Advocacy
Social Justice & The Arts
Social justice is center stage today. As educators are job is to present facts without bias.
Jaime Patterson
About Jaime Patterson
Senior Creative Producer + Media Coordinator
Jaime enjoys producing the ArtWorks for Teachers podcast, creating social media content, and working with her colleagues to provide quality events and resources to educators across the world. Jaime resides in Hanover, Pennsylvania with her husband, their three children, a sweet (but dumb) dog named Paisley, and two cats, Skye and Finn. A steadfast advocate for the arts throughout her life, Jaime enjoys playing her flute and singing in her spare time, and recently took on the role of President of her children's high school band boosters organization.
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Classroom Management
Who’s Really At Risk?
At risk is an adjective used to describe some of our challenging students.
Classroom Management
Flexible Seating for Secondary
Flexible seating is the latest trend in classroom environment.
Assessment
Checking Prior Knowledge without the Diagnostic
We often scoff at more testing, yet we are so quick to use a traditional paper/pencil styled diagnostic test to check our students' prior knowledge.
Curriculum
A Reflection on Curriculum Design
We have spent the last six months on our Curriculum Design series where we explored the why and how of curriculum design via an Arts Appreciation.
Strategies
Week 18: Arts Appreciation Course
We are nearing the end of our six-month series where we have been exploring the why and how of curriculum design via an Arts Appreciation course.
Strategies
Week 17: Designing the Music Performance Season
The current portion of the Arts Appreciation course we are taking an in-depth look at the Music Performance unit for the Arts Appreciation course.
Strategies
Week 16: “Viewing” Music
The current portion of the Arts Appreciation course we are taking an in depth look at the Music unit and viewing music through instrumental portions.
Assessment
Putting the Performance in Performance Task
The book Putting the Performance in Performance Education provides tools to apply the arts to the common core education, so art education.
Educator PD
Week 15: The Major and Minor of Music
Moving on to Week 15, where we discuss the fundamentals, or the majors and minors of music unit.
Educator PD
Week 14: Introduction to Music
Moving on in our Arts Appreciation course, we begin our discussion on Introducing Music.
Educator PD
Week 13: Designing the Dance Performance Season
As we close out our dance unit on week 13, students should be able to show a basic understanding of dance and performances listed here in this article.
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