Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment arts education, arts equipment, arts field trips, arts supplies, community partners, cultural events, grant funding for the arts, Michigan Youth Arts, professional performance

Michigan Youth Arts announces two exciting grant opportunities. In summary: Arts & Culture Trek Grant Open: August 15, 2016 Close: October 21, 2016 Michigan Youth Arts, on behalf of the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, is offering...

Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment arts education, dance, Gratitude, MAEIA, music, theatre, visual arts

This time of year asks us to pay attention to gratitude and the blessings we have received. In my years as an arts educator and advocate, and in my role as MAEIA blog editor, I...

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment data, Demonstrating Educator Effectiveness, documenting instruction, educator effectiveness, performance events, performance tasks, slo, student growth, student learning objectives, student sample, teacher evaluation, teacher growth

It is that time of year again! With the beginning of the school year, comes the development of Individual Development Plans for teachers. Last year, we recorded multiple webinars related to Demonstrating Educator Effectiveness. Topics...

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment SEL, Social Emotional Learning

Editor’s Note: We see you, readers! We noticed that Heather’s February post titled Embodiment: The Depth of SEL In...