woodruff arts center educator conference session guide

Inaugural

Woodruff Arts Center

Educator confErEncE

June 3-5, 2014

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• Common Core • 21st Century Skills • Arts Integration• Earn two PLU Credits• Open to all grades & content areas.

The Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art, and Young Audiences, are thrilled

to announce a collaborative and innovative Professional Learning opportunity for Educators focused on rein-

vigorating teaching and learning through the arts. The Inaugural Woodruff Arts Center Educator Conference

will take place June 3-5, 2014 at the Woodruff Arts Center and will look at the Common Core and 21st Cen-

tury Skills all through the lens of arts integration. Attendees will have the opportunity to earn two PLU cred-

its, which are required by the Georgia Department of Education for continued education and certificate re-

newal requirements. Research-based, high-quality professional learning is the key to continuous school im-

provement, strengthening the performance and development of educators, and improving student learning

and achievement; we are excited to offer extensive professional learning opportunities all delivered through

the arts.

Each day will feature energizer speakers from across the Woodruff Arts Center and Metro Atlanta Education

scene, two hour sessions focusing on how to use art strategies to develop 21st Century Skills, Differentiated

Learning, STEAM, and Literacy/Social Studies, and offer opportunities to preview and experience the world

class art featured and produced at the Woodruff Arts Center.

Please flip through this catalog to take a look at each session that will be offered throughout the Educator

Conference. Several of our sessions will be repeated throughout the conference for the same grade levels or

scaffolded grade levels , so please take note of that! Each course is highlighted in the color of it’s focus

area— green for STEAM, purple for Literacy/Social Studies, red for Differentiated Learning, and grey for

Any Connections.

To register, please visit alliancetheatre.org/edconference or contact [email protected].

Table of Contents—Sessions during Lunch!

Grade Session Title Presenter Day Catalog Page

ALL Grades Community Canvas Lunch

Karin Mervis Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday

page 29

ALL Grades - Closed session for Current Alli-ance Theatre Partner Teach-ers

Alliance Theatre Institute for Educators & Teaching Artists Lunch

Institute for Educators & Teaching Artists Staff

Tuesday Only

page 29

Table of Contents—Sessions on Wednesday, June 4th Morning by Grade Level

Grade Session Title Presenter Focus Area Catalog

Page

K-2 Designing My Dream Car Courtney Bryant

STEAM page 10

3rd - 5th The iPad Comes Alive!: Aug-mented Reality and You

Jennifer Hey-ser

STEAM page 10

3rd - 5th Story Power: Strategies for Integrating Storytelling

Barry Stew-art Mann

Literacy/Social Studies page 10

K-5 Assess Reading Comprehen-sion in the Classroom Using Drama Strategies

Jessica Espinoza


K-5 Learning through Drama for the English Language Learner: Based on Best Prac-tices from Georgia Wolf Trap Early Learning through the Arts

Kim Baran Differentiated Learning

page 11

K-5 Un-Common Core: Teaching Literacy Standards Through Visual Art

Drew Brown & Lauren Phillips


6th-8th Redefining Craft in the Class-room

Shannon Mulkey


6th-8th No Mistakes! Tapping into a Child's Development throught the Playful Improvi-sation

Dave Hol-land

Differentiated Learning

page 12

9th-12th Bookmaking 101: Summative Assessments Never Looked So Good

Debi West Literacy/Social Studies page 12

9th-12th Material Rescue: Using De-sign to Teach Lifecycle Analy-sis and Conservation

Raja Schaar & Catherine Muller

STEAM

page 13

Table of Contents—Sessions on Wednesday, June 4th Afternoon by Grade Level


Page

K - 2 "Yes, Let's!" . . . Active En-gagement Strategies for the Classroom

Barry Stewart Mann & Jaehn Clare

Any Connec-tions page 14

3rd - 5th Using Drama to Explore Key Science Concepts

Jessica Espinoza STEAM page 14

3rd - 5th STEAM TEAMS: Working To-gether to Make the Connec-tions/STEAM Using Design

