update: may 20, 2015 - west virginia department of...
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WVDE ARTS EDUCATION UPDATE
May 20, 2015
*New items are listed in red.
CONTENTS:I. NEWSII. TIME SENSITIVE INFORMATIONIII. TEACHER AND STUDENT OPPORTUNITIESIV. ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONSV. FOR YOUR INFORMATIONVI. RESOURCES
I. NEWS
On behalf of Mark Davis The Kanawha County Art Show K-12 Art Exhibit was held at the Charleston Civic Center May 5th-7th. An awards ceremony was held on the 7th at 5pm.
Students from Kanawha City Elementary and Capital were honored with their teachers Chris Bennett and Debbie Moore at the Art Show awards ceremony.
On behalf of Debra Sisson
News from Jackson County: Ravenswood High and Ripley High art students took a trip to NYC recently. Highlights included a visit to Central Park, the MET, Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, 9-11 Memorial and a Broadway play.
Summer Happenings?Please let me know of summer arts workshops, camps, auditions, performances, etc. I am happy to share information about opportunities for students and teachers! [email protected]
Arts Alive Facebook PageIf you have not already done so, check out the West Virginia Arts Alive Facebook page – which has pictures from the Arts Alive master classes and tech rehearsals. We will post additional pictures as they become available. https://www.facebook.com/artsalivewv?ref=bookmarks
Do you have photos or experiences you would like to share or arts events happening in your school/community? ‘Like’ the West Virginia Arts Alive Facebook page and tell us about them! You can also send information directly to Dr. Christi Camper Moore, Arts Coordinator, and your news, photos and events will be posted [email protected].
II. TIME SENSITIVE INFORMATION
Important Changes to some of the Fine and Performing Arts Course Codes!If you are working on your master schedules, please remember to pay close attention to the changes in the 2015-2016 Course Code Manual. http://wveis.k12.wv.us/wveis2004/support.htm
On behalf of the Appalachian Children’s ChorusACC's Choral Camp which takes placed June 8th - 12th. It is a half day camp beginning at 8:30 am and ending at noon. On Friday, there is a special "Informance" to show parents and friends what they have learned during the week. This week of fun includes choral music classes, theater classes and percussion classes. We are excited to have these instructors for the week: Selina Midkiff, Choral Class; Noel Hardman, Theater Class; and, Mark Davis, Percussion class. Registration is currently open. Sign up now to reserve your spot! Please see the attached brochure that outlines the camp and has a reservation form for parents to complete. For questions or more information, call 304.343.1111 or contact Selina Midkiff at [email protected].
SUMMER DANCE INTENSIVE AT THE SCHOOL OF THE CHARLESTON BALLETAn exciting four-week SUMMER DANCE INTENSIVE will be held by the American Academy Ballet, Official School of the Charleston Ballet, during the month of June. Study with our impressive roster of teachers that will introduce you to the wonderful world of dance or help you sharpen your technical skills if you are already an accomplished dancer. There are classes offered for all levels and all ages!
From June 1– June 26, 2015, a variety of dance and exercise classes will be held throughout the day for students of all ages. The Summer Dance Intensive will be held at the Charleston Ballet’s studio location at 100 Capitol Street. A creative movement program for 4-5 year olds, adult beginning ballet, Pilates, zumba, partnering, modern, Irish dancing, musical theater/jazz and ballet classes for 6 year olds through professional levels will be offered. For more information, see the attached information and for a detailed schedule of classes, and pricing, please see their website www.thecharlestonballet.com and link to the American Academy Ballet. You may also call the ballet office at 304-342-6541 or email [email protected].
III. TEACHER AND STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
On behalf of Dr. Yoav Kaddar Summer Dance Academy June 14-20, 2015This summer promises to be a week packed with dance and creativity. In addition, WVU will once again have a one-day intensive for any K-12 educator! For more information, please visit, http://theatre.wvu.edu/summerdance
STATE AND NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONSBe sure to contact your professional associations to register for professional development, conferences, and workshop opportunities.
On behalf of the National Dance OrganizationFive Summer 2015 OPDI Online Dance Ed Courses Announced.
OPDI-105: Introduction to Dance Education Research (May 4 to July 26, 2015) OPDI-112: Implementing the New National Core Arts Standards in Dance OPDI-113: Foundations of Dance Pedagogy for All Dance Environments
OPDI-M7: Ballet Theory and Composition OPDI-M4: Developmental Domains in Dance
For more info on all the Summer courses visit www.ndeo.org/opdisummer2015 or Download Summer 2015 OPDI Course Descriptions.
WVAEA - Save the date!WVAEA Regional Conference will be held at WVU in Morgantown October 30th-31st 2015.
