Slide Presentation, 2014 Arts Advocacy Breakfast

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Welcome to the 7th AnnualArts Advocacy Event

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Arlene Sierra, Chairperson, Wharton Center Education Advisory Council

Bert Goldstein – DirectorMSUFCU Institute for Arts & Creativity

Engagement before Information… a guideline from Eric Booth

YOU ARE THE DIRECTOR…

HIGH IMPACT STRATEGIESIdentified Similarities and Differences – use of analogy &/or metaphor

Read and think for understanding, close analysis of text

Think beyond literal, non-linguistic representation (music, visual images)

Questioning strategies

ARTS AND ARTS INTEGRATION RELY ON THESE STRATEGIES

Kathy Dewsbury-White Arts-related & Integrated Professional Learning Coordinator

Arts Programming Explained & Benefits for mid-Michigan Schools

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21st Century Skills Arts Education

Core Subjects (includes arts)

Learning and Innovation•Creativity•Critical thinking & Prob. Solving•Communication & Collaboration

Information, Media and Technology Skills

Life and Career•Flexibility & Adaptability•Initiative/self-direction•Social Cross Cultural•Productivity & Accountability•Leadership & Responsibility

Our Challenge = Developing 21st Century Skills

STUDENTS SPEAK

Students Reflect on Their Creative Process

BENEFITS FOR MID-MI SCHOOLS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS …..

3 - Arts Integration Summer Institutes –181 educators, opportunity to earn graduate credit, launches the year – immersion with teaching artists and multiple art forms, teams plan for curriculum implementation (2012, 2013,2014).

25 - Workshops (all art forms) 38 districts, 280 + teachers (through 6/2014)

e.g.’s Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Mayhem Poets, Happendance, DrummingCeltic Music & History Culture Through Dance, Story telling, Songwriting,Dramatic Monologue.

5 years of Arts Integration Courses, 145 teachers, 22 districts – benefitting estimated 3,125 students. (2008-2014)

3 years of Arts Integration Focus School support (year long professional development and classroom residencies).– 75 teachers, 13 buildings, involving estimated 2,375 students(2012-13 – present)

2 years of Classroom Residencies w/ guest artists serving 70+ classrooms and an estimated 1,750 students –(2012-13 & 2013-14) more scheduled 2014-15

7 Arts Advocacy Events, serving over 550 leaders (2008-2014)

1 Arts Connects Online Course – teaching creativity, integrating arts, familiarize

with MI K-12 Arts Standards (2011-12)

CONTINUA OF OPTIONS

Student Opportunities

Educator Professional

Learning

Arts Integration Teams

ARTS INTEGRATION TEAMS

Team Attends 3-day Summer Institute=Experience AI & initiate curriculum work

Team Attends AI Professional Learning Community Sessions and contributes to Showcase = Support during Implementation

Teachers Attend Teaching Artist Teacher Workshop coordinating with Classroom Residency= Model teaching in an art form + increase student access to a practicing artist

Attend an Act One Performance& Perform &/or Exhibit= Increase exposure for students to “final productions”

Capacity Building

A BUILDING’S TURNING POINTA two person team becomes an Arts Integration Focus School with thirteen interested teachers participating in the Summer Institute!!! 2013 there were more participating staff.

BENEFITS OF ARTS INTEGRATION

21st Century Skills: Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Community Building,

Critical Thinking Increased student engagement Helps students connect to core curriculum

through the arts Students bring their own experiences and

opinions to make meaning of content Motivation to learn becomes intrinsic Data that came out November 2013 proves that

there is a causal relationship between arts integration and a range of desirable outcomes such as social empathy and critical thinking skills

*DEFINING ARTS INTEGRATION KENNEDY CENTER ARTSEDGE

Arts Integration isAn APPROACH to TEACHING

In which students construct & demonstrate

UNDERSTANDINGThrough an ART FORM.Students engage in a

CREATIVE PROCESS whichCONNECTS an art form and another

subject areaAnd meets EVOLVING OBJECTIVES in both.

ARTS INTEGRATION…Gregory Johnson, oceanographer and authorof the chapter on warmingof the oceans in the UN Intergovernmental Panelon Climate Change 2013 Report, distilled the 2,000 page scientific reports into 19 Haiku poems withaccompanying watercolors.The big ideas behind the predictions derived from the scientific findings and two arts forms (poetry and visual arts) are fused.

Watercolor image of Dr. Gregory Johnson as painted by his daughter, Lucy Johnson

6 WORD MEMOIRS

6 WORD MEMOIRSOnce asked to write a full story in six words, novelist Ernest Hemingway responded…

“For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.”

6 WORD MEMOIR…

WHAT DOES ARTS

INTEGRATION & EDUCATION MEAN FOR

YOUR STUDENTS

3 minute exercise during workshop 12.2.2014

CREATIVITYBREEDS

ENGAGEMENTAUTHENTICITY &

KNOWLEDGE

Colleen Martell

ARTS FREES USTO THINK

DEEPLY

Pauline Lee

SAW YOU ENJOYING

YOURSELF FOR ONCE

Jennifer LeRoy

Multifaceted artist, who is known for her innovative fusion of poetry, hip hop, dance and education. Starred in Wharton Center’s Theatre Production of THE SHAPE OF A GIRL. Served as featured guest artist 2014 Arts Integration Summer Institute. Is presently in mid-MI schools providing residencies & teacher workshop.

Paige Hernandez

TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, PROGRAM DIRECTORS, ADVISORY MEMBERS - SPEAK

I Engage My Students in Arts Integration

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