Jeff Mather &Courtney Bryant

STEAM

page 15

3rd - 12th

Dramaturgy by Students Across the Woodruff Arts Center

Kim Baran Any Connec-tions page 15

K-5 Listening, Making Infer-ences, and Storytelling Through Collaborative Com-position

Janice Crews Literacy/Social Stud-ies

page 16

K-5 Redefining Craft in the Class-room

Shannon Mulkey Literacy/Social Stud-ies

page 16

K-5 No Mistakes! Tapping into a Child's Development throught the Playful Improvi-sation

Dave Holland Differenti-ated Learn-ing

page 16

6th-8th Voices in Motion: Using Po-etry and Dance in the Class-room

Theresa Davis/Lauren T.

Literacy/Social Stud-ies

page 17

9th-12th

Artifact-Based Learning in Secondary Social Studies: How to let objects do the teaching

Esther Smith Literacy/Social Stud-ies

page 17

6th-12th

The iPad Comes Alive!: Aug-mented Reality and You

Jennifer Heyser STEAM page 18

Table of Contents—Sessions on Thursday, June 5th Morning by Grade Level


Page

K-2 Using Drama to Explore Key Science Concepts

Jessica Espinoza STEAM page 19

K - 5 Artful Reflections Darby Jones/Michele Mummert

Literacy/Social Studies

page 19

K-5 Collaboration in Music: Simple Games, Strategies, and Skill Development

Janice Crews Literacy/Social Studies page 19

K-5 Un-Common Core: Teach-ing Literacy Standards Through Visual Art

Drew Brown and Lauren Phillips


K - 5 Drumming UP Cognition! Dave Holland Differentiated Learning

page 20

K - 12 Reaching All Our Students Jaehn Clare Differentiated Learning

page 20

3rd - 12th

From the Stage to the Page: Using Drama to Move Students Through an Exploration of Writing

Ebony Tucker/Emily Yewell Volin

Any Connec-tions

page 21

6th-8th The Beautiful Enemy: Shape, Color, and Form of Cell Design

Ellen Mitchell STEAM page 21

6th-8th Arts Bots: Integrating STEAM into the Classroom

Shannon Mulkey STEAM page 21

6th-8th STEAM and Design Think-ing

Barry Stewart Mann, Jeff Mather, & Tafee Patterson

STEAM page 22

6th-12th

Collisions with Dance, Mu-sic, Visual Arts… Take Your Pick

Valetta Anderson Literacy/Social Studies page 22

6th-12th

Digital Storytelling John Doyle & Daryl Funn


page 23

Table of Contents—Sessions on Thursday, June 5th Afternoon by Grade Level


Page

K - 2 Georgia Wolf Trap Story Basket: Bringing the Story to Life

Kim Baran Literacy/Social Studies page 24

3rd - 5th

We’re All in This Together: Creating Meaning in Visual and Verbal Texts

Jennifer Heyser & Esther Smith


page 24

3rd - 5th

Peering into Paint: The Close Reading of Images

Teri Holbrook & Nicole Pourchier


page 24

3rd - 5th

STEAM and Design Thinking Barry Stewart Mann, Jeff Mather, & Tafee Patterson

STEAM

page 25

K - 5 Drumming UP Cognition! Dave Holland Differenti-ated Learning

page 25

K-5 Collaboration in Music: Sim-ple Games, Strategies, and Skill Development

Janice Crews Literacy/Social Studies

page 26

6th-8th Arts Bots: Integrating STEAM into the Classroom

Shannon Mulkey STEAM

page 26

6th-8th Assess Reading Comprehen-sion in the Classroom Using Drama Strategies

Jessica Espinoza Literacy/Social Studies

page 26

6th-12th

Artifacts, Field books, and Installations--Investigating the world Through Artistic Eyes/ Science and Aesthet-ics

Ellen Mitchell STEAM

page 27

6th-12th

Artful Reflections Darby Jones/Michele Mummert


page 27

We are so pleased to host opportunities to preview and experience the world class and award winning art

that is featured and produced at each of the Woodruff Arts Center divisions. On Tuesday, June 3rd partici-

pants will get to...

