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# How to Become an Art Teacher

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- [Art Teacher Promotes Social Awareness in India](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2015/08/art-teacher-promotes-social-awareness-in-india/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Vidhya Shree, an art teacher hailing from Rajarajeshwari Nagar, a locality of Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, is pushing her influence past the classroom and into the streets. As Rajarajeshwari Nagar residents continue to prepare for the highly anticipated Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) elections, scheduled for August 22nd 2015,
- [Art Teacher Brings Public Instillation to the Classroom](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2015/08/art-teacher-brings-public-instillation-to-the-classroom/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd For kids, art beyond finger painting and coloring in the lines can often be a difficult thing to grasp. The finer details of masterpieces like the Mona Lisa, or The David are often lost on them, not to mention trying to explain modern art that is difficult enough
- [Art Teacher’s Community Rallies Together After Cancer Diagnosis](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2015/07/art-teachers-community-rallies-together-after-cancer-diagnosis/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd When it comes to cancer, it is hard not to associate the disease with the terrible destruction that it wreaks on the body, families, and entire communities. However, in the case of Kim Brigham, an art teacher and track coach at Wahoo High School in Wahoo, Nebraska, her
- [Art Teacher Moonlights as Art Gallery Owner and Published Author](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2015/07/art-teacher-moonlights-as-art-gallery-owner-and-published-author/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Eric Gibbons was recently named New Jersey’s Best High School Art Teacher for 2015. The art teacher from Northern Burlington Regional High School in Columbus, New Jersey has been teaching at the high school for 22 years and was recognized for his commitment to keeping art in the
- [Pennsylvania Art Teacher Reflects on 40-Year Career](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2015/06/pennsylvania-art-teacher-reflects-on-40-year-career/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd The State College Area School District in Pennsylvania is saying goodbye to longtime art teacher Robert Placky who is retiring after a 40-year career with the school district. Placky has kept mementos of his 40 year career created by the students he has had over the decades. As
- [Utah Art Teacher Thinks Outside of the Box](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2015/05/utah-art-teacher-thinks-outside-of-the-box/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Provo’s Edgemont Elementary School recently announced that art teacher Jeff Cornwall won the Utah Elementary Art Educator of the Year award. Cornwell has been a teacher at the school for four years and is the only full-time teacher in the art program. Fundraising efforts by the community and
- [Montgomery County Art Teacher Receives Top Honor](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2015/05/montgomery-county-art-teacher-receives-top-honor/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Terri Sanders, a teacher at Hauke Academic Alternative High School in Montgomery County, was recently honored as the 2015 recipient of the Dr. David Gottlieb Teacher Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Visual Arts. Sanders was also named “Teacher of the Year” during the 2013-14 school year. Featured
- [Recipe for Success – Artists First, Educator Second](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2015/04/recipe-for-success-artists-first-educator-second/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Jennifer Merry of Kennebunkport, Maine was recently named Secondary Art Teacher of the Year, an honor bestowed by the Maine Art Education Association. Merry credits her successes to her mantra that she is an artist first, and a teacher second. “That’s what is going to make a good
- [Michigan Art Student Designs National Trout Festival Logo](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2015/04/michigan-art-student-designs-national-trout-festival-logo/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd The 2015 National Trout Festival chose its logo from a design by a Kalkaska, Michigan high school art student. Karly Hoggard, a senior at the Kalkaska High School, based her logo off a trout statue located in Kalkaska that has long been a beloved centerpiece of the town.
