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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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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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
Continue ReadingMore 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...
Continue ReadingHeidi 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...
Continue ReadingThese 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 (...
Continue ReadingJoni 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 ...
Continue ReadingJoni 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...
Continue ReadingJoni 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
Continue ReadingColleen 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...
Continue ReadingHeather 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...
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