New Beginnings

This is the beginning of a new blog for me that is just about art education.  I’m a middle school art teacher from Michigan.  I’ve been teaching for many years and I believe that creativity can save the world.  I feel my job as an art educator is a noble one.  I have an opportunity to work with young people and help them be the change for the future.   Contrary to all the hoopla over test scores, I view today’s youth far more optimistically than the constant testing suggests.  Most adults past the age of thirty have no idea what’s really going on in education today, unless they are an educator.  These adults make assumptions based on politicians’ blathering about how much our children have fallen and how inadequate the teachers of today have become.  I just want to point out that when the economy isn’t good, neither is much of anything else for the working class!  However, I have been working with young people for many years.  I find them enthusiastic, creative, and ready to work with me in the art room.  I have students that stay after school because they want to work with art materials, just hang out, play on the computers, or just do their homework.  I work with teachers that are dedicated and caring professionals.  Over this next school year I’m going to bring my classroom into Katie’s Corner for Art Education and share it with the world.  School doesn’t really get started until after Labor Day but I will begin my posts this summer.  This year I will be infusing more technology into my art curriculum.  I will share what I’m doing in that regard as well.