OTHER TEACHER AND STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES
AEP Calls for Session ProposalsThe Arts Leading the Way to Student SuccessThe Arts Education Partnership (AEP) is pleased to announce a call for concurrent session proposals for the 2015 National Forum: The Arts Leading the Way to Student Success.AEP Partners and leaders from around the nation are invited to share their exemplary work supporting the role and contribution of the arts to prepare all students for the next America.The AEP 2015 National Forum will focus on the role and contribution of the arts in addressing the priority areas as outlined in The Arts Leading the Way to Student Success: A 2020 Action Agenda for Advancing the Arts in Education. Proposals given the strongest consideration will address one or more of these Priority Areas:
· Raise Student Achievement and Success· Support Effective Educators and School Leaders· Transform the Teaching and Learning Environment· Build Leadership Capacity and Knowledge
Please review the complete AEP 2015 National Forum Guidelines and Proposal Form for more details. AEP will accept proposals until Friday, May 29 at 5 pm EST.
On behalf of the West Virginia Dance Company (WVDC)The WVDC Arts Education Project "Earth's Quilt: Common Threads, A Journey Across the Curriculum" is being offered to schools in West Virginia through May 2016. The performance covers work representing research of the seven continents by seven different choreographers. There is a 60 page intensive study guide that connects content standards so that teachers can pick and choose what they need for their classes. The study guide has offerings for all grades. The performance is followed or preceded by an arts integration workshop of science and movement that directly relates to one of the works that the students see in the company performance. This workshop provides teachers with new tools for lesson creation. For more information about booking and to view the study guide, please visit www.wvdanceco.com.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Arts Education SpecialistChicago Public SchoolsJob Number:1400029M
Position Summary:
Responsible for carrying out the goals and recommendations of the CPS Arts Education Plan to ensure access to and equity in arts instructions for all learners, the Arts Education Specialist supports principals, teachers and students in their engagement in and development of curriculum, assessment(s) and instruction in the arts, specifically the performing arts (dance, drama/theatre and music), through the design, piloting, and delivery of tools, documents, professional development, exhibitions and performances, and events related to arts education in CPS.
IV. ARTICLES OF INTEREST, BLOGS AND NEW PUBLICATIONS
New York City Schools List Drama as TextNew York city schools redefine text and literacy to meet common core requirements using drama in this NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/nyregion/in-purchase-area-teaching-artists-aid-students-in-common-core-push.html?_r=0
How California Schools are Using Art to Boost Achievementhttp://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/03/15/schools-turn-to-arts-to-improve-achievement
Why Kids Need to Move, Touch and Experience to Learnhttp://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/03/26/why-kids-need-to-move-touch-and-experience-to-learn/
Arts Education Matters: We Know, We Measured Ithttp://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/12/03/13greene.h34.html
Major benefits for students who attend live theater, study findshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141016165953.htm
Creating “AHA! Moments” in Dance Classeshttp://blog.getacclaim.com/creating-aha-moments-in-dance-classes-a-conversation-with-robyn-kotte-lesson-plan/
The Importance of Art in Child Development http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/music-arts/the-importance-of-art-in-child-development/
Arts Blog (various posts)http://blog.artsusa.org/category/arts-education/
V.FOR YOUR INFORMATION
On behalf of Dr. Greg Strimel, WVUA new opportunity affords high school juniors and seniors the ability to enroll in West Virginia University courses and earn credits towards their college degree completely online.
The online courses available through the ACCESS WVU Early College Program have been selected to meet general education requirements, which specifically includes ARHS 101: Landmarks of World Art and MUSC 113: 20th Century American Pop Music. The tuition rate is $50 per credit.
For more information about the courses, please visit http://k12.wvu.edu/Access. If interested students need assistance, please have them email http://mail.wvu.edu/ or call 1-800-253-2762.
Series of Summer Workshops (July 29-August 1)Stanton's Sheet Music Columbus, OhioInformation can be found at: http://www.stantons.com/clinics/
July 29 - Elementary General Music Clinic (9:00 am - 12:30 PM) $20 feeProvides excellent resources for general music (sponsored by Hal Leonard)I have not attended this one, but have been told that it is excellent!
July 30 - John Jacobson Choreography Workshop (9:00 AM - 4:00 PM) $60 teachers, ($40 students)Day long training with John Jacobson and other music clinicians. Lunch provided. Teachers leave with copies of 30-40 new publications and access to web resources. I love this one!
July 31 - The Joy of Singing Workshop (9:00 AM - 4:00 PM) $50 teachersDay long reading session of roughly 100 new compositions of all levels of ability. Led by select Hal Leonard composers. Lunch provided. I love this one too! Sponsored by Hal Leonard.
