Cheryl L. Poole: What about the lesson plans?
“These assessments are fine but where are the lessons?” That was the question I would sometimes hear in the conference exhibition booth when introducing the MAEIA assessments to educators attending the conference. They...
Continue ReadingDebra Henning: What’s In A Word? Cross-Curricular Instruction and Assessment in the Arts
The following post offers an example of the manner in which MAEIA’s “Cross-Curricular Connections Assessment,” V.T 312 for Grade 8, can encourage students to think deeply about connections between the visual...
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Holly Olzsewski: Who’s teaching whom? Using assessment to build relationships in the classroom
I hear many complaints about assessment from my colleagues, those in my subject area and others. When I am in a good mood, I try to counter their complaints with “Assessment is great!”, “Assessment helps...
Continue ReadingEmpowering Arts Education to Design an Anti-Racist World – Part 2
To read the first in this two part series see the July 8 blog post. Read Dr. Rolling’s ...
Continue ReadingIt’s the Start of the School Year. Find your Team. You are not Alone!
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 ReadingRigor and Resilience: Social-Emotional Learning within the Assessment Process
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth and final post in Heather’s wonderful series, ...
Continue ReadingJanine Campbell: The Lasting Impact of Quality Professional Development
Professional development is an impactful tool for teachers. When it is directed in ways that allows teachers to take what they have learned and apply it in their own classrooms to engage students, it becomes...
Continue ReadingThank you, MCACA!
We are grateful for the support of the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs for 2017-2018! Earlier this summer, MAEIA Leadership Fellows Holly Olszewski, wrote a blog...
Continue ReadingDebra Henning: Disappearing the Gulf between the Arts and Sciences
“We are in a revival of a cosmopolitan renaissance where we make the combination again between imagination and knowledge. We need art and science to make a connection. Out of this we can create...
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