Strategies
Core Music Anchor Standard 8
As part of our year-long series unpacking the Core Arts Standards for General Music, today we are looking at Core Music Anchor Standard 8!
Holly Valentine
Holly Valentine is the Director of Curriculum and Assessment for the Institute for Arts Integration and Steam. Prior to joining the Institute, Holly worked as an Arts Integration and Classroom Teacher for 20 years in a suburb of Rochester, NY. She is a certified Arts Integration Specialist and has served as an Arts Standards Writer for the New York State Education Department. Holly has been a recipient of the NYC Broadway League's Apple Award for her work in Arts Education. She also serves as the Director of Education for the Rochester Broadway Theatre League, where she has created nationally recognized programs and develops standards-based curriculum for touring Broadway shows in order to bring the theatre to classrooms and classrooms to the theatre. Holly holds both a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and Psychology as well as a Masters degree in Education from Nazareth College in Rochester, NY, where she currently lives.
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Play and Maker Education create such a natural intersection.
Educator PD
SparkChasers Podcast: Connecting to Your Creative Genius
In today's episode of SparkChasers, we're investigating how to find your creative genius and use it as the fuel to reignite your classroom.
Classroom Management
Art and Teaching for Transfer
Art and Teaching for Transfer - By having students express learning through art, they can foster minds that are flexible, critical and ready to express.
Classroom Management
Foolproof Ways to Add Music to Your Classroom
Here's 3 foolproof ways to add music to your classroom that can be modified for any classroom -- without needing any musical ability.
Strategies
Practicing Procedures: Part II
Practicing procedures are essential to the structure of the classroom.
Strategies
Rooted in Inquiry: Problem Based Learning
Implementation of Project and Problem Based Learning is rooted in inquiry, fidelity to standards, and aimed at authentic student engagement.
Educator PD
SparkChasers Podcast: Scared of Your Reflection?
For the creative process to be most effective, reflection is the crucial step.
Educator PD
5 Easy Elementary Art Integration Ideas
Need some elementary art integration ideas for your elementary school?
Classroom Management
Name Ball: Helping Students to Use One Another’s Names
Having students understand the importance of using one another’s names can help them.
Strategies
Expanding Sentences with Seurat
The lesson I found, written by Bruce Stewart, uses Seurat's art to teach the skill of expanding sentences to create meaning and imagery.
Strategies
Practicing Procedures: Part I
This week we are going to take a look at some creative ideas for each of the practicing procedures listed in last weeks' article.
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