- [Art Teacher Donates Mural to High School in Maui](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2015/03/art-teacher-donates-mural-to-high-school-in-maui/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Art has played a major role within various industries. Works by a variety of artists have served to inspire, provoke, and even educate. One of the latest art developments in Hawaii has proven to exert a positive effect within the academe. Jeff Albrecht, an art teacher in Hawaii,
- [An Art Teacher and the Power of Positivity Changes Lives in the Classrooom](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2015/02/an-art-teacher-and-the-power-of-positivity-changes-lives-in-the-classrooom/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Lonnie Collinsworth has been a high school Art Teacher for 15 years, bringing positivity to his students’ lives since day 1. Through words and art, he encourages his students to express themselves openly and pursue positivity. “High school students are at a great place in their lives, and
- [Art Teacher Uses Photography Project to Inspire Her Students to Affect Change in the World](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2015/01/art-teacher-uses-photography-project-to-inspire-her-students-to-affect-change-in-the-world/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd When most people think of art, they think of beautiful or somehow unique paintings or sculptures hanging in a gallery or standing in the lobby of an office building somewhere. But for Catherine Ordeman, art has an entirely different and far more important meaning and purpose than just
- [Kansas Art Teacher Presented with Master Teacher Award](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2015/01/kansas-art-teacher-presented-with-master-teacher-award/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Darin Fischer has been an art educator with the Lawrence School District in Lawrence, Kansas for nearly twenty years. He has been described by his colleagues throughout the district as the consummate teaching professional and “exactly the kind of teacher you would want your own kids to have
- [Woodland Elementary Teacher named Washington Art Educator of the Year](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2014/12/woodland-elementary-teacher-named-washington-art-educator-of-the-year/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Woodland Elementary School in Lacey, Washington has a new celebrity walking its halls. Well, sort of. Art teacher Anndria Cook was recently named the Elementary Art Educator of the Year in the state of Washington but the award didn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone at
- [Art Teacher Takes a Unique Approach to Bringing Out Students’ Creativity](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2014/12/art-teacher-takes-a-unique-approach-to-bringing-out-students-creativity/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Michael Hollis has been teaching art at the Soboba Reservation School in southern California for the last five years where he has been instructing his students the various forms of art. It wasn’t long, however, before he came to the realization that high school age students quickly grow
- [Art Teacher at Indian School Takes a Novel Approach](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2014/12/art-teacher-at-indian-school-takes-a-novel-approach/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Michael Hollis has been teaching art at Noli Indian School in San Jacinto, California for the last five years. However, not long after he started there, he realized that in order to spark the students’ interest and develop their innate talents, he needed to take a different approach.
- [Art Teachers Bring the Unique Concept of ‘Art Carpets’ to Richmond](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2014/11/art-teachers-bring-the-unique-concept-of-art-carpets-to-richmond/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Most people have never heard of an art carpet and for good reason – because until now no one has ever thought to create an art carpet. You may be thinking, “What is an art carpet?” And you would not be ridiculed for asking that question. The creators
- [Art Teacher Turns to Crowdfunding to Purchase Much Needed Books for Students](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2014/11/art-teacher-turns-to-crowdfunding-to-purchase-much-needed-books-for-students/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Part of the job of an art teacher is to draw creativity out of the students – and any art teacher knows that creativity comes in many forms. One teacher in Oakland, California used her own creativity to figure out a way to purchase much needed books for
- [Kansas Art Teacher Awarded for Her Dedication to the “Art of Teaching Art”](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2014/10/kansas-art-teacher-awarded-for-her-dedication-to-the-art-of-teaching-art/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Jennifer Hudson, an art teacher at Shawnee Mission South High School in Kansas City, Kansas, has earned Outstanding Secondary Art Educator of the Year honors from the state of Kansas for the work she has done during her seven-year tenure at the school. Featured Programs: Sponsored School(s) Liberty
- [New Art Teacher Heading Up Classes at Two Schools](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2014/10/new-art-teacher-heading-up-classes-at-two-schools/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd The Lanesboro public school system in southern Minnesota has made two significant hires for the upcoming school year, one of whom is Abby Potter, a new art teacher from the city of Rochester. Potter is a graduate of Century High School in Rochester and earned her bachelor’s degree
