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The Practice of Adaptation – A Series in Four Disciplines Using MAEIA Performance Assessments for Online Teaching
Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment Adaptation, assessments, dance, MAEIA, music, Online Learning, theatre, visual arts
As we find ourselves in unprecedented times, with the possibility of adapting your teaching to online platforms, we at MAEIA are here for you. Though our assessment catalog is not a bank of lesson plans,...
Continue ReadingThe Joy in Funding Dreams
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment MAEIA Partners
I started my career as a high school Language Arts teacher in a small school in mid-Michigan. The same school, in fact, where I did my student teaching. I was elated! My five-year plan had...
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 ReadingAcceptance vs. Assimilation: A Mindset Shift for Arts Education
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment Acceptance, Assimilation, Mindset
In my current work as an administrator and instructor for arts programming for people with disabilities, I am constantly researching similar programs across the continent, trying to determine what best practices exist in my field. (...
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