Chelsea Beck

#EduInFocus. Q1: How do you build a culture where instructional rounds are about learning and growth—not judgment or compliance? A slow chat series brought to you by Edutopia.

Q1 for this week’s slow chat!

How do you build a culture where instructional rounds are about growth, not judgment? 🌻

Share your response using #EduInFocus — and stay tuned for more questions, dropping each day at noon PT.

we like to have fun here

@hellobencurrie.bsky.social has been doing some beautiful art for us at @edutopia.org and I failed to notice him DROPPING my NAME IN HERE!!!

www.edutopia.org/article/midd...

Gorgeous illo by the best-- @mojowang.bsky.social!

come out to @strandbookstore.bsky.social on 8/5 for the release of my debut graphic novel! there'll be a signing, a talk with @adamtots.bsky.social and a special live reading with my family (1/2)

8 Small But Impactful Classroom Management Shifts How using subtle gestures, spatial awareness, and tone of voice can nudge your classroom toward smoother operations.

There’s no silver bullet to keeping students on track and disruptions at bay—a 2021 study notes that being an effective teacher “requires the adaptive application of a repertoire of different classroom management strategies.”

Check out my latest on @edutopia.org:

www.edutopia.org/article/smal...

Wild NYC: Experience the Amazing Nature in and Around New York City Experience the Amazing Nature in and Around New York City

bookshop.org/p/books/wild...

Incredibly stoked for @ryanfm.bsky.social's book to be out, with illustrations from @chelseabeck.bsky.social. Epic team.

new collage by me featuring very, very sweet "smile" notes from fourth graders :,)

an excellent interview by @youkiterada.bsky.social with an accompanying collage by the amazing Valerie Chiang! Huge shout out to David Yeager for providing some excellent action shots to use for this art :)

click through to see this one move on the site!

Was really wonderful to work with Nick Little on the art here. Made me want to print out this incredibly supportive teacher and keep him on my desk.

Oh thanks so much!!

illustration for "What the Edutopia Community Taught Me About Teaching Shakespeare"

Illustration for "Promoting Playful Learning With Technology"

Photo illustration for Why Teachers Should Grade Less Frequently

Collage (featuring my hand and gardening glove) for Creating Safe, Joyful Outdoor Learning Opportunities.

as a person who Draws, it can be tempting to lean into that as a way to solve every visual problem. To avoid too much samey-ness in our web art I've been challenging myself to find new ways to make illustrations! Photos, stock, and public domain artifacts have all been a blast to experiment with!

some preview shots of an upcoming illo (also featuring my very own iPhone photography!)

Check this one out with some really fun inset illos from the amaaaazing Lourenço Providencia!!

What a 30-Day Break From AI Taught Me About My Teaching Using AI had become second nature for this educator. A month without the tools gave him an opportunity to pause, reflect, and recalibrate.

Really great post by @jamesbedford.bsky.social on @edutopia.org today about his monthlong break from AI tools.

(featuring some neat hero art by the amazing guillemcasasus.com !)

www.edutopia.org/article/down...

going through public domain images and hoping, praying, I will find an excuse to use This Guy in the future.... pdimagearchive.org

Scaffolding Like a Pro: Powerful Ways to Support Learning With options ranging from tried-and-true to lesser known, these strategies for cognitive, metacognitive, and procedural scaffolding will help you set students up for success.

Great overview on scaffolding by @toddfinley.bsky.social, with loads of helpful links (and nice art by @chelseabeck.bsky.social): www.edutopia.org/article/powe...

Shira Inbar crushed this art!! Check it out on the site to see it move 👀👀👀

It was great working with @chelseabeck.bsky.social on this illustration of Spencer Russell for Edutopia! Chelsea is a super talented illustrator and and equally great art director. I wish all projects were this fun!

what my husband sees from across the house when ive run out of coffee

Hey, I learned from the best, professor!! Awesome working with you (and amazing job!)

You crushed it!! Thanks for all the hard work :^)

A screenshot of the edutopia article as linked

An ensemble illustration with thumbnail sized illustrations of each article in the roundup.

Teachers! I did the roundup for Edutopia for their favourite articles of the year. Big thanks to @chelseabeck.bsky.social for being a great AD #illustration #teaching #education www.edutopia.org/article/2024...

I can announce I have, for like the 10th year in a row, forgotten about all illustration annual deadlines and not submitted anything. I need someone to personally come to my house once a year and yell at me when it's time to upload!!!

I’m painting and crushing through my Buffy rewatch and lemme tell you I’ll never be ready for season 5 e16. they need to mail you a warm blanket if Hulu senses you’re on that one!!!

Finally doing it, powered by riley putting together a very tiny wooden Red Force from one piece.

How many paintings do I have to do before I finally feel ready to tackle the two I *have* to do???

"Teachers grading a stack of assignments may notice that they start to feel cranky as the pile shrinks. Now researchers have evidence that working straight through the grading blues can impact students’ final scores."

quick illo from July for @edutopia.bsky.social's research newsletter

Very sick