Educator PD
Making Connections: SEL Competencies and the Arts
The arts can have a tremendous impact on social and emotional growth so arts education and integration are the perfect ways promote those competencies!
Rob Levit
Rob Levit, an acclaimed musician and artist and 2013 Innovator of the Year from the Maryland Daily Record, has created award-winning innovative "Life-Skills Through The Arts" programs for adults with mental illness, the homeless, adults in drug and alcohol recovery, youth in domestic/sexual abuse counseling, foster children, hospital patients, veterans and many more. He is currently Executive Director of Creating Communities and was the first Artist-In-Residence at Hospice of the Chesapeake, where he created and infused healing activities for the well-being of staff, families and patients. Email Rob.
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“The ART” of the Warm-Up
Using Arts Integration to create solid warm-up opportunities before the start of each class promotes creativity in the student and encourages learning!
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Strategies
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Classroom Management
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Assessment
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Resources
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Building an Arts Integrated Curriculum with Amy Zschaber
In this episode of the Teaching with Creativity Show, Amy Zschaber shares the up and down process of creating an arts integrated curriculum from scratch.
Educator PD
It Starts with Art
STEAM elevates art classes from the supporting role to the main cast, making them a subject worthy of study in their own right.
Strategies
3 Ways You Can Use Creative Movement for Classroom Management
Without classroom management, the learning environment can become chaotic.
Student Groups
Why a New District Initiative Doesn’t Mean You Have to Abandon Arts Integration
A new school initiative means change and we all know change can be scary and overwhelming.
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