning up work stations - she first created an anchor chart to display in the classroom as a visual reminder of appropriate behavior choices, then decided to take it a step further. In an…

We are enjoying our art room jobs this year. After thinking about the daily jobs that we do in the art room, I listed the six most frequent tasks. Last year I had a "helper table" that helped with everything that day. This year, I am giving each table a job to do each week. The color for each job stays the same for the entire week for all of my classes to make it manageable. If we are not painting, the table that would handle washing the brushes does "quality control". Otherwise, my job is…

I have to compiled a massive list of artworks for you to look at with your kids this year. Study art history and art appreciation for kids each week!

Who wants to spend Summer vacation in a hot, sweaty classroom? If you'd like to reclaim your personal time as your own, check out these 10 things to prep for Summer break. These art room systems will become a yearly routine to help you leave on the last day on time and prepped for the Back to School. | Glitter Meets Glue Designs

Art Teachers, in your Art Classroom you’re always going to have students finish before the rest, fast finishers, so let’s take a look at some ideas or routines that you can build into your classroom so that students know what to do when they’re done so they don’t have to ask you and so that you don’t have to instruct them on what to do EVERY time.

The Art room offers an extra set of challenges to teachers as students are no longer facing the front in rows and are often given more freedom.

Teaching students rules and procedures is a skill in itself. You have to learn to teach it and then reinforce them while doing it in an engaging way. In this article, I'll give you some ideas of how to teach your students your classroom routines and expectations in a fun and engaging way.

Likability is a key principle of SCM—because it makes building rapport effortless. It causes students to want to listen to you, please you, and behave for you. It helps make your consequences matter. Being disliked, on the other hand, makes classroom management far more ... Read more

At a staff meeting we were all asked to create a classroom procedures flowchart. At first I went "yuck, more work" but then I realized this is the greatest thing ever!!! It is simple and easy to make...I used Power Point because that is what I was in at the moment. Fell free to download it for idea inspiration. I had them laminated, one for each table. If someone is not sure what to do next the manager of that table will hand them a flowchart. It has changed my world!