“Greatest Teacher Ever!”

In a quiet moment, just before the start of a lecture and completely out of nowhere, a student blurted out loudly, “Mr. Clumpner, you are the GREATEST TEACHER EVER!”  I …

Reload the Western Canon

Reload the Western Canon Whenever I ask students to list as many artists as they can, usually they give me the highlights from the western canon of art history.  Their …

Arting my way through PD

I’m spending this week in an AP Summer Institute which has been giving me a lot of time to make some art.  Hopefully you’re spending a little time making art …

A Victory Lap

The year has ended, and as such, it’s important to reflect on what we as teachers have accomplished, as well as what we didn’t.  Today I’m thinking about an accomplishment. …

Use the buddy system when entering the teaching pool

Use the buddy system when entering the teaching pool. I’m a grand-teacher now. After eight years in the profession, my first students now have students of their own. They’re wrapping …

Where are you going with this?

If your calendar is anything like mine, you’re probably just getting back into the swing of things after a couple of days of professional development, which usually means sitting in …

Advanced art without prompting

Advanced art without prompting So, I see a lot of teachers looking for great prompts to use for their AP classes.  A post comes across my newsfeed almost daily from …