Organization
Test Creative Ideas with a 90-Day Cycle
Consider a structure to Test Creative Ideas and innovations with a 90-Day Cycle of Networked Improvement.
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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Happy Happenstance! Finding New Uses for an Old Game
Once I started to think about how else this old game could be used, I found lots of possibilities.
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Unpacking the Dance Standards: Standard 7
In unpacking this dance standards we need to analyze what our students need to know, understand, and be able to do.
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The Umbrella of Inquiry: Problem, Project, and Passion-Based Learning
The umbrella of inquiry includes Inquiry-based learning, project-based learning, problem-based learning, Passion-Based Learning, where do we begin?
Strategies
I Like to Move It: Combining Gesture with Speech
Many of us unconsciously use gestures as we speak, but it turns out gesture may actually be an important aspect of language development and has implications for educators on increasing effectiveness of instruction.
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Technique, or not to Technique?
How we establish our programs, where we place the focus, & our future visions are always going to vary.
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Posting Learning Objectives: Are There Any Objections?
The objective of this post is to describe contrasting perspectives on posting learning objectives, & develop objectives that foster inquiry-based learning.
Classroom Management
Learning to Improve Fast and Implement Well
How can you improve fast, test new thinking, new ideas, and new innovations in a way to implement them well?
Strategies
Engagement: Creating Access to the Arts
Engagement - that’s a huge buzz word these days in so many industries.
Educator PD
It’s not the Change it’s the Transition
You welcome the new beginning with new energy and a new sense of purpose.
Educator PD
Refocus, Revamp, Revitalize
So once things have been established in the face of all this “newness,” how can you revamp your practice to maximize your classroom?
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