"Why Should I Join the WAEA?"

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Why have I chosen to become a member of WAEA?

WAEA Member Comments:

I am a WAEA member because it is my professional organization and an opportunity to develop leadership, instructional, and art educational abilities. WAEA also assists in promoting art education in my classroom, building and community. Without NAEA/WAEA I would not have been able to complete the National Board for Professional Teaching requirements. WAEA is by far the way to go from a good to great art educator!
Katie Hall
Yakima

 

Two main reasons I am a member of WAEA.
1) To get ideas for lessons from other art teachers.
2) To visit with friends that I have gotten to know, but do not see often enough. I do enjoy presenting at conferences and the conferences get me excited about what I do for a living.
Dan Brown
Okanogan

 

-connections with other teachers – networking
-for information to improve my teaching, get ideas, find out what’s going on.
Enid Smith Becker
Bellevue School District

 

I am a firm believer that people need the Arts in their lives to make them a better, more full-rounded person. Art helps people learn and understand other subject areas more than just drilling and regurgitating information. We process over 30,000 visual images daily. It just makes sense.

Jennifer C. Gosnell
Tahoma School District

 

I became a member to be informed about Art Education, get new ideas, samples, and see what is outside of my art room.

Evelyn Vidal-Armour
Lake Washington School District

 

To continue to grow as a teacher, to collaborate, to share ideas I have about social justice and arts, to lift my spirit!

Jennifer Combes
Tumwater High School