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An Art Teacher’s Perspective on Remote Learning
Karrie LaFave 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 ReadingChunk and Bundle: The Bundled Assessment Approach for Demonstrating Teacher Effectiveness by Carrie Jeruzal
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,...
Continue ReadingFormative Assessment and Fine Arts Education: Embracing Assessment to Support Student Needs
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment Formative Assessment
Editor’s Note This is the second of a three part blog series by Tara Kintz exploring the intersections of formative assessment and the fine arts. In this blog she prompts us...
Continue ReadingEmpowering Arts Education to Design an Anti-Racist World: Part 1
Karrie LaFave 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...
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