- [Grand Central Atelier Art Teacher’s Paintings Showcased at Wethersfield Arts Academy](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2017/02/grand-central-atelier-art-teachers-paintings-showcased-at-wethersfield-arts-academy/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Kathryn Engberg, an art teacher at Grand Central Atelier in Queens, New York, has just received an incredible honor: her own exhibit at Wethersfield Academy for the Arts in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Showcased in this exhibit are fourteen of her most impressive works of art, including still life and
- [Indiana High School Students Rally Around Beloved Art Teacher after Third Cancer Diagnosis](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2017/01/indiana-high-school-students-rally-around-beloved-art-teacher-after-third-cancer-diagnosis/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd A former Taylor High School student couldn’t stand by idly when she found out that art teacher MaryAnne Dishon had received a third thyroid cancer diagnosis. Brie Boehler, now a student at Trine University in Angola, Indiana, secretly organized a fundraiser for Dishon who will begin radiation treatments
- [Charter School Teaching Team Awarded Fellowship at North Carolina Museum of Art](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2016/11/charter-school-teaching-team-awarded-fellowship-at-north-carolina-museum-of-art/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Sue Wilson and Angela Jenkins of Neuse Charter School in Selma, North Carolina are the proud recipients of a year-long fellowship with the N.C. Museum of Art. The two teachers collaborated as a team to win one of the six slots offered at the museum. They are the
- [Cherokee Art School Teacher Retires After 44 Years of Dedicated Service](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2016/10/cherokee-art-school-teacher-retires-after-44-years-of-dedicated-service/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd After 44 years as an art teacher at Cherokee High School in Cherokee, North Carolina, Alyne Stamper has decided to retire. Stamper said that although she spent 44 employed by the school, she unofficially began her teaching career as a 10th grade student. She explained that she stepped
- [Art Teacher’s Retirement Project Becomes a National Monument](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2016/09/art-teachers-retirement-project-becomes-a-national-monument/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd The retirement project of a former art teacher began back in 1937 in Foyil, Oklahoma and nearly 80 years later it still stands the test of time. A 90-foot-tall hand carved totem pole is the main attraction at Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park. Galloway, a retired art teacher,
- [Art Teacher Lives on Through Memorial Fund](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2016/08/art-teacher-lives-on-through-memorial-fund/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd An Oconomowoc, Wisconsin art teacher will continue to live on and influence a community despite her recent passing. Judy Kuehn, 74 passed away in Illinois where she moved to be near her daughter and grandkids. Kuehn, who is remembered for her passion as an art teacher, was also
- [Budget Cuts in Oklahoma City School District Impact Art Programs](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2016/07/budget-cuts-in-oklahoma-city-school-district-impact-art-programs/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd For the last several months the Oklahoma City Public School District (OKCPS) has grappled with tough decisions surrounding its impending $30 budget cut scheduled for the next school year. The OKCPS’s most recent decision warns that art students will likely suffer from a lack of critical funding. Featured
- [Art Teacher Develops Diorama Project to Teach About Science](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2016/07/art-teacher-develops-diorama-project-to-teach-about-science/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Kimberley Campisano is an art teacher in the San Francisco area who is thinking about new ways to teach group problem solving to art students while helping them learn other concepts simultaneously. Campisano talks about the idea of Art Integration, which aims to help students learn through art
- [Student Turns to Art Teacher for Comfort During a Crisis](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2016/05/student-turns-to-art-teacher-for-comfort-during-a-crisis/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd A Long Island art teacher’s judgment recently came under fire for her proactive decision to help a student in need. Janice Graf, a veteran art teacher for the Center Moriches High School, became dismayed upon noticing senior student Maddy Zaminski having a difficult time during class. In fact,
- [Texas Art Teacher Takes Students’ Work on Road as Part of Mobile Gallery](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2016/04/texas-art-teacher-takes-students-work-on-road-as-part-of-mobile-gallery/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd An art teacher at a community college in Texas is taking her teaching methods on the road in an effort to educate her community and promote her students’ work. Le’Ann Alexander, an adjunct art instructor at Angelina College, launched a nonprofit mobile art gallery entitled the “Alexander Art
- [Minneapolis High School Expands Art Program, Improves Academic Involvement](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2016/02/minneapolis-high-school-expands-art-program-improves-academic-involvement/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd It is no secret that art programs in elementary and high schools are often in a precarious position. When more and more budget cuts are made it is often the visual art teacher, with their expensive studio space and costly supplies, who is first to go. Dance and