August 1 - Stanton's Super Session (9:00 AM - 4:00 PM) $55 teachersAnother day long reading session of roughly 100 new compositions and resources from Heritage, Alfred, and Shawnee. Lunch provided. I love this one - it has lots of excellent concert and popular works, especially 2 and 3 part works for younger choirs. Plenty of works for all levels of ability.
On behalf of the WV Music Hall of FameThe WV Music Hall of Fame will host its fourth annual Garden Party on Sunday, May 24, 3-9 p.m, at Café Cimino in Sutton, WV.
Hear performances by all three living 2015 inductees: John “Some Kind of Wonderful” Ellison; renown pedal steel guitarist Russ Hicks; and jazz pianist Bob Thompson. Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr. will be featured in a special duo performance with Bob Thompson. Also performing are: Billy Boggs, Robert Shafer, and The Carpenter Ants.
Proceeds will support the WV Music Hall of Fame’s sixth induction ceremony which will be held October 24, 2015 at the Culture Center Theater. Listen to a smorgasbord of homegrown, West Virginia music; feast on Café Cimino’s award-winning buffet. Tickets are $65 in advance; $75 at the door (partially tax deductible). Buy your ticket by May 20 and you will be entered in a drawing to win a complimentary overnight stay that evening at Café Cimino **
For information/reservations call 304/342-4412 or email [email protected] Café Cimino 304-765-2913
On behalf of West Virginia’s Got TalentOn June 28, 2015, Dream Chasers and FestivALL will host the 3rd Annual West V’s Got Talent Youth Showcase. Registration is now open for youth 18 and under. Cost is $20 per act. Participants can register at http://www.iecevents.com. The deadline for registration is June 1, 2015. Participants come from all over the State to showcase their talents for a panel of judges. This year, Dream Chasers is honored to have judges David Lloyd, musician; Tuesday Taylor, author/ What’s Real West Virginia founder; and Donte L. Jackson, Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church of Huntington / musician. In keeping with tradition, cash prizes will be awarded with the
grand prize for the talent show is $1,000. Keep in the know by following us on Face Book at West V’s Got Talent. We are currently seeking volunteers for our stage crew as well as sponsors to be featured in both in the event program and on our website.
On behalf of Barbara YurickSmart Moves for Education and the ArtsBarbara Yurick and her son Sam Yurick have collaborated to connect children’s literature with ipad technology, math, science, creative movement and dance, visual art, music. The program is standards based. The program is based on an original children’s book written, illustrated, and composed by Sam Yurick on ipad. Drawing and music are explored on ipad. Creative movement and dance classes weave dance into the story. Students are lead through a presentation of the story for the school and guests. Presenters Barbara Yurick and Sam Yurick are available to provide Teacher Training to lead students through the program, or to provide sessions for students. Flexible programming is available for one day workshops or several day intensives. It is designed for 2nd or 3rd grades. Other arts integration programs are available. For more information contact: Barbara Yurick [email protected].
Sample Student Learning Goals for the Arts!The WVDE Educator Evaluation site now has Sample Student Learning Goals for each of the arts disciplines (Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts). As we continue to think about how to articulate baseline data, goals, strategies and measures, we hope the samples will be a useful reference. Please visit http://wvde.state.wv.us/evalwv/goal-setting.html If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Christi Camper Moore, Arts Coordinator, [email protected]
REAUTHORIZATION OF ESEANational Art Education Association summary.The National Art Education Association published an excellent summary of all recent activity on the reauthorization of ESEA, describing the new bi-partisan bill as well as giving some great contextual information. NAEA has been carefully monitoring the status of activities in the US Congress relative to the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).What follows is an update regarding the status of the draft legislation from the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each chamber has now voted a version of ESEA Reauthorization out of committee for consideration by the full Senate and House of Representatives. Status of Senate Action on ESEA Reauthorization:The Senate HELP (Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ) Committee met over the course of three days this week to complete its markup of the Senate HELP Committee's new version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) entitled "Every Child Achieves Act of 2015." Led by committee chairman Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and ranking democratic committee member Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the HELP Committee unanimously passed the bi-partisan rewrite of ESEA legislation out of committee. The Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 will now move to the Senate floor for consideration, debate, and potentially a full vote by the Senate. Floor consideration is expected to take several weeks, and is tentatively scheduled for mid-May. The discussion at the hearings focused on changes, called amendments, which individual Senators serving on the HELP Committee wanted to see in the markup. In general, as the Committee met for over ten hours to discuss dozens of proposed amendments, the concerns were
