This resource includes invaluable "survival strategies" with over 75 ready-to-use projects an dlessons complete with reproducible student directinos and notes.
The curriculum theory in this book is rather dated. The lessons in this book are somewhat simplistic, teacher directed and not student-centered. All that being said, it is a great comprehensive book that will help the new art educator get started in a variety of media. It offers several quick lessons on techniques that could be used as starting points for more conceptual, sophisticated lessons. There is a chapter on how to organize your art room, order supplies, create relationships with families and colleagues, and set classroom policies. I would buy it for that chapter alone.