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Formative Assessment and Fine Arts Education: Assidere – To Sit Beside
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment Formative Assessment
Editor’s Note This is the third of a three part blog series by Tara Kintz exploring the intersections of formative assessment and the fine arts. In this blog she describes how...
Continue ReadingChanges to Michigan’s Educator Evaluation Laws and the Role of MAEIA Assessments
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment Educator Evaluations
Recent changes in Michigan’s educator evaluation laws increase the “say” that teachers have in how they will be evaluated, and for arts educators, these changes serve as reminders of the way...
Continue ReadingJanine Campbell: The Lasting Impact of Quality Professional Development
Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment ArtPrize, arts education, Byron Center West Middle School, collaboration, communicating an idea, cutouts, Grand Rapids, Janine Campbell, legacy projects, MAEIA Blueprint, MAEIA program review tool, professional development, professional learning, Robert Rauschenberg, The Lab School of Washington D.C., The Power of Art Conference, visual arts
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 ReadingNotice, Name, and Support: A Progression of Personal and Professional Growth
Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment Better Together in the Arts, DEI, Embodied Practices, SEL
Over the last few months, Nafeesah Symonette and I have been presenting on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), by way of culturally responsible teaching, and its connection to social-emotional learning (SEL) in the classroom. Soon,...
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