A Planner For Art Teachers By An Art Teacher

 Update: If you want to jump to the front of the line a preprinted version is available through etsy. 40 week spread. 116 pages total. Premium paper with no shadowing or bleed through. View it here.

Last year I created a planner for art teacher. After test driving it through a pandemic, I've made some revisions and am happy to present the planner 2.0

Tips to Ease Back To School After Winter Break

Well, that went fast! With the absence of many of our normal family and friend gatherings, this break was very different. Maybe you set some goals for the coming year that are tied to self care and organization. Perhaps you've received a last minute notice that your instructional model has changed (yes, again!). I've been busy updating many of my resources to include remote learning strategies, videos and editable files and will continue to do so this year. I've bundled items that create entire courses and included helpful editable documents such as syllabus, scope and sequence and final exams when possible. Here are a few items that may help you transition back into teacher mode:

Up first is my Free Art teacher's guide to organization. It's over a dozen pages of practical tips and strategies to streamline your class routines and preparation. It's been edited and revised dozens of times since first published about 7 years ago.

Distance learning clip art  to reflect our current spaces. I also have kids with masks.

High School Cartooning Course (Bundled Set)

- Could be used as stand alone units within a larger course. 

High School Crafts Course (Bundled Set)

- Could be used as stand alone lessons in your 3D, sculpture and applied art courses

Elementary Art Choice Board Bundled Set

- Could be used as options for choice focused classrooms, early finisher stations or sub plans. 

2021 Art Teacher Planner. 

New Year, New Start. Undated pages with a 2021 calendar included.

Google Classroom Organizational Headers in four different styles

Editable Syllabus

Easily organize and present an overview of your course to students 

Syllabus Meme Icebreaker

Turn reading your syllabus into a first day ice-breaker activity

Digital Interactive Notebook

Use google slides to create an engaging notebook. All the formatting and linking is done for you. Three styles (horizontal and vertical...with tabs)

Thank you for stopping by. Please share what you're doing to stay organized and sane in 2021.

Undated Art Teacher Planner

A printed version of my art teacher planner is now live on Etsy!  It's 92 pages designed just for art-teachers. This will be the cover.

The main portion of the planner is 36 double page spreads featuring a 6x8 block grid that you can divide horizontally or vertically. (enough space for 216-288 days depending on your set up)

If you're on a 5 day cycle, use the last column for to-do list or notes.
If you don't have 8 classes a day use the bottom row for notes, reminders, fun weekend plans, things you need to do during your prep. This has been over a month-long labor of love and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

If you want to save $5 on the Etsy price, you can leave a message below or DM me through instagram or facebook. I'll send you a paypal invoice instead. I can also accept payment via venmo.

Organization in chaos

To look at my art room, you would never guess that the pile of clothes in my teenage room sometimes reached mid-calf. My mother often gleefully documented the mess in photos and wished upon me a slovenly teenager of my own. (Well played, mom. Mission accomplished!)



As a teacher, I pride myself on keeping an organized space. I find it calming in times of overwhelming chaos and uncertainty to be able to locate things quickly. Something about fighting the disorganized art teacher stereotype makes this Type-A behavior feel almost rebellious.

While teaching from home, however, I found myself sliding back to my teenage ways. I wasn't carefully orchestrating my days. I wasn't putting things away where they belonged. I hadn't even brought my plan book home from school. What was the point? We weren't going to be glazing our clay, were we? Day to day I was operating off a random pile of notes stashed everywhere.

Relatable?

During the last week of school, we were allowed back into our classrooms. Halfway through packing up I received a phone call informing me that a position at the high school had opened up and if I wanted to return there, after eight years in elementary, the job was mine.

So...you are now looking at (reading? listening to the ramblings of?) a high school art teacher. Again.

When I returned home that day, not knowing what the fall would look like, one of the first things I did was dig into my archived files to find and revamp the pages I designed for my high school art teacher planner. There are far too many things that are going to be uncertain this fall to rely on luck and my poor memory. If spring 2020 taught me anything, it is I. NEED. A. SCHEDULE.



This 100% editable resource is designed to meet the needs of both high school and elementary art teachers. I hope that whatever changes are coming your way, the opportunity to take a small piece of control will give you comfort amid the chaos. Enjoy, friends!


Overview of items:

Calendars. Year at a glance. Monthly. 16-month.

Single and double page planner spreads to see your week or cycle at a glance. During uncertain times, print a week at a time as you go. Customize it for your teach-from-home situation and then choose your "regular" schedule once you are back in the building.

Communication logs.

Supply order / Inventory list.
Sometimes I use a page like this to track down who I've lent supplies to so I get them back!

 

Reminders. Websites, usernames, password hints. completely customizable.

Tips to help your sub get off to a smooth start.

Pages for notes. Good for meetings or reflecting. Streamlined dating option on top.

Coloring pages. (We need fun things to do during meetings that aren't for us!)
I included 13 different designs.

National Visual Art Standards. Art Anchor Reference Guide. I like to have this on the last page for quick reference.

If you are ready to take control, no matter what the new school year brings, you can download the files to create your own customized planner here.


*** UPDATE ***
PREPRINTED 92 PAGE VERSION NOW AVAILABLE HERE.