Shifting from Implicit to Explicit: Social Emotional Learning in the Arts Classroom
Editor’s Note: We see you, readers! We noticed that Heather’s February post titled Embodiment: The Depth of SEL In...
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Embodiment: The depth of SEL in and through the Arts
Social-emotional learning (SEL) has been a focus of discussion for educators and families in the 2020-2021 academic year, particularly as COVID-19 forced schools to adapt quickly, and in the process, highlighted the need to better...
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Daunted by Curriculum Design? MAEIA Offers Support
One of the most challenging tasks for an arts educator to consider is the scope and sequence of curriculum. MAEIA has developed curriculum map samples in the areas...
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MAEIA Partners and Friends: Shared Values, Shared Resources
You may already know MAEIA’s framework of supporting Michigan school districts, buildings, educators, and the public in implementing high-quality arts education programs in dance, music, theatre, and visual arts for all K-12 students. We...
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MAEIA: Looking Forward
This is part two of a two-part series that looks back and looks forward at the purposes and achievements of the Michigan Arts Education Instruction & Assessment (MAEIA) project. Check out
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MAEIA: Looking Back
This is part one of a two-part series that looks back and looks forward at the purposes and achievements of the Michigan Arts Education Instruction and Assessment (MAEIA) project. Read
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Artistry as Gratitude
At this time of year in particular, we pause for the practice of gratitude. We assess our lives through the question, “What am I grateful for?” My answer often includes creativity, the ability to see...
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Joining a Michigan Collaborative Scoring System (MI-CSS) Community of Practice
2020 Update! The MAEIA Collaborative Scoring System is once again offered to art educators in Michigan in a completely virtual format. Recently “rebooted” through the “Better Together In the Arts” professional development initiative, visual...
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The Music Education, COVID-19 Roller Coaster Ride!
So, let’s do a quick recap of the last eight months…I am Director of Orchestras for the Plymouth Canton Community Schools. I teach at “The Park,” a sprawling campus...
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Recognizing Achievement as Advocacy
More than half a year has passed since the state’s declaration of emergency, and despite the global pandemic, economic crisis, and ongoing struggles against racial inequity, at MAEIA we’ve been working diligently to...
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