In this installment of TAB Storytellers, Abi and Jen sit down with Julie Toole, K-8 art teacher at Baker Demonstration School and faculty member of the renowned TAB Institute at MassArt. Julie, whose career spans a remarkable 34 years, shares her journey with us from special education to discipline-based art education to discovering TAB at an NAEA conference and beyond. Among the topics discussed are the power of learning in community, the critical DEIJB (diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and belonging) work we do in teaching and learning, and the small but powerful steps we can take to “move the needle” in our classrooms.

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Here are resources to more information discussed in the TABcast:

• SEED - https://www.nationalseedproject.org/

• Rudine Sims Bishop - https://cynthialeitichsmith.com/2018/04/video-rudine-sims-bishop-on-mirrors/

Here is a link to the unedited transcript of this episode. We recognize that there are probably errors and grammatical issues. If anyone with the time or inclination to edit this wants to do so, please email us at storytellers@teachingforartisticbehavior.org