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Dolph Petris

Dolph holds a Bachelors of Science, Product Design from Art Center College of Design and a Masters degree in Education. He has spent most of his teaching career as a 6th grade teacher in the elementary school setting with a focus on Gifted and Talented Education and is currently teaching a 5/6 combo in Fullerton, California. He and his wife have several four-legged kids: Bonnie and Clyde, Golden Retriever litter-mates, a street-rescued stray that looks like ‘Benji’ named Noel, Athena the cat, and two American Quarter horses.

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Highlighters for Success

How do you celebrate people for their accomplishments and shine a spotlight on why they are valuable?

Strategies

Through Which Lens are You Looking?

Ideally, when teaching an Arts Integrated lesson, you are looking through lens at the same time for the art and for your other focus content area.

Approaches

The Rigor of Play

There is rigor of play, just as there is rigor in the arts.

Educator PD

The Art of Summarizing

Noticing how well Arts Integration strategies support Common Core: they actually fit like a glove!

Actor's Toolbox Script, The Institute
Strategies

Actor’s Toolbox Script

Today, we're sharing a script that you can use with students as you move through the Actor’s Toolbox.

Educator PD

Jumpstart Your Lessons with Artful Thinking

Teaching with the Artful Thinking routines is my #1 go-to technique for engaging and motivating students and for jumpstarting an arts integration lesson.

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