School Climate with Jen Rankey

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In this episode we are joined by another TAB teacher: Jen Rankey

Jen Rankey (she, her, hers): Jen serves as the Director of Visual Art at Trinity Episcopal School in Charlotte, NC. This has given her the opportunity to teach kindergarten through 8th grade students while advocating for the preservation of the arts within independent schools over the past 20 years. Although choice and student voice has always been a part of her practice, Jen officially embraced TAB seven years ago with a curriculum based upon the pillars of Teacher for Artistic Behaviors: What do artists do? The child is the artist. The classroom is the child’s studio. This is accomplished with an offering of abundant choice wrapped around strong studio and artistic habits. Additionally, Jen served on the National Art Education Association's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Task Force. Creating an equitable and diverse world that includes a variety of voices has become a driving force in Jen’s work both inside and out of the art room.

Working Group Chair, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion