Be a Better Craft Teacher Part 1: Know Your Stuff. It’s time for Part One of our six-part Be a Better Craft Teacher series with instructor Deborah Moebes of Whipstitch.
This series is perfect for both new and experienced craft teachers and follows the full teaching process, from the preparation stage through reflection on what works and how to improve. A former high school teacher, Deborah has years of experience teaching sewing both online and in-person. She cares about quality instruction and is an effective, fun and skilled teacher. Learn more about Deborah and the series in the Be a Better Craft Teacher introduction and join us each Tuesday for a new post from Deborah. Related links: Series Introduction The Importance of Planning in Advance Quality class content is important on both sides: to the teacher and to the student. How do we do that planning, then? Don’t Learn as You Go As you listen and analyze the needs of your sewing community, we’re not even worried about HOW you’ll teach the class… We’ll get to that later.
Creative Camps for Adults. Creative Camps for Adults Rock!
Why should kids get to have all the fun?? Wouldn’t you love to go off for a week {or even a day…or a few hours…20 minutes?} And enjoy learning something new while hanging out with creative freaks like yourself? I know I would! We‘re spending most of our summer in North Carolina and I’m finding inspiration at every new turn. Wouldn’t you like to learn something new? Not far from us there’s John C.Campbell Folk School located in Brasstown, North Carolina! Enjoy learning batik dyeing, basketry, calligraphy and more on this 300-acre camp located in the beautiful Smoky Mountains!
Santa Fe is one of my all-time favorite destinations and I would jump up and down with sheer joy if I could spend a few days at Santa Fe Photographic Workshops! Workshops include subjects like digital photography and Adobe Photoshop while you are located in an active monastery near the Sangre de Cristo Mountain. Teaching Your Craft. Last month I caught a tweet chat from a group called #craftsocial It was a lively discussion on teaching your craft by an extremely passionate and energetic group.
I have a bit of a soft spot for crafters. I am a hand embroiderer, and a leftie at that. Mum gave up trying to teach me so as a teenager I went with her to the local patchwork group and was guided and taught by the most amazing teachers. I loved the energy and support that radiated from the group. Crafters are the best teachers Last Saturday Jen Louden interviewed me for her upcoming Teach Now Program (aff). The tweet chat last month reinforced these ideas and it was so lovely to read the tweets from crafters as they talked about their passion to help others, the pain, and wonderful ways to connect with students. Here are my favourite ideas from the tweet chat: What Is Teaching?
The Pain / Concerns How to Get Started Teaching your craft Teaching Strategies What constitutes good value? Be on the lookout for great teachers. 14 Tips For Teaching On-site Workshops. Are you interested in teaching on-site workshops?
I’m frequently asked how to do this so I thought I’d answer everyone in a single post – please share this post to further spread the word since teaching workshops is a trend in the making for bloggers. I think if you can teach and have something to share of value then consider running workshops because I LOVE TEACHING and I don’t plan to ever stop – they fuel me and make me so, so happy. (Above: This is a view of my home-based workshop. I have two rooms connected by pocket doors so both become my teaching space when I have events at home, but I primarily work out of this room below (photography by Debi Treloar).
This is a photo from my book, Decorate Workshop.) Let me get started by stating the obvious: teaching online and teaching on-site are two very different things. But first, a little background. This space makes me happy. 1 Identify the space What room in your home could be a great space for you to use as your office + workshop?