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MAEIA Champions and Collaborators
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment MAEIA at 10
Michigan’s arts education community is filled with champions and collaborators. As we’ve grown since 2012, we’ve supported one another with fierce kindness and grace. We’ve got heart, and we’ve got grit....
Continue ReadingProfile in Learning: A Teaching Artist in the Classroom
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment teaching artist
Teaching artists (TA’s) play an important role in our community in activating artistry in others. They are working in schools, community centers, prisons, museums, libraries, hospital and care facilities. They are...
Continue ReadingSharing 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 ReadingThe Explicit Act of Normalizing Diversity and Inclusion in Arts Education
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment Culturally Responsive Teaching, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a four-part series by Nafeesah Symonette on the important topic of culturally responsive teaching. Be sure to check out her first three posts
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