The Room With A Hue

One of the things I love most about being an art teacher is the community of people with whom I share my passion for art education. I had the amazing opportunity today to facilitate a discussion for Choice Art Educators , a special interest group of the National Art Education Association, about curriculum planning. I chose to lead a conversation on this particular topic because, of all the things we juggle as art teachers, charting a course for our students (and ourselves) is among the most challenging. There are many aspects of planning a curriculum that must be considered such as district requirements, state and national standards, content, outcomes, assessments, stakeholders, resources, and limitations to name a few. But one thing that must always be at the forefront of our thinking is our students . In the Teaching for Artistic Behavior (TAB) philosophy, the child is the artist . As long as we hold true to this tenet as we move forward (along with the others - the classroom is the