#WACEdConf2014 Tuesday June 3, 2014

Preview scenes from upcoming

Alliance Theatre productions...

Browse through the High Museum of Art’s

galleries...

Sit in on an Atlanta Symphony Orchestra open

rehearsal of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi...

And preview arts integrated perform-

ances and workshops offered in

schools by Young Audiences Teaching

Artists.

Because of these special arts experiences, we are not providing session selections for Tuesday, just enjoy all

of these special art experiences and as you dive in head first to this exciting conference!

Designing My Dream Car

Grades K—2

STEAM

The special exhibition, Dream Cars, is an exciting new show

opening at the High on May 21 and runs until September 7. Par-

ticipants taking part in this session will learn the steps in the De-

sign Process and make connections within their own classroom,

while also designing their own dream car.

Courtney Bryant

The iPad Comes Alive!: Augmented Reality and You

Grades 3—5

STEAM

Imagine a student holding a tablet in front of a series of famous paint-

ings. On each painting, something comes to life - sound, animation, or

a pop-up fact linking the painting to historical world events. Students

will learn what augmented reality is, become familiar with several aug-

mented reality apps, and create their own augmented reality that they

can use in their classrooms.

Jennifer Heyser

Barry Stewart Mann

Story Power: Strategies for Integrating Storytelling

Grades 3—5


Everyone loves stories - it's how we communicate. In this workshop, we'll

explore the power of storytelling for student engagement, curriculum en-

hancement, literacy, and cultural awareness. We will use a simple process to

learn a story and share it with a peer or small group; identify different types

of stories; and then explore and work with a collection of specific strategies

for integrating storytelling into classroom practice - for enhancing all of the

Language Arts (reading, writing, speaking and listening): for introducing, re-

inforcing, and reviewing classroom content; and for establishing and sup-

porting classroom culture and interpersonal connections.

#WACEdConf2014 Wednesday June 4, 2014 Morning

*All sessions are aligned to Common Core State Standards


Jessica Espinoza

Assess Reading Comprehension in the Classroom Using Drama

Strategies

Grades K—5


This workshop presents drama strategies that can be used to explore key

K– 2nd grade science concepts. In this workshop, Life Science and Physi-

cal Science lessons will be explored using role-playing, tableau, improvi-

sation, and pantomime. Participants will learn effective strategies that

are sure to keep your students engaged and on the edge of their seat

when learning all about science in your classroom!

Learning through Drama for the English Language Learner: Based on Best

Practices from Georgia Wolf Trap Early Learning through the Arts

Grades K—5


This interactive session will explore the drama strategies developed during

the 3 year Georgia Wolf Trap ELL Arts Model Grant. The Power Point used

during the grant dissemination process will be the guide for the 2 hour ses-

sion, as the participants interact with the vetted drama and teaching

strategies. The research derived from the project will be presented to un-

derscore the success of the GA Wolf Trap methods used. Kim Bowers-Rheay Baran

Un-Common Core: Teaching Literacy Standards Through Visual Art

Grades K—5


This hands-on workshop will explore connecting the Common Core

Anchor Literacy Standards with visual arts lessons. A variety of art-

works from folk art to contemporary will inspire the work to include

ceramics, drawing and printmaking. Visit each station and take

home ideas for 3 very different and exciting lessons! You will leave

this workshop with ideas for differentiation to help guide your future

strategies. Drew Brown (not pictured) &

Lauren Phillips


No Mistakes! Tapping into a Child’s Development through Playful Im-

provisation

Grades 6—8


Creating an environment where a student can freely explore the possi-

bilities of a particular subject matter without the fear of making mis-

takes has been shown to build both cognitive development, problem

solving strategies, and a students’ self esteem. Improvisation is a pow-

erful tool in helping a child consider several options before reaching a

conclusion. This workshop presents easy to facilitate rhythm & theatre

games designed to stimulate discussion, discover and reflection in the

classroom. Dave Holland

Debi West

Bookmaking 101: Summative Assessments Never Looked So Good

Grades 9—12


Participants will learn to use simple bookmaking techniques to showcase the

authentic learning of specific units taught through a semester. This is arts

integration at its best - math, literacy and the visual arts unite to create

meaningful art that speaks loudly!


