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Cheryl Poole Leave a Comment assessment writing, Cheryl L. Poole, collaboration, creation, dance, music, new skills, theatre, visual arts

Cheryl L. Poole is an educator with more than 40 years of experience in visual arts, museum administration and facilitating professional learning. She has had the honor of working with educators in the MAEIA project...

Tammi Browning Leave a Comment arthur l. costa, arts education, assessment items, ben kallick, Curriculum 21, curriculum mapping, grant wiggings, Habits of Mind, heidi hayes jacobs, jay mctighe, MAEIA Leadership Fellows, reflection, Tammi Browning, transferable skills

Reading mission statements of school districts all over America, I find a universal educational purpose they seek to attain: To equip students with the skills necessary to reach their maximum potential in becoming self-sufficient, contributing...

Margaret Thiele Leave a Comment arts assessment items, arts assessments, arts education, MAEIA Leadership Fellow, Margaret Thiele, music education, performance tasks

Last year I participated in the field-testing for the MAEIA Assessments for elementary music. In that role my focus was on the assessments themselves, the length of time it took to administer them, if they...

Cheryl Poole Leave a Comment arts assessment, arts education, blueprint, cheryl poole, MAEIA history, MAEIA Leadership Fellows, MCACA, PA 173, performance events, performance tasks, program review tool

Cheryl L. Poole is an educator with more than 40 years of experience in visual arts, museum administration and facilitating professional learning. She has had the pleasure of working with educators in the MAEIA...

Carrie Jeruzal Leave a Comment arts assessment, arts education, bundling assessments, Carrie Jeruzal, chunking, data collection, educator effectiveness, student growth, teacher evaluation, visual arts

Navigating the world of assessment can be daunting, especially assessment in the arts.  Arts assessments come in a variety of forms, all dependent upon a variety of factors:  resources available, specific arts discipline, grade level,...

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment critical discourse, Critical Response Process, dance, Demonstrating Educator Effectiveness, educator evaluation, educator observation, evaluation, feedback, Liz Lerman, MAEIA Assessment Items, music, response items, The Dance Exchange, theatre, visual arts

Quality feedback is key to progress for students and educators. Developing a method which inspires the recipient to get back to work can be difficult, especially in the age of standardization and fast-paced school and...

Cynthia Clingman Leave a Comment Beverly Cleary, Cynthia Clingman, DEAR, Drop Everything and Read, Kent Intermediate School District, Leadership Fellows, Liz Andrews, MAEIA, professional development, professional learning, webinars

The MAEIA Leadership Fellows present general and specialized professional learning presentations to educators, administrators, and community organizations who interact with K-12 schools. Below, Cynthia Clingman outlines what is was like developing her...

Elizabeth Andrews Leave a Comment arts assessment, arts education, arts integration, authentic assessment, blueprint, Cynthia Clingman, Leadership Fellows, Liz Andrews, MAEIA, performance events, performance tasks, professional development, professional learning, program review tool, virtual sessions, webinars

The MAEIA Leadership Fellows work individually and collaboratively to create and present professional learning on the use of MAEIA resources in face-to-face and webinar formats. For some presenters, virtual sessions are new formats which lead...

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment arts integration, Beth Post, Carrie Jeruzal, Cathy DePentu, Cecila Gollan, Cindy Swan-Eagan, Cynthia Clingman, dance, Debra Henning, face-to-face presentations, Hedy Blatt, Holly Olszewski, James Mobley, Liz Andrews, MAEIA Fellows, MAIEA resources, Margaret Theile, MCACA, Michigan Arts and Cultural Affairs, Michigan Department of Education, music, professional development, Rebecca Arndt, special needs, Tammi Browning, theatre, visual arts, webinars

The MAEIA project, with generous support from the Michigan Council on Arts and Cultural Affairs and the Michigan Department of Education, assists school districts, buildings, educators,...

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment artists, arts education, broadway, dance, dancers, education, hyperallergic, music, podcasts, professional artists, professional choreographers, professional musicians, theatre, visual artists, visual arts

Podcasts are taking the world by storm and since spring break is here or near, try out the following podcasts to keep your creative embers burning.