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Alumna Ali Petrauskas has been named \u201cRookie Teacher of the Year\u201d by the North Carolina Art Educators Association<\/a> (NCAEA). The NCAEA is the state’s largest advocacy group dedicated to supporting visual arts education.<\/p>\n

Petrauskas is in her third year as an art teacher at Harold E. Winkler Middle School in Concord, N.C. A double major at UNC Charlotte, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Art with a concentration in painting in 2016. After graduating, she returned to UNC Charlotte to earn a Graduate Certificate in Art Education and gained her teaching license in 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cUNC Charlotte prepared me for teaching in multiple ways,\u201d Petrauskas said. \u201cThe art department, where I received both Bachelor\u2019s degrees, taught me a lot about taking risks and problem-solving in art-making. This is very much the process of a beginning teacher (in or out of a pandemic).\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally, since Winkler Middle School is an International Baccalaureate school, she has relied on her art history education to provide global context to her lesson plans, and she brings her knowledge of Social Emotional Learning \u2013 a focus of her art education training \u2013 into the classroom to encourage self-reflection and self-discovery.<\/p>\n

The NCAEA honors one beginning teacher each year who has made \u201can exemplary initial contribution\u201d and \u201cdemonstrates the potential for development.\u201d Petrauskas was nominated for the award by a colleague and subsequently completed an application with portfolio.<\/p>\n

\u201cI learn from my students every day,\u201d said Petrauskas. \u201cThey inspire me with their ideas, and they challenge my critical thinking. However, the relationships that develop are hands-down the best part of teaching. To have former students reach out after they are out of my class, on to high school, etc., just to check in, is indescribable.\u201d<\/p>\n

September 12 -18 is National Arts in Education Week<\/a>, and the designation prompted Petrauskas to consider the role of the arts in all students\u2019 education.<\/p>\n

\u201cArt can teach students that they have a voice and can express themselves without using words or speaking aloud,\u201d she said. \u201cIt can show connections across cultures. The problem-solving and critical thinking that goes into the process of art making can make a difference in any student\u2019s life, whether they choose an art-based career or not. Not only is art education important, but it\u2019s fun, and kids deserve to have an hour of fun in class every day, to be social and experiment with messy things.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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