- [$28 Million Donation Opens Doors For Art Students at Chazen Museum](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2016/02/28-million-donation-opens-doors-for-art-students-at-chazen-museum/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Contributing to art education does not always necessarily mean teaching it. Jerome and Simona Chazen, alumni from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, are purveyors and practitioners of this philosophy. The Chazen’s found success after Jerome Chazen founded the successful fashion company Liz Claiborne. Funds from Liz Claiborne allowed Chazen
- [California School District Expands Art Education with $15 Million Budget](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2015/12/california-school-district-expands-art-education-with-15-million-budget/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd In July 2013, California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation that shifted the spending decisions in California’s school districts to the local level. The intention was to allow districts to target disadvantaged students in ways that benefit their specific needs. Featured Programs: Sponsored School(s) Liberty University Featured Program: Whether
- [Retiree Teaches the Value of Art to the Elderly](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2015/12/retiree-teaches-the-value-of-art-to-the-elderly/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd The archetypal image of the stubborn old curmudgeon, set in their ways, is one that is stuck in the imagination. Award winning movies like Up, Gran Torino, and Nebraska all feature elderly leads resistant to change in the face of their younger communities. Featured Programs: Sponsored School(s) Liberty
- [High School Art Teacher Joins Dismaland Project](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2015/11/high-school-art-teacher-joins-dismaland-project/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd High school art teachers are used to seeing email requests from their fellow teachers asking to help in a variety of school activities. Could you help chaperone? Would you cover detention for me? Would you like to join Banksy’s infamous Dismaland art project? Featured Programs: Sponsored School(s) Liberty
- [Art Teacher Holds Exhibition as a Tribute to Deceased Mother](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2015/10/art-teacher-holds-exhibition-as-a-tribute-to-deceased-mother/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Claire Gillen, an art teacher at Hylands School in Clemsford, Essex is all too familiar with the pain that comes from losing a loved one to pancreatic cancer. So far she has lost her grandfather as well as her mother, Brenda Fulcher, to pancreatic cancer. Featured Programs: Sponsored
- [Lifelong Art Teacher Now Teachers Her Elderly Peers](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2015/10/lifelong-art-teacher-now-teachers-her-elderly-peers/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Alice Gerhart, an art teacher in Douglass Township, Pennsylvania, has had a long history of teaching art and design to students of all ages. Now, as she ages, she reflects on her journey from troublesome child to beloved teacher. When she was a young girl, she got in
- [Art Teacher’s Mural Project Teaches Kids Recycling](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2015/10/art-teachers-mural-project-teaches-kids-recycling/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Teachers are always looking for ways to connect their lessons to the world outside of their classroom. By showing students that their classroom activities have real world applications, teachers can help students to better focus and engage with their lesson plans. Featured Programs: Sponsored School(s) Liberty University Featured
- [Children’s Book Features Art from 50 Art Teachers](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2015/09/childrens-book-features-art-from-50-art-teachers/) - Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Released in August 2015, “If Picasso Went to the Zoo” was published by Firehouse Publications, a children’s book featuring art from fifty different art teachers from around the world. Within the book are illustrations, sculptures, and paintings about various animals in the styles of artists that each teacher
- [Ann Arbor Public School District Features an Art Teacher as Its “Exceptional Teacher” of the Month](https://www.artteacheredu.org/2016/12/ann-arbor-public-school-district-features-an-art-teacher-as-its-exceptional-teacher-of-the-month/) - Michigan teacher Meredith Giltner took an unconventional route to become an inspiring and beloved teacher at Skyline High School in Ann Arbor. Giltner started out as an honors pre-med student at Wayne State University before teaching herself to paint and attending Chicago’s School of the Art Institute. From there, she moved to the University of

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- [Home](https://www.artteacheredu.org/) - What is an Art Teacher? - An art teacher is a college-trained educator with state certification to teach an appreciation for the forms, creation, and importance of art in history and culture. The steps to become an art teacher in any state are relatively similar. Usually the first step requires an approved education with a
- [Online Degrees](https://www.artteacheredu.org/online-degrees/) - Meta Description: Explore online art education degree and teacher-preparation options. Compare program types, certification pathways, state requirements, online format, and eligibility questions before requesting school information.
