Me and my colleagues at 'the bean' It's been a while since I have blogged. I have been working a lot, and sorting out things. Mainly, watching too many TikToks, and probably need to change something about that. So, I have been trying to make things, going to more art-y places, and trying to listen to podcasts that are a little more inspiring. So, that out of the way, let's dig in on what I have been up to. My last week of school before break, I was able to go to the National Art Educator Association convention in Chicago. I grabbed a lot of great ideas that I am trying to process here. As Art teaching is a different animal than other areas of the school, I appreciate that my administration allowed myself and my colleague art educators to travel to Chicago for professional development. I work with great teachers at the middle school, but no one really understands what my job is, as I don't really know what it is like to teach 50+ band students all at once. I appreci...