Redefining Craft in the Classroom

Grades 6—8


This session will follow the thread of Craft through American history to the resurgence the contemporary

craft/maker movements. Craft offers a tangible approach to history and culture enriching community and

experience. This first part of this session will begin with the early American craft traditions, touching on folk

and outsider art and ending with the resurgence of the contemporary craft/maker movement. How is this

relevant in your classroom? What can craft teach us about our history and culture? How can you incorporate

craft in your classroom?

Facilitator: Shannon Mulkey (not pictured)



Material Rescue: Using Design to Teach Lifecycle Analysis & Conservation

Grades 9—12

STEAM

In this hands-on making workshop, presenters will introduce the principles of

design and sustainability and cradle-to-cradle material lifecycle. Participants

will conceptualize and prototype a new "product" made from discarded, re-

purposed, recycled, found or locally-sourced materials. The aim of this pro-

ject is to create a second life for the discarded materials and/or products.

How can our understanding of product lifecycle inform our use of materials?

How could the design of "new" things evolve to create a truly sustainable

economic system? This is a creative experiment centering on experimenta-

tion, originality and risk. Participants will be challenged to think about the

social, environmental, and economic impact of design.


This completes our listings for Wednesday June 4, 2014 morning sessions. These

sessions will take place from 10:00am—12:00pm. Please note, several of our ses-

sions will be repeated throughout the conference for the same grade levels or

scaffolded grade levels .

Raja Schaar & Catherine

Muller (not pictured)

"Yes, Let's!" . . . Active Engagement Strategies for the Classroom

Grades K—2

Any Connections

Learning should be engaging throughout the day. Join us as we'll borrow from drama practice and theatre

games to explore four specific active engagement strategies - warm-ups, sociometrics, characterization,

and statue/tableau - and their applications across classroom culture. We'll present and model each, and

then further develop how they can be integrated into curriculum content, class routines, brainstorming, as-

sessment, reflection, and classroom management. You'll experience the strategies and develop ideas for

specific application in your own practice to more deeply engage students through action, movement, imagi-

nation, and social interaction.

Barry Stewart Mann & Jaehn Clare

#WACEdConf2014 Wednesday June 4, 2014 Afternoon

Jessica Espinoza

Using Drama to Explore Key Science Concepts Grades 3—5 STEAM This workshop presents drama strategies that can be used to explore key K- 2nd grade science concepts. In this workshop, Life Science and Physi-cal Science lessons will be explored using role-playing, tableau, improvi-sation, and pantomime. Participants will learn effective drama strategies that are sure to keep your students engaged and on the edge of their seat when learning all about science in your classroom!



Dramaturgy Across the Woodruff Arts Center

Grades 3—12


The Alliance Theatre Institute's Dramaturgy by Students program is a real

world program in which students are the dramaturgs for an Alliance Thea-

tre production. (Dramaturgy represents the research and development

arm of theatre, as well as the intellectual activity around any given produc-

tion or theatrical work.) Part of the work of a dramaturg is to prepare the

audience to see the play through research of the history, topics, themes,

etc. and presenting this in playbill articles, lobby boards and exhibits for

audience viewing before and after the play. This workshop will provide

practical tools and strategies for the participants to use with their own stu-

dents so the students can prepare their peers to attend an ASO concert,

view an exhibit at the High Museum or experience a Young Audiences per-

formance at their school. With the students as 'experts' through research,

they will create their own lobby boards, articles, or other information shar-

ing ideas that make the art experience more personal and vibrant for the

entire school community. Kim Bowers-Rheay Baran

STEAM TEAMS: Working Together to Make the Connections/STEAM Using Design

Grades 3—5

STEAM

This session will be a hands-on workshop to design project-based learning curriculum that uses Design

Thinking strategies to make connections between the STEAM subject areas. STEAM team teachers and stu-

dents will use iPads during the design process to collaborate on designs for environmental art projects. Spe-

cifically, participants in this session will experience how 21st Century Skills are built through the following

STEAM connections projects:

