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Sharing Days: Assessing Creativity through Producing Original Music
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment assessment, Michigan Arts Education
Assessing creative work should focus on encouraging and supporting your student’s growth and development as a young artist. It is important to distinguish between the reflective, constructive criticism of the actual work a student...
Continue ReadingCathy DePentu: “No Music Without Fun, No Fun Without Music” as the theme for a concert….
Cathy DePentu Leave a Comment arts education, Cathy DePentu, MAEIA, music
What does that even mean? Does it mean we just have fun all the time? No. Does it mean that we don’t work at what we do? Absolutely not. Does it mean that I...
Continue ReadingRebecca Arndt: Why I Teach
Rebecca Arndt Leave a Comment arts assessment, music, music assessment, music education, student growth, student learning, teacher engagement, testing
Today, MAEIA launches the Michigan Collaborative Scoring System field test (MI-CSS powered by Oscar Classroom ™) for 2019. The following article was written by MAEIA Leadership Fellow, Rebecca Arndt, based on her participation in the...
Continue ReadingCelebrating Youth Art Month with Student Voices
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment Dwight Rich School, MAEIA, St. Martha's School, visual arts, Youth Art Month
Youth Art Month is an annual observance each March to emphasize the value of art education for all children and to encourage support for quality school art programs. We at MAEIA thought the best way...
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