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Holly Olszewski Leave a Comment

In a time when our communities are scattered and ‘socially distanced’ building connections with students both teacher to student, as well as helping students build connections with each other can seem an insurmountable challenge. When...

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment Back to School, Better Together in the Arts, MI-CSS. MAEIA Arts Lounge, Remote Learning

In preparation for Fall 2020, as MAEIA’s Professional Learning Director, I met with two arts educators who have spent the last six years teaching with the Michigan...

Heidi Rhodes Leave a Comment Back to School, collaboration, dance, MAEIA, music, Online Learning, theatre, visual arts

In preparing ourselves as educators for this [input your own adjective here] school year, it is so critical for us to not become an island. More than ever, we must lean on one...

Heidi Rhodes Leave a Comment

These are surreal and uncertain times for educators, to say the least. If you are like me, there are thoughts and scenarios running through your head regarding what this future school year will look like (...

Joni Starr Leave a Comment Anti-racist, Black Lives Matter, MAEIA assessment

To read the first in this two part series see the July 8 blog post. Read Dr. Rolling’s ...

Joni Starr Leave a Comment Anti-racist, Black Lives Matter, Joni Starr, National Arts Education Association

Over my career as a theatre practitioner and educator, I have heard and also said many times that theatre is a reflection of the human condition. So wow! Now, in this time of civil turmoil...

Rebecca Arndt Leave a Comment COVID-19, MAEIA, Remote Learning

For the last 20 years I have had the pleasure of teaching elementary general music grades K-5. Every year it seems that we are being asked to add more into our instruction even though it may...

Joni Starr Leave a Comment dance, Formative Assessment, music, Students, theatre

At this time of COVID 19 and the breakneck speed of shifts to online learning, I want to discuss the use of formative assessment. Michigan uses this definition of formative assessment within its

Colleen Shoup Leave a Comment Colleen Shoup, COVID-19, dance, MAEIA, Remote Learning, Theater, visual arts

“Can we do clay…….Pleeeeease?”  This was a question from one of my 4th grade art students during our first Zoom meeting for Remote Learning-Art.  “Uhhhh, no?” was my response. Unfortunately, when our school district...

Heather Vaughan-Southard, Joni Starr, Amy Pobanz, Cathy DePentu Leave a Comment dance, music, Online Learning, Online Teaching, Performance Assessment, theatre, visual arts

As stated before, we find ourselves in unprecedented times and with the possibility of adapting your teaching to online platforms, we at MAEIA are here for you. In a previous posting we asked educators to...