The Inspired Classroom is Made for Teachers!
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Get Inspired, Be Inspiring!
WELCOME to The Inspired Classroom!
Our focus is on YOU, the teachers and parents who are with children everyday. We are educators who want to help you get and stay inspired so that you can be inspiring to your students and other teachers. Our focus is arts integration, STEAM and how SEL (Social-Emotional Learning) integrates with the Arts.
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Meet the Host!
Elizabeth M. Peterson
Elizabeth Peterson has devoted her life to education and to reaching out to other teachers who want to remain inspired. A former music teacher and current elementary general ed teacher, Elizabeth loves to bring artistic and creative experiences into her classroom.
An arts integration specialist, she is the host of www.theinspiredclassroom.com providing inspiration to other educators who know the value of arts in learning through informative articles, workshops and professional development opportunities.
Elizabeth is the creator of SEAL, Social-Emotional Artistic Learning, a unique method of integrating the arts with SEL that empowers teachers to truly reach and teach their students.
Mrs. Peterson has a BA in Music and a BS in Elementary Education. She holds an M.Ed. in Education, “Arts and Learning” and a C.A.G.S. degree with a focus in “Arts, Leadership and Learning.”
Elizabeth is the author of Inspired by Listening, a teacher resource book that includes a method of music integration she has developed and implemented into her own teaching, and Studio Days, a resource filled with information and Common Core aligned lesson plans for bringing creativity into the classroom. Elizabeth prides herself in teaching workshops and courses on the integration of the arts into the curriculum and is the host of the annual Summer and Winter Teacher Art Retreats.
Elizabeth believes there is a love of active, integrated learning in all children and from their enthusiasm, teachers can shape great opportunities to learn.
Why do We Exist?
It started over two decades ago when Elizabeth attended Gordon College and discovered the possibilities music could play in her philosophy of education. She opened her laptop and started typing. Now, it is our hope that we can reach other teachers and parents who want to inspire their children with all the arts to make them more well rounded, complete people. That’s what having an Inspired Classroom is all about!
Endorsements
I have used all the activities, lessons and projects found in Inspired by Listening in the various classrooms in which I have taught, including 2nd and 4th grade general classrooms and middle school (6-8) music classes. These are some things people have said about my written work and teaching strategies integrating music and the arts into other areas of the curriculum.