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Creating Buy-In for Integration
How are you creating buy-in for integration? Make the work happen.
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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Lesson Look-Fors
Arts Integration Lesson Look-Fors are an interactive checklist with the option to provide comments on each section.
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The STEAM Ed App has Arrived!
The STEAM Ed App has arrived in the Android App Market and can be downloaded TODAY.
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Lifelong Learners: The Ultimate Goal
Educators have a responsibility to keep the flame of curiosity alive so our students will be lifelong learners equipped to handle whatever comes their way.
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Pros of Getting an Online MBA
It is possible to obtain an online MBA through an interactive online learning experience.
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Creativity Isn’t Measurable
We are being asked on report cards to grade things like creativity and it just feels wrong.
Strategies
Teaching Nonfiction Content Through the Art of Story
Stories are an effective teaching tool for nonfiction content because they help make new concepts more personal, more memorable, more meaningful.
Curriculum
Teaching Persuasive Writing through Art
This lesson for grades 4-6 uses the Common Core State Standards and National Arts Standards to teach persuasive writing through art.
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Screaming for Scratch Paper
Have you ever noticed that when you administer any high-stakes test, you always receive scratch paper in your testing box?
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Fun? In School?!
While engaging in the serious work of education, yourself permission to indulge in some art-making with the pure intention of just having some serious fun!
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Content or Kids: Choosing Your Teaching Focus
One of the most enlightening discussions was around their attitude to teaching middle schoolers.
Educator PD
Graphic Details: Ideas for Designing a Unique Career
Every graphic designer has an area of design that's their specialty.
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