Strategies
Formula Elements: smART Ideas Strategy
Use the Formula Elements Strategy to bring the dance elements of body, space, energy and time into your lessons.
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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Are You Wounding Artists or Fostering Them?
Years ago I read a book about how to teach children to draw.
Classroom Management
Escape Room for Educators
Try something new as a staff and discover the fun in escape room team building!
Educator PD
Endangered Species Infographic PBL Lesson
In this Endangered Species Infographic PBL Lesson, I will outline how, as a school community, we can make a difference and bring awareness.
Curriculum
Hologram Art STEAM Lesson
In this new middle school STEAM lesson, we are focusing on the connections between science and art through using a hologram.
Resources
Design Thinking: Game Challenge
The challenge was to create an original game using design thinking.
Educator PD
So Your Work Is Your Life
I hear so much about having a work/life balance so I try to make myself stop working.
Curriculum
Base Ten Buildings – A STEAM Activity
To help students master the crucial concept of base ten buildings, I like to have my students practice with these blocks to develop their number sense.
Classroom Management
The Power of Mistakes: Creating a Classroom Environment
Classroom environment is important and mistakes are crucial to growth.
Advocacy
Back to Zen with Dan Tricarico
Over the past year, Dan Tricarico and @K12ArtChat have been trading wonderful like-minded tweets and it’s been lovely getting to know him.
Resources
Setting and Reaching Your Goals
The first thing to consider when reaching your goals is to make sure it's realistic.
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