Teaching An Art Class 101

Crash Course on Planning & Running an Art Class

Learn to pick a theme, write curriculum, and run an art class no matter the setting, length, or audience. We will talk about grading, classroom management, materials to provide, and how to have open communication with parents.

About Mary

Why Would You Take This Course From Me?

I have 20+ years of art teaching experience. I started with an apprenticeship working in an art studio alongside an art teacher as a teacher assistant. I've been teaching my own curriculum at different homeschool schools, enrichments, coops, homes groups, private schools, including classes, summer art camps, art workshops, all out of my own art studio over the last 20 years. I have no formal teaching degree or certificate, just two decades of experience. However I have personally experienced, learned, and grown from my mistakes and successes. I have taught the same classes over and over again and have learned a better approach to teaching them each time. And I hope to share all that I have learned about teaching art with you.

Things Covered In This Course

  • This course walks you through how to come up with a class theme or title

  • How to in build a curriculum and reverse engineer a syllabus

  • How to come up with fun projects including final projects

  • How to run your art class

  • How to grade

  • How to deal with supplies

  • How to communication with parents

  • And what is best to teach specific ages

Is This Course For You?

This course if for those who have an opportunity to teach art or are looking for an opportunity in a more private, small class/group, coop, homeschool enrichment, recenter, personal studio type environment. This is for those who have, or don’t have a teaching certificate, but have a desire to teach art without the need of a certificate. The best teachers are those who want to teach and have a good grasp of the subject and a passion for it. So if this is you when it comes to art, then you are in the right place!