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Changing Brains to Foster Success
Change thinking sounds off-putting but to change students thinking, we foster their brains for success.
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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Student Groups
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Learn how to integrate the arts! Get an arts integration specialist certification through IAS.
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Assessment
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A way to incorporate the excitement of Valentine’s Day, while modeling compassion and integrating fine art techniques.
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We're sharing 20 contemporary black artists from visual art, music, dance, and theatre that you can use in your classroom to integrate your content.
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Need an effective instructional arts based strategy for students?
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