Jane Montero discovered her passion: teaching kids art and design. She didn’t just become a good teacher – she became a great art teacher. Just ask her students at Dexter’s Creekside Elementary and the National Art Education Association, who awarded Jane the National Outstanding Art Teacher of the Year – TWICE! Jane joins Deb Polich, your host, on this edition of "creative impact."
The Capitol will be adorned with colorful works of art from Missouri’s youth for the next month as part of Youth Art Month, a celebration of student creativity and a chance to explain the importance of art in schools to lawmakers.
Green Tree Elementary art teacher Pam Winter has been named the 2021 Elementary Art Educator of the Year by the Missouri Art Education Association (MAEA), an organization dedicated to keeping