- [About Us](https://www.artteacheredu.org/about-us/) - To get in contact with us for updates or anything else, please email here: info@artteacheredu.org. What We Offer An introduction to the arts has long been recognized as vital to developing well-rounded students. Not only does the study and practice of visual art help develop spatial intelligence applicable to such fields as architecture and engineering, it
- [Colorado](https://www.artteacheredu.org/colorado/) - In 2013 the state of Colorado launched a new program slated to set the standard for teacher evaluations across the state. The program requires that teachers will be evaluated on their performance once a year. Part of their assessment will now be tied to how well their student's are also performing. The program went into
- [Minnesota](https://www.artteacheredu.org/minnesota/) - The Minnesota Department of Education has made a commitment to the visual arts as a key component of education for all children, by adopting state standards that focus on artistic foundations, artistic processes, artistic presentation, artistic critique, and more. In Minnesota, public elementary and middle schools must offer at least three and require at least
- [South Carolina](https://www.artteacheredu.org/south-carolina/) - Students who are part of the standards-based education of the arts in South Carolina have an excellent opportunity. Thanks to the vision and tenacity of many others who came before them who were dedicated arts educators and laid a strong foundation for the arts in the state. A few years back, South Carolina's Academic Standards
- [South Dakota](https://www.artteacheredu.org/south-dakota/) - In an interview at a South Dakota university, one art student attending the teacher preparation program was asked what inspired her to become a teacher. Her reply was her high school art teacher who saw her talent and encouraged her to pursue art and teaching. Featured Programs: Sponsored School(s) Liberty University Featured Program: Whether you’re
- [Mississippi](https://www.artteacheredu.org/mississippi/) - Mississippi has made a commitment to arts education by adopting standards that integrate production, problem solving, aesthetics, art history, criticism, and career opportunities in the visual arts. As the Mississippi Department of Education notes, arts-focused classes assist students in developing skills that will transfer to many other disciplines and life situations, and students who are
- [Wyoming](https://www.artteacheredu.org/wyoming/) - Wyoming is one of 22 states with an autonomous teacher licensing board, the Professional Teaching Standards Board (PTSB), which is separate from the state’s Department of Education. The PTSB governs teacher licensure within the state, at a time when arts education is becoming increasingly valued. Featured Programs: Sponsored School(s) Liberty University Featured Program: Whether you’re working
- [North Carolina](https://www.artteacheredu.org/north-carolina/) - Over the past decade, North Carolina has hired approximately 10,000 new teachers. The state has made a commitment to arts education by adopting content standards that affirm visual arts as part of the core curriculum. These standards focus on teaching visual arts at all grade levels, encouraging visual literacy, the development of critical response, an
- [Kansas](https://www.artteacheredu.org/kansas/) - The Teacher Licensure and Accreditation (TLA) team at the Kansas State Department of Education is responsible for licensing teachers in the state. The arts are considered core subjects in Kansas’ Basic Education Program, and the state has developed standards for arts education that focus on the visual arts as a humanizing force in a highly
- [Wisconsin](https://www.artteacheredu.org/wisconsin/) - The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has made a major commitment to improving their educational standards to close achievement gaps, and they have made a commitment to arts education in general as part of this process. State statutes require that a licensed art teacher provide art instruction to all students in kindergarten through grades 7, in
- [New York](https://www.artteacheredu.org/new-york/) - Research shows that students engaged in the arts tend to do better in all areas of academic achievement. New York has made a commitment to visual arts education as a component of the core curriculum, and established standards that encourage students to create, perform, and participate in the arts at all grade levels. Featured Programs:
- [Iowa](https://www.artteacheredu.org/iowa/) - The Iowa Department of Education notes that the fine arts are particularly well suited in supporting students in developing the Iowa Core Universal Constructs crucial for success in the 21st century. These universal constructs include: Critical Thinking, Complex Communication, Creativity, Collaboration, Flexibility and Adaptability, and Productivity and Accountability. The Iowa Department of Education notes that
- [West Virginia](https://www.artteacheredu.org/west-virginia/) - According to the West Virginia Department of Education, the state consistently rates highly on national assessments of education quality, and teachers consistently score higher on well-being when compared to other occupations. Art teaching in West Virginia can be a rewarding career, and studies show that art teachers make a positive impact on students’ lives. Featured
- [New Mexico](https://www.artteacheredu.org/new-mexico/) - New Mexico has made a commitment to visual arts education as a component of the core curriculum and established standards that encourage basic visual arts literacy at all grade levels. Arts teachers make a positive impact on students lives, and research shows that students engaged in the arts tend to do better in all areas
