30 Kids, 1 Sink

This is the first comprehensive guide on classroom management written specifically for K–12 art teachers.

30 Kids, 1 Sink is a must-have classroom management resource written by art teachers for art teachers. The authors focus on proactively planning to help art teachers maximize precious instructional and artmaking time. Harnessing their experiences as pre- and in-service educators, they model how to evaluate a classroom, set it up, create general routines, support lesson implementation, respond to disruptive behaviors, and more. The book includes 100+ classroom examples and diagrams that show art teachers how to adapt the ideas to their own teaching style, context, and student needs. This practical resource will help art teachers feel more confident organizing their studio and setting up systems to help students and educators be more successful.

Book Features:

• 20+ downloadable student handouts, forms, and checklists.
• Shares 12 general routines to maximize instructional time and support student learning.
• Offers guidance for improving classroom visuals and art demonstrations, developing an inclusive studio classroom, running a student art show, and closing down the art studio at the end of the year.
• Provides advice for planning the crucial first 6 weeks of the school year to minimize disruptive behaviors later in the year.
• Includes resources and tips for Art-on-a-Cart teachers.

Samantha Nolte-Yupari is an associate professor and program director of art education at Nazareth University. Kelly Hanning an art educator in Rochester, NY and adjunct professor in the Art Education program at Nazareth University.

“Nolte-Yupari and Hanning artfully and comprehensively introduce the concepts of classroom choreography and ‘stuff’ management, to leverage the totality of the art room to support pedagogy and processes. The novice and veteran art educator can both benefit from this practical resource, through assessing how the art room’s physical space and infrastructure can best support the goals of the visual arts curriculum.”
—Thom Knab, K–4 art educator, NAEA president, 2019-2021

“This comprehensive, practical, thoughtful book holds treasure for beginning art teachers and veterans seeking ways to score the complex choreography of art learners and materials. Engaging issues that are seldom addressed but often experienced by art teachers operating in classrooms or on carts, authors Samantha Nolte-Yupari and Kelley Hanning speak in caring and confident terms about the everyday realities that are unique and pressing concerns for art teachers.”
—Christine Marmé Thompson, professor emerita, Penn State University

“As a higher educator working in art teacher preparation, I am truly excited to have this book as an inspiring, indispensable resource for pre-service and early career teachers. The authors not only offer an abundance of smart, practical strategies for navigating classroom choreography and managing all the “stuff” of teaching art—they do so with a robust grounding in contemporary practices of art education that champion learner-centered, asset-based, democratic approaches to teaching.”
—Christina Hanawalt, associate professor of art education, University of Georgia

“With 30 Kids, 1 Sink, the authors provide a brilliant organizational and structural path for preservice art teachers and even for veteran art teachers with plenty of smart, efficient, and effective opportunities to gain insight into best practices in the field. As a 40+ year veteran art educator, I am excited for this text as it fills a critical void in clinical art courses and sets teachers up for success.”
—Susanne Floyd Gunter, associated professor of art education, Converse University