Ways of thinking: Creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making and learning

Ways of working: Communication and

collaboration

Tools for working: Information and com-

munications technology (ICT) and infor-

mation literacy

Jeff Mather & Courtney Bryant


Listening, Making Inferences, and Storytelling Through Collabo-

rative Composition

Grades K—5


How can students collaborate to explore both music and litera-

ture? In this session, participants will explore simple Active Listen-

ing strategies that can be applied directly to making inferences

and reading comprehension. Engage in fun and easy hands-on

rhythm games and learn simple tools for teaching introductory

composition, even with no music background. Analyze, summa-

rize, and retell a story using simple rhythmic motives. Walk away

with clear outlines for your next bell-ringer and group project.

No music background is necessary.


Redefining Craft in the Classroom

Grades K—5


Redefining Craft in the classroom Incorporating early American craft traditions, American folk art, and the

contemporary craft/maker movement. This session will follow the thread of Craft through American history

to the resurgence the contemporary craft/maker movements. Craft offers a tangible approach to history

and culture enriching community and experience.


No Mistakes! Tapping into a Child’s Development through Playful Im-

provisation

Grades K—5


Creating an environment where a student can freely explore the possi-

bilities of a particular subject matter without the fear of making mis-

takes has been shown to build both cognitive development, problem

solving strategies, and a students’ self esteem. Improvisation is a pow-

erful tool in helping a child consider several options before reaching a

conclusion. This workshop presents easy to facilitate rhythm & theatre

games designed to stimulate discussion, discover and reflection in the

classroom. Dave Holland


Janice Crews


Artifact-Based Learning in Secondary Social Studies: How to Let Ob-

jects Do the Teaching

Grades 9—12


Focusing on the High’s decorative art collection, we'll explore how art

objects are also historical artifacts that can bring the past alive for our

students. We'll learn ways to bring artifacts into our teaching, and

we'll focus on forming good questions to springboard student inquiry.

We'll see how artifact-based teaching addresses the Literacy in Social

Studies portion of the CCGPS as well as a variety of History standards

and Information Processing skills in the GPS. Techniques in this work-

shop will also help teachers address the Core Subjects and 21st Cen-

tury Themes and Life and Career Skills portions of the 21st Century

Skills.

Voices in Motion: Using Poetry and Dance in the Classroom Grades 6—8


In this workshop, participants will study a High Museum Art Exhibit piece and using a visual response will

create a poem about where they are from and how they fit into the art. They will use personal narrative po-

etry to find connections within the art piece and their own experiences. Participants will return to a dance

space and create a living vocabulary from their individual poems. Participants will then develop movement

from vocabulary and movement phrases. If time allows, movement phrases can be linked together for one

final collaborative piece.

Theresa Davis & Laurin Trudeau-Dunleavy

Esther Smith



The iPad Comes Alive!: Augmented Reality and You

Grades 6—12

STEAM

Imagine a student holding a tablet in front of a series of famous paint-

ings. On each painting, something comes to life - sound, animation, or

a pop-up fact linking the painting to historical world events. Students

will learn what augmented reality is, become familiar with several aug-

mented reality apps, and create their own augmented reality that they

can use in their classrooms.

Jennifer Heyser


This completes our listings for Wednesday June 4, 2014 afternoon sessions.

These sessions will take place from 1:00pm—3:00pm. Please note, several of our

sessions will be repeated throughout the conference for the same grade levels or


#WACEdConf2014 Thursday June 5, 2014 Morning

Jessica Espinoza

Using Drama to Explore Key Science Concepts Grades K—2 STEAM This workshop presents drama strategies that can be used to explore key 3rd- 5th grade science concepts. In this workshop, Life Science and Physical Science lessons will be explored using role-playing, tableau, im-provisation, and pantomime. Participants will learn effective drama strategies that are sure to keep your students engaged and on the edge of their seat when learning all about science in your classroom!