- [Indiana](https://www.artteacheredu.org/indiana/) - The Indiana Department of Education is the state's licensing body. The state has made a commitment to visual arts education, and adopted standards that require students to be able to read and write within the discipline of visual arts, understand art in relation to history and culture, recognize significant works of art, and more. Featured
- [Washington](https://www.artteacheredu.org/washington/) - The Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction’s 2009 Vision Statement includes a commitment that arts instruction will be effectively integrated into student educational experiences in all Washington state schools. Art Teachers make a positive impact on students’ lives: in a longitudinal study of 25,000 secondary school students, those with higher involvement in the arts scored
- [New Jersey](https://www.artteacheredu.org/new-jersey/) - New Jersey has made a commitment to arts education. The state has adopted core curriculum content standards for the visual and performing arts that emphasize making sure students can synthesize the skills, media, methods, and technologies appropriate to creating, performing, and/or presenting works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art. All students in
- [Virginia](https://www.artteacheredu.org/virginia/) - As a new art teacher in Virginia you will soon discover that you have stepped into a world of artistic support. In the 1970s the state government began a program that recognized gifted art students known as the Virginia Governor’s Schools. It was designed to provide some of the state’s most talented students -- both
- [New Hampshire](https://www.artteacheredu.org/new-hampshire/) - The New Hampshire Department of Education Division of Program Support, Bureau of Credentialing, is responsible for licensing arts teachers in the state. The department has developed strict and detailed criteria for teacher education programs in the state that train arts teachers, which means that those who complete their education in New Hampshire will be well-prepared
- [Idaho](https://www.artteacheredu.org/idaho/) - The state has made a commitment to arts education. The arts are considered core academic subjects in Idaho and are included as a two-credit high school graduation requirement as well as in content standards for earlier grades. As Tom Luna, Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction, has noted: "Arts education is vital to helping our students
- [Vermont](https://www.artteacheredu.org/vermont/) - One of the greatest assets about being an art teacher in Vermont is having the ability to teach students to think creatively. With many new programs springing up from the federally mandated Common Core program, art will definitely benefit students as they learn to think critically using their new skills. Featured Programs: Sponsored School(s) Liberty
- [Nevada](https://www.artteacheredu.org/nevada/) - Art Teachers can make a strongly positive impact on students’ lives: in a national study of 25,000 middle and high school students, those with higher involvement in the arts were found to score better on standardized tests than their peers with lower arts involvement, watch less TV, and report less boredom in school. The Nevada
- [Hawaii](https://www.artteacheredu.org/hawaii/) - The Hawaii Teacher Standards Board is the body responsible for licensing art teachers in Hawaii. The state has made a commitment to arts education, and adopted the National Art Education Association Standards as their own. Featured Programs: Sponsored School(s) Liberty University Featured Program: Whether you’re working toward your associate, bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree, your credentials
- [Utah](https://www.artteacheredu.org/utah/) - Utah is experiencing a rate of growth that expects to add 50,000 new students over the next five years. In Utah you will have many opportunities to educate students in the arts and make a difference as you show students how creative thinking and creativity go hand in hand. Featured Programs: Sponsored School(s) Liberty University
- [Nebraska](https://www.artteacheredu.org/nebraska/) - Art teachers play a vital role in the educational system by providing quality art programming in schools. They help students find their creative voices through carefully prepared curriculum and instruction. Featured Programs: Sponsored School(s) Liberty University Featured Program: Whether you’re working toward your associate, bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree, your credentials from Liberty University can
- [Georgia](https://www.artteacheredu.org/georgia/) - The Georgia Professional Standards Commission was created by the Georgia General Assembly on July 1, 1991, to assume full responsibility for the preparation, certification, and professional conduct of certified teachers in the state. To become an art teacher in Georgia, follow these steps: Complete a Bachelor Degree and Teacher Prep Program Complete Testing Apply for a
- [Texas](https://www.artteacheredu.org/texas/) - The State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) is the organization that develops the standards for all educators in Texas. The standards set encompass all of the ideas surrounding the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), which are the required school curriculum in Texas. The certification for teachers in Texas certifies that all teachers are highly
- [Montana](https://www.artteacheredu.org/montana/) - Montana has made a commitment to the arts by adopting content standards that integrate visual arts as part of the core curriculum. As the Montana Office of Public Instruction notes, the arts cultivate the whole child, building many kinds of literacy while developing intuition, reasoning, creativity, imagination, and dexterity into diverse forms of expression and