primarily in these areas: Use of Title 1 funds, testing, special needs students, helping students in high poverty areas, the burden of data collection on the states, and state level authority for making decisions in education vs. the federal role. There was no discussion of the core subjects during these hearings or reinstating specific discretionary grant programs of the U.S. Department of Education which have been recommended for elimination as part of the markup, including elimination of the Arts in Education grant programs and other programs, including the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program. Recordings of the hearings from April 14, 15, 16 are available on the Senate HELP Committee website at www.help.senate.gov Within this new version of ESEA, the list of core subjects has been retained. Being a core subject legally provides the opportunity for grant applicants to include the arts in all funding programs. There have been additions to the list. The wording in this version is as follows: CORE ACADEMIC SUBJECTS.-The term 'core academic subjects' means English, reading or language arts, writing, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history, geography, computer science, music, and physical education, and any other subject as determined by the State or local educational agency.'' It is important to note that this list within federal legislation, even when/if adopted, is not a state or local mandate. Determination of core subjects at the state and local levels are up to those jurisdictions. Status of House Action on ESEA Reauthorization:On February 11, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Congressman John Kline (R-MN) passed HR5 "Student Success Act", its proposed version of ESEA Reauthorization. The full House has not taken action on the bill. This bill is significantly different than the Senate's "Every child Achieves Act." Once both houses of Congress have voted favorably for both bills a conference committee is convened to iron out the differences and result in one bill to move forward for the President to sign. EdWeek Article on the bi-partisan billEdWeek, in an excellent resource discussed what happens next as the full Senate debates the bi-partisan bill in this article. What to Expect when the Full Senate Debateshttp://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/04/22/fresh-battles-loom-when-full-senate-takes.html National Association for Music Education tracking AmendmentsAccess this detailed amendment tracker from NAfME at the address below: http://www.nafme.org/senate-esea-amendment-tracker Americans for the Arts News Link offers DetailsAfTA link; http://www.americansforthearts.org/news-room/legislative-news/senate-unanimously-passes-esea-reauthorization-out-of-committee?utm_source=MagnetMail&utm_medium=email&[email protected]&utm_content=creativity_connection_4_22_15&utm_campaign=Creativity%20Connection%3A%20April%202015 Senate resources offer archives and a summary of the billFor a summary of the bill go here: http://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/The_Every_Child_Achieves_Act_of_2015--summary.pdf
For recordings of the SENATE discussions and complete details on the final amendments go here: http://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/hearing/?id=ca9f813d-5056-a032-524a-3c725c42209a
VI. RESOURCES
MEDIA LITERACY RESOURCE As part of Pivot’s Eyes Wide Open digital and media literacy initiative, the National Association for Media Literacy Education has teamed up with the network to ensure that This Is Media is seen throughout classrooms nationwide to spark conversation about media, credibility, and privacy in a digital age. This is Media is a fresh look at our role in today’s media landscape as consumers and makers. Including compelling interviews with digital pioneers, this documentary reveals the balancing act between being connected, responsible, and private. NAMLE and Pivot are providing educators with free DVD copies of the television special as well as an accompanying classroom discussion guide that offers several ways to engage learners in asking critical questions about their own media worlds, Request a free DVD copy of This Is Media for your classroom here. For more interactive resources and to take action on the issues explored in the television special, visit www.takepart.com/eyes-wide-open
ZoomWVZoomWV, from the West Virginia Department of Education, is the state's single source for accurate, high-quality education information pertaining to students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12. http://wvde.state.wv.us/zoomwv/
WV Public Broadcasting Builds Interactive STEAM Career Videohttp://wvpublic.org/post/wvpb-builds-interactive-steam-career-videos
Annenberg Learner: Teacher Resources and professional development across the curriculumhttp://www.learner.org/
Arts Education Partnershiphttp://www.aep-arts.org/
National Arts Standardshttp:// www.nationalartsstandards.org /
Anchor standards for College and Career Readinesshttp://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/CCRA/R/
Arts Education Partnership The Arts Education Partnership (AEP) has created ArtsEdSearch.org—the nation’s first clearinghouse of research examining the mounting body of evidence on the benefits of an arts education. Drawing on the research in ArtsEdSearch, this bulletin offers a snapshot of how the arts support achievement in school, bolster skills demanded of a 21st century workforce, and
enrich the lives of young people and communities. Visit: http://www.aep-arts.org/publications-store/#id=1&cid=720&wid=401 to download or order this brochure.
Website: http://www.artsedsearch.org/
Website: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/how-to/series/arts-integration-beta/arts-integration-beta.aspx
Grant Resources:http://www.neafoundation.org/pages/grants-to-educators / http://www.donorschoose.org / http:// www.fundforteachers.org/funding-opportunities/grants-art-teachers.php http://www.artseveryday.org/Educators/detail.aspx?id=110
LINKS TO WV ARTS CONTENT STANDARDS AND OBJECTIVES Dance: http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2520.9.pdf Music: http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2520.10.pdf Theatre: http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2520.11.pdf Visual Arts: http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2520.12.pdf
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Christi Camper Moore, Ph.D.Arts CoordinatorDance. Music. Theatre. Visual ArtsOffice of Secondary Learning
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