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Dyan Branstetter

Dyan is a fifth grade teacher in a public school district in Lancaster, PA and has over 16 years of classroom experience. With a Masters of Science Education and a passion for dance and music, she strives to integrate the arts into the curriculum whenever possible. Dyan has a background in teaching advanced learners, and is devoted to using project based learning to help her students achieve 21st century learning skills and master the PA Core Standards.

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Approaches

Earn Some Extra Cash for your Class

Have no fear! Your ideas don't have to be shuttered - there are fantastic new ways that you can get the artful funding you need to pay for the projects.

Approaches

How Rich Are You?

There are some easy ways we can all discover our true wealth management measure and invest in strategies that will bring us even more richness.

Organization

Mantras for Sanity

"Baby steps” combined with “keep it simple” have proved to be useful mantras when my enthusiasm overrides my reason and human limitations.

Organization

Who Exactly Does the Integrating?

WHO exactly does the integrating? arts integration lesson is one where the content and fine arts standards are being taught and assessed equitably.

Assessment

Write Like an Artist!

Have you tried using artist statements as assessments in your classroom?

Curriculum

The Performing Arts of Early Childhood

Early Childhood Curriculum Terms Map, which connects terms found in the Pre-K and Kindergarten Curriculum with natural connections to the performing arts.

Educator PD

Attention to Detail

I was working with a team of elementary teachers to develop a series of arts integrated writing activities that would provide students a targeted practice.

Educator PD

Preparing Students for Changing Careers

Career-based education in the next few years, as more stakeholders begin to realize that we are no longer preparing students for a single, lifelong job.

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