- [Florida](https://www.artteacheredu.org/florida/) - Florida’s school system is the 4th largest school system in the nation, with plenty of opportunities for teachers. Miami-Dade County schools are among the eight best arts education systems in the United States, according to a recent report by the President’s Committee on the Arts & Humanities. Featured Programs: Sponsored School(s) Liberty University Featured Program:
- [Tennessee](https://www.artteacheredu.org/tennessee/) - Since the new Common Core State Standards (CCSS), were introduced in Tennessee teachers are now seeking to work with their classes to go beyond typical art activities to meet a perceived higher expectation. The new push is to help educators in Tennessee take art and relate it to all other fields of study in an
- [Missouri](https://www.artteacheredu.org/missouri/) - The Missouri Department of Education has made a commitment to arts education in the state by adopting content standards for visual arts, noting that the fine arts remain an integral component of the public-school curricula. The standards include teaching art classes at each grade level, and integrate "essential understandings" at each grade level that focus
- [District of Columbia](https://www.artteacheredu.org/district-of-columbia/) - The District of Columbia has made a commitment to helping students experience the arts as an educational and personal enrichment experience. District standards for visual arts education, adopted in 2008, focus on nurturing artistic perception, production, and creative expression, as well as learning how to understand the historical and cultural context of art. The Office
- [Connecticut](https://www.artteacheredu.org/connecticut/) - The Connecticut State Department of Education is the administrative arm of the state’s board of education, and is the licensing body for Connecticut art teachers. Connecticut has made a commitment to strengthening the arts in education: the State Department of Education recently joined with several other state institutions to offer mini-grants up to $50,000 for
- [Michigan](https://www.artteacheredu.org/michigan/) - The Michigan Department of Education notes that the arts not only enrich children's lives, they also have a profound impact on academic achievement. Research shows students with an arts education outperform others by virtually every measure, and that learning through the arts can help "level the playing field" for disadvantaged children. The state has also
- [Rhode Island](https://www.artteacheredu.org/rhode-island/) - Teaching art in Rhode Island will become more of a challenge in the future as the public demands more and more from their teachers. The pressure to perform means that teachers are now expected to become highly qualified. The best way for a new educator to prepare for a career in art is to start
- [Pennsylvania](https://www.artteacheredu.org/pennsylvania/) - Teaching art in today's Pennsylvania schools can be exciting and challenging. Budgets have increasingly gotten tighter while demands on art teachers across the state to perform at a higher standard have grown with each passing year. Featured Programs: Sponsored School(s) Liberty University Featured Program: Whether you’re working toward your associate, bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree,
- [Massachusetts](https://www.artteacheredu.org/massachusetts/) - Art Teachers make a positive impact on students’ lives: in a longitudinal study of 25,000 secondary school students, those with higher involvement in the arts scored better on measures of persistence than their peers with lower arts involvement. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is the state's licensing agency. Featured Programs: Sponsored School(s) Liberty
- [California](https://www.artteacheredu.org/california/) - In 2001, California legislators made many policy changes to the California Education Code including what would be required coursework for all students. Much to the surprise of many, visual and performing arts were included as mandatory subjects. For the last decade-plus all public schools in California have included art instruction as part of their regular
- [Arkansas](https://www.artteacheredu.org/arkansas/) - As of this year every Arkansas public high school will be required by Act 1280 of 2013 -- the Digital Learning Act -- to offer one or more courses over the Internet (or by some other electronic means). This will include art courses. They will also have to take state exams (with art components) via
- [Maryland](https://www.artteacheredu.org/maryland/) - The Maryland State Department of Education Educator Effectiveness branch is responsible for certifying the state's art teachers. To become an art teacher in Maryland, complete the following steps: Complete a Bachelor Degree and Teacher Prep Program Complete Testing Apply for a Certificate/License Maintain and Upgrade Your License Pursue Graduate Work Featured Programs: Sponsored School(s) Liberty
- [Oregon](https://www.artteacheredu.org/oregon/) - Recently Oregon schools rolled out new Chrome Books and iPads to many of its students. As technology based tools become a common replacement for books and pencils, you have the opportunity to help students see the connection between art and technology as a new art teacher in Oregon. Featured Programs: Sponsored School(s) Liberty University Featured
- [Oklahoma](https://www.artteacheredu.org/oklahoma/) - Oklahoma has made a commitment to arts education by adopting academic standards for the visual arts that affirm them as part of the core curriculum. The state's visual arts curriculum is organized under four major strands: Presenting, Responding, Creating, and Connecting. A focus on these major strands is meant to integrate the arts into curriculum
