Give Your Team
the Tools to Teach Art With Ease

Professional Development That Makes Implementation Stick

A strong art curriculum is only the beginning. Successful implementation is what brings it to life.

At Arts Attack, we believe teachers need more than great lessons—they need the confidence, clarity, and support to make those lessons work in real classrooms. That’s why professional development and ongoing implementation support are an important part of how we partner with schools and districts.

We’re committed to walking alongside your team from initial rollout through the years that follow, helping you build an art program that is strong, supported, sustainable, and consistently used.

Give Your Team the Tools to Teach Art with Confidence

Arts Attack Professional Development is practical, engaging, and designed to meet your team wherever they are—from teachers opening Arts Attack for the first time to experienced educators looking to strengthen or reenergize an existing program.

Depending on your goals, professional development can focus on:

  • Initial onboarding and getting your team comfortable with Arts Attack

  • Building a successful implementation plan

  • Understanding the developmental and sequential structure of the curriculum

  • Teaching visual arts skills with confidence

  • Managing hands-on, process-based art experiences

  • Adapting instruction across grade levels and classroom environments

  • Building teacher confidence and increasing curriculum use

  • Reenergizing an existing program when implementation has slowed

  • Supporting long-term program success year after year

  • Experiencing a complete Arts Attack lesson firsthand through a guided, hands-on model lesson

Meet The Professional

Development Team members

Jennifer Bladen

Jennifer Bladen has been teaching art, design, and creative thinking to students K-college—and to adults—since 1992. Her expertise spans line, shape, form, color theory, visual storytelling, and the practical realities of helping real students make real art. An amateur watercolor enthusiast and lifelong crafter, Jen currently serves as Director of Student Media at a large private high school in Los Angeles, where she works with student artists, writers, photographers, editors, and emerging creative leaders. She brings decades of classroom experience, practical teaching strategies, and deep respect for teachers doing meaningful work with limited time, mixed experience levels, and wonderfully varied learners. She is also a proud dog mom to two rescue terriers and can, when called upon, draw a train full of animals like any self-respecting aunt. Teaching teachers is one of her favorite things—because educators are brilliant, generous, and the most delightfully chaotic kind of students.

Sara Osterink

Sara Osterink is the CEO of Arts Attack Publications, partnering with schools and districts across the country to build strong, sustainable visual arts programs. She believes that great curriculum only works when teachers feel confident using it, and is passionate about helping schools create implementation plans that lead to long-term success. Sara works closely with district leaders, administrators, and educators to design professional development that is practical, collaborative, and grounded in the realities of today's classrooms. Whether supporting a new curriculum rollout or helping an established program grow, her goal is to equip teachers with the confidence, tools, and ongoing support they need to make visual arts meaningful for every student. When she's not working with schools, you'll likely find her traveling, hiking, spending time near the ocean, or dreaming up her next creative project.

Professional Development Built Around Your Needs

Every school and district is different, so our professional development is flexible by design.

Support can range from a focused virtual onboarding session to more comprehensive virtual or in-person professional development. Our expanded trainings can include hands-on participation in a complete Arts Attack lesson, giving teachers the opportunity to experience the curriculum just as their students will while learning practical strategies they can take directly back to the classroom.

Rather than asking you to choose from a one-size-fits-all training package, we’ll work with you to determine the right level of support for your school or district.

Our goal isn’t simply to help you get started with an art curriculum.

It’s to help you build an art program that lasts.

Ready to explore your options?

Contact us and we’ll help you choose a professional development format that fits your team, your timeline, and your budget.