Collaboration in Music: Simple Games, Strategies, and Skill Development

Grades K—5


Lead your students to discover what collaboration really is through expe-

riential learning. In this session, educators will explore simple hands-on

strategies for teaching collaboration skills using music and the art of play,

with direct ties to literacy and storytelling. Participants will identify the

many characteristics of collaboration through games that inspire the

creation of pattern, structured sentences, and poetry. Adaptations can

be made for almost any curriculum. No music background is necessary.

Michele Mummert

& Darby Jones

Artful Reflections

Grades K—5


This session will introduce participants to the world of Artful

Thinking, VTS, Inquiry-based questioning strategies will pro-

mote engagement with theatre and visual subject matter cen-

tered around pieces in the permanent collection at HMA and

scripts as texts and scene work from the Alliance Theatre. Fo-

cus will be placed on utilization of these strategies to address/

reinforce standards in College and Career Readiness and ELA

Common Core Standards.


Janice Crews


Drumming UP Cognition!

Grades K—5


Discover the latest research, hear powerful case studies and experience

hands-on activities designed to help boost your students’ cognitive de-

velopment. This session explores a variety of ways in which interactive

rhythm can be effectively integrated into the classroom to create more

conscious awareness and a deeper connection to learning objectives and

curriculum standards. Session to include rhythm games, kinesthetic

movement activities and strategies for effective processing and reflec-

tion. Dave Holland


Un-Common Core: Teaching Literacy Standards Through Visual Art

Grades K—5


This hands-on workshop will explore connecting the Common Core

Anchor Literacy Standards with visual arts lessons. A variety of art-

works from folk art to contemporary will inspire the work to include

ceramics, drawing and printmaking. Visit each station and take

home ideas for 3 very different and exciting lessons! You will leave

this workshop with ideas for differentiation to help guide your future

strategies. Drew Brown (not pictured) &

Lauren Phillips

Reaching All Our Students

Grades K—12


This session is designed to introduce participants to the conceptual

framework of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), a set of principles for

curriculum development that give all individuals equal opportunities to

learn. UDL provides a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods,

materials, and assessments that work for everyone - not a single, one-

size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be custom-

ized and adjusted for individual needs. Jaehn Clare


From the Stage to the Page: Using Drama to Move Stu-

dents Through an Exploration of Writing

Grades 3—12

Any Connections

The purpose of the session is to demonstrate how a

drama and movement techniques can be used to ex-

plore writing in various subjects. Landforms and Sci-

ence will be the topics of focus during the session with

emphasis on how the techniques can be applied to

other content areas. Ebony Tucker & Emily Yewell Volin


The Beautiful Enemy: Shape, Color, and Form of Cell Design Grades 6—8

STEAM

In this session, participants will make connections between geometry,

life science, and visual art, all connecting to the High’s permanent collec-

tion. We will examine the physical elements of human cells and their

purposes with a study of cell mutations from healthy to diseased. Water-

color, the computer program Screen Cast, and writing will all be explored

in this exciting STEAM workshop for middle school teachers.

Ellen Mitchell

Art Bots : Integrating STEAM Into the Classroom Grades 6—8

STEAM

Designing and making Artbots combines innovation, creative thinking, engineering, and electronics. Art-

bots can be a doorway to basic engineering and design skills, as well as the development of troubleshooting

and problem solving strategies. Designing robots encourages tinkering, prototyping, and trial-and-error in

individual or collaborative settings.



Collisions with Dance, Music, Visual Arts… Take Your Pick

Grades 6—12


For grades 6-12 HS-MS Collision Plus can be adapted for whatever art form

the students have attended. In this workshop ELA students have attended

an ASO symphonic (non lyrical) performance. Returning to school, they are

to work in groups of 4 to 5 and write their interpretation of the piece,

theme, setting, characters, conflict and resolution. Using Professional

Theatre Pedagogy, each student group creates a five to ten minute play

that presents their dramatization of the music’s story with characters, dia-

logue, conflict, and resolution.