- [Maine](https://www.artteacheredu.org/maine/) - According to the Maine Department of Education, research has shown that students who are involved in the arts are more successful in school, more involved in their communities, and perform better on standardized tests. Maine has made a commitment to the visual arts in prekindergarten through grade 12 by adopting content standards (known as the
- [Arizona](https://www.artteacheredu.org/arizona/) - Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, around forty percent of all Arizona teachers will begin receiving performance pay. Their salary will be tied to student test evaluations asArizona schools began implementing teacher merit pay. What this means for new teachers is stricter standards in classroom performance. Featured Programs: Sponsored School(s) Liberty University Featured Program: Whether
- [Alaska](https://www.artteacheredu.org/alaska/) - Living in Alaska can present unique challenges due to the nature of the harsh winters and rugged land. With less than 150,000 students enrolled in public schools statewide, some of the districts are sparsely populated, and students -- as well as teachers -- might have to arrive to school by plane. While this life may
- [Louisiana](https://www.artteacheredu.org/louisiana/) - The National Art Education Association notes that the arts teach children a variety of important lessons: how to make good judgments about qualitative relationships, that problems can have more than one solution, that it's important to celebrate multiple perspectives, that language does not define the limits of our cognition, that small differences can have large
- [Ohio](https://www.artteacheredu.org/ohio/) - Arts teachers make a valuable contribution to students lives. In Ohio, the state has made a commitment to arts education by adopting content standards that place visual arts as part of the core curriculum. The state has also developed a model K-12 arts curriculum, which focuses on artistic literacy, personal choice and vision, critical and
- [Kentucky](https://www.artteacheredu.org/kentucky/) - Art Teachers make a positive impact on students’ lives: in a longitudinal study of 25,000 secondary school students, those with higher involvement in the arts scored better on measures of persistence than their peers with lower arts involvement. Featured Programs: Sponsored School(s) Liberty University Featured Program: Whether you’re working toward your associate, bachelor’s, master’s, or
- [Alabama](https://www.artteacheredu.org/alabama/) - In 2012 Alabama schools graduated seventy-two percent of its student population. In a new plan known as Alabama 2020; Alabama schools now seek to raise the graduation rate to ninety percent by the year 2020. With this ambitious goal in mind, all educators in the Alabama school system, even those in the arts and humanities,
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- [Illinois](https://www.artteacheredu.org/illinois/) - The Illinois State Board of Education is responsible for teacher licensing within the state. Art Teachers make a positive impact on students’ lives: in a longitudinal study of 25,000 secondary school students, those with higher involvement in the arts scored better on measures of persistence than their peers with lower arts involvement. In addition, a
- [Delaware](https://www.artteacheredu.org/delaware/) - Delaware has made a commitment to arts education. State law requires that local school districts and charter school provide instructional programs in the visual and performing arts for each grade K to 12 (with the exception of the James H. Groves High School program), while all public school students in each grade 1 to 6
- [Mary McLaughlin](https://www.artteacheredu.org/mary-mclaughlin/) - While struggling to learn during her k-8 years, Mary’s sister introduced her to the arts. It opened up an entirely new world for Mary and through her passion and pleasure, Mary found new communities in which to engage and improve her learning. Quite simply, art deeply changed her life forever. Mary brings art study into
- [Careers](https://www.artteacheredu.org/careers/) - The visual arts have been around since prehistoric times when cave drawings were used as a form of communication and became a source of historical record. As time evolved, art became a way to embellish and decorate great halls of royalty and religious structures, pottery and utensils, clothing, furniture, and architecture. Art is an expressive
- [Schools By State](https://www.artteacheredu.org/schools-by-state/) - As an aspiring art teacher there are several options that you can choose from that will lead to state certification. The most direct route -- and the one that is often the most popular -- is an undergraduate degree that has a teaching preparation segment as part of the program. This of course isn't the
- [Salaries](https://www.artteacheredu.org/salaries/) - The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes that the median salary for a secondary art schoolteacher across the nation was roughly $55,000 annually. The national average salary for elementary school was slightly lower at $53,000. Median salaries are a good starting point for anyone thinking of a career as an art teacher. It will give you
- [North Dakota](https://www.artteacheredu.org/north-dakota/) - Art Teachers make a positive impact on students’ lives: in a longitudinal study of 25,000 secondary school students, those with higher involvement in the arts scored better on measures of persistence than their peers with lower arts involvement, watched fewer hours of TV, participated in more community service, and reported less boredom in school. Featured
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