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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Writing Assessments that Encourage Critical Thinking
This week I am working on composing a midterm for my students, but I want it to be valuable and I want it to encourage critical thinking.
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Standard 2: Lessons & Assessments
Anchor standard 2, Lessons & Assessments focuses on the artistic process of creating with the component of planning.
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CCSS & Dance: Using the Common Core Standards to inspire Dance Literacy
The use of the Common Core ELA standards can greatly foster dance literacy.
Strategies
Standard 1: Lessons & Assessments
Today starts the first of an 11-part series that will breakdown and analyze each standard, and provide lesson seed, samples, lessons and assessments.
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Master Class Preview: Writing Performance Tasks
This November I will be holding a master class on Common Core Assessments, specifically writing performance tasks for the arts.
Strategies
Is Dance Just for the Elite?
We need to ensure that dance is a reality for all students, no matter where they came from, where their going, or what disabilities they have.
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The New Arts Standards*
So now that we have seen the new arts standards, how do they translate into workable lessons for the studio?
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Dance Teacher Evaluation
Dance Teacher Evaluation - Last month I attended and presented at NDEO’s (National Dance Education Organization) Charting the Course: Approaches to Teacher.
Assessment
Creating Your Own SBAC Styled Performance Task
The new Common Core assessments still involve the traditional multiple choice, but have now added constructed response and a performance task.
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The Gist of the SBAC Performance Task
So now that we know a little about the SBAC performance task, how can we create some for our own classrooms?
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