Otis Kriegel is a teacher educator, veteran elementary school teacher and artist.
A 12-year veteran of the classroom, he has been adjunct faculty at NYU for the past seven years. Kriegel founded The K5, a website to help parents of elementary school-age children address challenges such as reading, math, how to get out the house on time and prepare for a parent/teacher conference. In 2006, Otis developed the innovative workshop for new teachers, "How To Survive Your First Years Teaching & Have A Life," which is the basis for his book What Every New Elementary School Teacher REALLY Needs to Know (But Didn't Learn in College) (Free Spirit Publishing, April 2013). He currently lectures to universities and schools, helping new teachers prepare foOtis Kriegel is a teacher educator, veteran elementary school teacher and artist.
A 12-year veteran of the classroom, he has been adjunct faculty at NYU for the past seven years. Kriegel founded The K5, a website to help parents of elementary school-age children address challenges such as reading, math, how to get out the house on time and prepare for a parent/teacher conference. In 2006, Otis developed the innovative workshop for new teachers, "How To Survive Your First Years Teaching & Have A Life," which is the basis for his book What Every New Elementary School Teacher REALLY Needs to Know (But Didn't Learn in College) (Free Spirit Publishing, April 2013). He currently lectures to universities and schools, helping new teachers prepare for the trials and tribulations of teaching elementary school.
Kriegel is also an artist, who co-founded the public art collective, Illegal Art, whose book, Suggestion (August 2005), was published by Chronicle Books. Otis' work has been featured in such media outlets as National Public Radio's "All Things Considered", New York Magazine, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Public Art Review, The Sun Magazine, Dwell Magazine, and The New York Times Op-Ed page (01/01/06, 09/03/07, 12/31/09). In 2008, Kriegel was a presenter at the College Art Association in Dallas, Texas. He was a recipient of an Artist's Grant from the Vermont Studio Center in July 2010 and was selected as the 2010 Artist-in-Residence at Webb School of Knoxville in Tennessee. His work has been exhibited and published in catalogs throughout The Americas & Europe.