Rebecca McLaughlin, M.Ed. Director of Gifted Education, Advanced Placement,

and Arts in Education Office of Instruction

Oklahoma State Department of Education

A Review of the Oklahoma Arts Standards

• The new education law, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), redefines professional development with a purposeful influence from Learning Forward.

• Learning Forward, a national association recognized as leaders in professional learning, has established standards for professional learning that set a high bar for quality learning experiences.

• This session aligns to the following standards:

• Learning Communities

• Leadership

• Resources

• Data

• Learning Designs

• Implementation

• Outcomes

Alignment to Learning Forward Standards

• LEARNING COMMUNITIES Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for

all students occurs within learning communities committed to continuous improvement, collective

responsibility, and goal alignment.

• LEADERSHIP Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students

requires skillful leaders who develop capacity, advocate, and create support systems for professional learning.

• RESOURCES Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students

requires prioritizing, monitoring, and coordinating resources for educator learning.

• DATA Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students uses a

variety of sources and types of student, educator, and system data to plan, assess, and evaluate professional

learning.

• LEARNING DESIGNS Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all

students integrates theories, research, and models of human learning to achieve its intended outcomes.

• IMPLEMENTATION Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all

students applies research on change and sustains support for implementation of professional learning for

long-term change.

• OUTCOMES Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students aligns its

outcomes with educator performance and student curriculum standards.

What do the Arts mean to you?

“Bell Work” What experiences have you had with the arts? How have the arts influenced you? How have the arts improved your life?

Defining the Arts

Visual art • Drawing • Painting • Sculpture • Ceramics • Textile • Media • Digital

Photography Music

• Vocal • Instrumental

Dance Theater

Talk to your elbow partner:

In what ways does your district, school, or classroom include the arts?

Why do the Arts matter?

Creativity

Improved academic performance

Motor skills

Creativity

Visual learning

Decision making

Perseverance

Focus

Collaboration

Accountability

The Arts help students learn and grow.

How do we know that the Arts matter?

• Schoolchildren exposed to drama, music, and dance are often more proficient at reading, writing, and math.

• There is a link between arts education and literacy skills.

• Art education does more than just give students a creative outlet. It can actually help connect them to the larger world, ultimately improving community cohesion.

• Teachers and students alike benefit from schools that have strong art climates.

• Arts education can improve graduation rates. • Integrating arts with other subjects can help raise

achievement levels. • Greater arts education led to fewer discipline problems and

higher attendance, graduation rates and test scores. • Arts education can help rewire the brain in positive ways.

Higher Education • The College Board identifies the arts as one of the six

basic academic areas students should study in order to succeed in college.

• 66% of music majors who applied to go to medical school were admitted, the highest percentage of any group. Only 44% of biochemistry majors were admitted.

• Most undergraduates who attend MIT take classes in the arts.

Legislative Updates HB 3218 – 2016 legislative session • Arts Assessment requirement for grades 3-8 in music and visual

art was eliminated • Effective July 1, 2016 SB 1380 – signed into law June 6, 2016 • Graduation requirement: 1 unit in the arts (including but not

limited to visual arts and general music) • To take effect July 1, 2018

Oklahoma State Standards • Fine Arts revisions completed and approved in 2013

• Our current standards

• Rationale • Standard indicators still clustered under these standards, but

with defining strands added.

• 1 The Language of Art/Music • 2 The History and Culture of Art/Music • 3 Art/Music Expression • 4 Art/Music Appreciation

Additional Changes and Additions

• Addition of Media Arts

• Greater emphasis on content area connections

• Greater emphasis on in-depth learning experiences • Glossaries

Strands in Music and Visual Art • Standard 1: Responding Presenting • Standard 2: Connecting Responding • Standard 3: Performing Creating • Standard 4: Creating Connecting

“Responding” • Melody • Rhythm • Harmony • Form • Tone color • Pitch • Tempo • Dynamics

• Identify by seeing and listening

• Instrumental groups • Families of

instruments • Voice classification

“Connecting”

• Folk • Classical • American music • Music and

instruments of different cultures

• Listen • Sing • Identify • Describe • Demonstrate • Play

“Performing” • Sing! • Play!

• Echo singing • Rounds • Partner songs • Match pitch? • Body percussion • Simple patterns

“Creating” • Likes and dislikes

in music • Basic features of

familiar songs • Answer unfinished

melodic patterns

• Explain preferences using appropriate musical terms

• Evaluate a musical composition or performance

“Presenting” • Line • Color • Form • Shape • Texture • Value • Space

• Rhythm • Balance • Contrast • Movement • Center of interest

(emphasis) • Repetition

“Responding” • Artist • Style • Historical/cultural context • Purposes • Themes

“Creating” Use a variety of: • Materials (media) • Techniques (skills) • Sources

• Painting • Sculpture • Architecture • Drawing • Printmaking • Fiber arts • Media arts

“Connecting”

• Appropriate behavior in viewing art/museum

• Respect for artwork

• Thoughtfulness and care

Connections to: • Math • Science • Social studies • English/Language

Arts • Media Arts

What is included in an effective Arts program?

• Classes designed to serve the needs of your school population

• Enrichment experiences

• Interdisciplinary teaching

• Integration of the arts

• Hands-on activities

Why integrate the Arts?

• Adds meaning

• Increases retention

• Is time effective

• Mirrors real life

• Utilizes multiple intelligences

Ways to integrate the Arts • Provide infusion of the Arts in the curriculum

Infusion signifies that the arts will be incorporated through interdisciplinary studies.

• Provide pure arts experiences in each arts discipline Students have the opportunity to experience and understand the major forms of art, music, dance, and drama as creative forms of human expression.

• Provide interrelated arts experiences Educators are committed to providing for student experiences which explore the interrelationships of pure art forms.

Examples

• Common school themes • Learning Gallery / Gallery Walks • Famous artists • Special Area classes • Physical Education classes • Short-term seminars • Afterschool and summer classes and groups

Perception

What is your plan for including

the Arts standards this

year?

The

Arts

Resources

District Curriculum

Time

Subject Area

Professional Development

Grade Level

Contact information Rebecca.McLaughlin@sde.ok.gov 405.521.4288 www.sde.ok.gov/sde/arts • Standards • Listserv link • Resources

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