Professional Development
All teachers need professional development. Why not make it meaningful to your individual teaching practice? In this area, you'll find a wide variety of ways you can keep your own creative juices flowing. Be sure to dig into the subtopics for more specific PD opportunities.
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Following Your North Star
I look at what I have been doing with my students the last few weeks I realize that I have lost sight of my North Star.
Strategies
Thinker? Optimizer? Adventurer?
Thinker, Optimizer, Adventurer. When studying the three profiles, keep in mind - no category is inherently better than another, each has strengths.
Strategies
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.
Strategies
Teaching ELA and Core Arts Standards Through Music
Here are some lesson seeds that outline some ways that Peter and the Wolf can be connected to teaching ELA standards.
Resources
Make Up Your Mind To Be A Luminary
Where does the drive to become a luminary come from - to make a lasting difference, to be selfless, to be so creative and to be so free?
Resources
Progress Through Equity
Many of my fondest classroom teaching memories involve the arts, visual & performing.
Resources
Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted
Not everything that counts can be counted. Congratulations!
Curriculum
Mapping Core Arts Connections
I thought about what I got out of my mapping core arts marathon.
Educator PD
Happy Birthday to Me: The Natural Integration of Arts and Life
Because whenever people want to celebrate, they turn to the arts.
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.
Strategies
5 Signs of a Dysfunctional Classroom
I saw some classrooms where learning had stagnated and the students weren't responding well.
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