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Zach Vandergraaff – 5 Ways MAEIA Assessments Can Improve Your Teaching
Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment arts assessment, arts education, dance, Elementary Education, MAEIA, music, Performance Assessment, Secondary Education, theatre, visual arts
“Assessment.” It doesn’t have to be such a dirty word. As ARTs teachers, we’re often scared off by the idea of assessments. We think they’re just...
Continue ReadingElizabeth Andrews: “Why Are You Always So Happy?”
Elizabeth Andrews Leave a Comment arts classrooms, arts education, compassion, dance education, empathy, kindness, leadership, teaching, teaching arts
It is 8:00 in the morning. I left my house at 6:30 to drive over an hour in order to be ready when my less-than-exuberant high school students enter the dance studio. They are here for Dance...
Continue ReadingCathy DePentu: Excited and Engaged in Teaching After 35 Years!
Cathy DePentu Leave a Comment Cathy DePentu, data collection, differentiated instruction, Leadership Fellow, M.T421, music education, orchestra, performance critique, professional learning
Thirty-five years ago a guidance counselor asked me, “Why should we schedule a student all four years in Orchestra? Aren’t students just repeating the same class?” I attempted to explain that students continue to...
Continue ReadingTips for Surviving a Changing Landscape
Cecilia Gollan Leave a Comment Distance Learning, Remote Learning
It doesn’t matter if this is your first-year teaching or your 60th year in education, this year it's all new to us. In order to survive in today's teaching environments flexibility is key. Flexible...
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