Today, we’re focusing in on special area teachers and classes by welcoming an art teacher, music teacher, and physical education teacher to the podcast to discuss the importance of these special areas and what they’d like other educators to know.

Hosts Josh and Donnie welcome to the podcast Kyle Bragg, an elementary physical education in Scottsdale Unified School District, Rusty Carle-Ogren, a middle school band in Sahuarita Unified District, and Jen Pulbratek, a high school ceramics teacher in Peoria Unified School District.

Bragg, Carle-Ogren, and Pulbratek share about the unique opportunities their classes offer students. They talk about what they would like other teachers to know about their classes and why they so enjoy teaching special-area subjects. They also discuss the standards their classes address and how what they teach fits into the Whole Child Approach to Education.

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