Valetta Anderson

STEAM and Design Thinking

Grades 6—8

STEAM

Participants will learn about the Engineering Design Process and apply it to a curricular topic from their

practice, through the guidance of three diverse Woodruff Arts Center artists. We will begin with presenta-

tion of an example of a STEAM project in action. We will introduce the idea of a ‘trigger’ – a guiding con-

cept, principle or phenomenon that crosses disciplines and content areas (e.g., ‘flow’, ‘balance’ or ‘tension’)

and sparks connections among them. We will provide insights from the STEAM conferences that we at-

tended, as representatives of Young Audiences, to share perspectives on how STEAM is taking shape across

the country. Most of the session will then be devoted hands-on brainstorming and design, allowing partici-

pants to apply Design Thinking in developing STEAM units and projects collaboratively (by grade, subject or

other commonality) with the facilitators and fellow attendees.

Barry Stewart Mann,

Jeff Mather, &

Tafee Patterson



This completes our listings for Thursday June 5, 2014 morning sessions. These

sessions will take place from 10:00am—12:00pm. Please note, several of our ses-




Digital Storytelling

Grades 6—12


Using technology readily available to them including smart phones, teachers can make a digital story re-

sponding to one of the arts disciplines presented on Day 1 of the Woodruff Arts Center Educator Confer-

ence. Teachers will embody the process and experience the deepening of their visual articulation of the

work of art they have chosen, just as their students

would during a trip to the High or the ASO or Alliance

Theatre or their Social Science or other curriculum

disciplines. Teachers will also learn writing exercises

and writing prompts that can be used in their class-

room.

John Doyle & Daryl Funn

#WACEdConf2014 Thursday June 5, 2014 Afternoon

Georgia Wolf Trap Early Learning through the Arts Story Basket: Bringing

the Story to Life

Grades K—2


Bring stories to life using this dynamic Wolf Trap strategy that combines

representative objects, pictures, manipulatives and creative drama to in-

troduce story elements and storytelling to K-2nd grade students.

Kim Bowers-Rheay Baran

Jennifer Heyser & Esther Smith

We’re All in This Together: Creating Meaning in Visual and Verbal

Texts

Grades 3—5


How can reading strengthen my students’ art mak-

ing? How does Art help my students grow as writ-

ers? Using everything from museum masterpieces

to iPads, we’ll see how art teachers and classroom

teachers can support one another in elementary

school. Participants will learn how to guide their

students in “reading art” as well as writing unique

and new artists’ statements. We’ll explore how

metacognitive strategies apply in meaning-making of visual texts

and verbal texts. Teachers will also try out digital resources for

sparking student writing. New techniques and lesson ideas will

remain curriculum-tied with a keen emphasis on practicality.


Peering into Paint: The Close Reading of Images

Grades 3—5


In this session, participants will take up the concept of “close reading” described in the Common Core read-

ing standards. We will explore “raw voice” poems and create a “voice symphony” that includes repetition,

tones, and pacing. Art making a focus on the High’s permanent collection will be included in this exciting

literacy workshop for upper elementary school teachers.

Facilitated by: Teri Holbrook & Nicole Pourchier


STEAM and Design Thinking

Grades 3—5

STEAM

Participants will learn about the Engineering Design Process and apply it to a curricular topic from their

practice, through the guidance of three diverse Woodruff Arts Center artists. We will begin with presenta-

tion of an example of a STEAM project in action. We will introduce the idea of a ‘trigger’ – a guiding con-

cept, principle or phenomenon that crosses disciplines and content areas (e.g., ‘flow’, ‘balance’ or ‘tension’)

and sparks connections among them. We will provide insights from the STEAM conferences that we at-

tended, as representatives of Young Audiences, to share perspectives on how STEAM is taking shape across

the country. Most of the session will then be devoted hands-on brainstorming and design, allowing partici-

pants to apply Design Thinking in developing STEAM units and projects collaboratively (by grade, subject or

other commonality) with the facilitators and fellow attendees.

Barry Stewart Mann,

Jeff Mather, &

Tafee Patterson

Drumming UP Cognition!

Grades K—5


Discover the latest research, hear powerful case studies and experience

hands-on activities designed to help boost your students’ cognitive de-

velopment. This session explores a variety of ways in which interactive

rhythm can be effectively integrated into the classroom to create more

conscious awareness and a deeper connection to learning objectives and

curriculum standards. Session to include rhythm games, kinesthetic

movement activities and strategies for effective processing and reflec-

tion.

