Artful Teaching

Music provided by Connor Chee, Navajo Dine composer and performer.

Heather Francis provides three examples of action research related to arts education and arts integration in the classroom.  First, an example of a teacher studying their own practice of self-care. A seasoned teacher at the end of her career is discovering burnout. She turns to self-study to determine how a practice of self-care can help her handle the stress of life and a teaching career with gre...

  When it comes to action research you have a lot of choices, you can study a behavior, an intervention, an attitude, an instructional tool, your environment or you can study yourself. When you are studying yourself as the main subject of your action research you are conducting a self-study project. If you're studying anything else, it's action research from another vantage point, and not self-stu...

Show Notes: Heather Francis, co-host, and Heidi Dimmick, a 3rd-grade teacher discuss the value of action research for teachers improving their practice of arts integration in the classroom. This episode is for any teacher interested in systemic inquiry and reflective practice as a method of professional learning and advocacy within the field of education and arts education. This episode demystifie...

Cally Flox and Heather Francis discuss what they've learned about resilience and share their experiences of living through a global pandemic. This episode is a recap of the six episodes in Series 2 of the Artful Teaching Podcast.

We can discover our voice as artists and individuals by knowing when we want to say yes and when we want to say no. Join us to practice four different, grounded ways to say "no". This episode is a recap of the workshop Cally facilitated in the "Learning to Thrive Not Just Survive" series she held for classroom teachers in the Fall of 2020.

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Listen to learn how our bodies respond to different types of touch. Touch is an important part of human connection, and an especially interesting topic during a global pandemic and within a school setting. This episode is a recap of the workshop Cally facilitated in the "Resilience for Teachers: Learning to Thrive Not Just Survive" series she held for classroom teachers in the fall of 2020.

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This episode is a recap of the bi-monthly workshop, “Resilience for Teachers: Learning to Thrive Not Just Survive” where elementary teachers and arts educators participate in exercises focused on self-care and mindfulness.   Although teacher stress and burnout from COVID-19 spurred the creation of this workshop series, these are timeless ideas.   During this podcast, Cally guides listeners through...

Resilience for Teachers: Learning to Thrive Not Just Survive Bi-monthly Workshops with Cally Flox, Thursday evenings at 7 pm MST. Click the link below to register on Eventbrite. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/resilience-for-teachers-learning-to-thrive-instead-of-survive-tickets-129780431765?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing  

In this three-part episode, Ryan Ferre, a fifth-grade teacher shares his thoughts on artful teaching, what it looks like in his classroom and how he worked with COVID adaptions for his annual production of "The Christmas Carol", and a short section where Ryan's principal joins the conversation.

Not much gets her down but Lori Nickerson does miss her students' smiles and celebrating their missing teeth. In this episode, Lori describes what her classroom looks like during the pandemic, shares details of her class song, and how she "sneaks in learning" through art experiences.

With less time face-to-face with students, Tina describes how she's turned to the essentials and explored new strategies to meet students' needs during the pandemic. She reflects on self-care, her worry for her students, and the success they've shared this year.

COVID turned our world upside down and created brand new challenges for teaching and learning. Christy Nielsen shares her solutions and strategies for teaching during the pandemic.

Kellen shares how she has adapted her instruction to meet the needs of students during the pandemic. She leverages the arts and mindfulness in her classroom to engage students and improve learning.

Heidi Dimmick discusses her experiences responding to the chaos of COVID. Heidi integrates visual and performing arts in her classroom, which she believes reduces stress for her students.

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