Dave Holland



Art Bots : Integrating STEAM Into the Classroom Grades 6—8

STEAM

Designing and making Artbots combines innovation, creative thinking, engineering, and electronics. Art-

bots can be a doorway to basic engineering and design skills, as well as the development of troubleshooting

and problem solving strategies. Designing robots encourages tinkering, prototyping, and trial-and-error in

individual or collaborative settings.

Facilitated by: Shannon Mulkey


Collaboration in Music: Simple Games, Strategies, and Skill Develop-

ment

Grades K—5


Lead your students to discover what collaboration really is through

experiential learning. In this session, educators will explore simple

hands-on strategies for teaching collaboration skills using music and

the art of play, with direct ties to literacy and storytelling. Partici-

pants will identify the many characteristics of collaboration through

games that inspire the creation of pattern, structured sentences, and

poetry. Adaptations can be made for almost any curriculum. No mu-

sic background is necessary. Janice Crews

Jessica Espinoza

Assess Reading Comprehension in the Classroom Using Drama

Strategies

Grades 6—8


Participants will explore the components that make up a meaningful for-

mative assessment using drama by participating in various drama activa-

tions where this can be modeled. The purpose is for the teacher to re-

ceive drama strategies that can be implemented in the reading class-

room. These strategies can serve as formative assessment measures.

Teachers will leave this workshop with knowledge on how to effectively

assess students for understanding using drama strategies. Concrete

measures for authentic assessment will be shared including anecdotal

notes, rubrics, samples of student work, and effective questioning tech-

niques.



Artifacts, Field books, and Installations--Investigating the

world Through Artistic Eyes/ Science and Aesthetics

Grades 6—12

STEAM

Exploring the High’s contemporary and folk art collections,

participants will investigate earth, life, and physical science

topics by discovering the art of field book drawings and instal-

lation.

Ellen Mitchell

Michele Mummert & Darby Jones

Artful Reflections

Grades K—5


This session will introduce participants to the world of

Artful Thinking, VTS, Inquiry-based questioning

strategies will promote engagement with theatre and

visual subject matter centered around pieces in the

permanent collection at HMA and scripts as texts and

scene work from the Alliance Theatre. Focus will be

placed on utilization of these strategies to address/

reinforce standards in College and Career Readiness

and ELA Common Core Standards.



This completes our listings for Thursday June 5, 2014 afternoon sessions. These

sessions will take place from 1:00pm—3:00pm. Please note, several of our ses-



#WACEdConf2014 Lunch Sessions


Community Canvas Lunch

All Grades

This session is open to everyone and will be happening Tuesday,

Wednesday, and Thursday at lunch time.

Karin Mervis will lead lunchtime drop in sessions for participants on

all three days of the conference. Participants will collaborate on a

Community Canvas and in the process will learn fundamental prin-

ciples and elements of art and design such as color theory, line,

shape and texture. Karin will show participants how to enrich their

composition with a fascinating variety of tools, materials and tech-

niques including acrylic gel mediums, additives (pencil shavings,

glitter, sand, sequence), sgraffito, impasto and resist methods.

Karin will also discuss the pertinence of this type of work to a vari-

ety of curriculum topics and the Common Core. The finished piece

will be awarded to one of the participants’ schools by way of a raf-

fle. Karin Mervis

Alliance Theatre Institute for Educators & Teaching Artists Lunch

This is a session that is required of current Institute partner teachers and Alliance Theatre Institute

Teaching Artists

During this session, Institute partner teachers will begin planning their 2014-2015 residencies by meeting

their teaching artists, schedule initial planning meetings, book field trips, and begin to look at their partner-

ship for the coming year!

This completes our listings for the Inaugural Woodruff Arts Center Educator Confer-

ence. If you have any questions about anything you’ve seen or would like to register

for the conference, please visit www.alliancetheatre.org/edconference or email

[email protected]. We look forward to learning with you.

Don’t forget to use the hashtag #WACEdConf2014 when you join us this summer!

woodruff arts center educator conference session guide

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