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A Peek Behind the Curtain
It is a privilege to serve as the project director for Michigan Arts Education Instruction and Assessment (MAEIA). My role has evolved to one that helps frame annual project goals, align initial resources, and then...
Continue ReadingMAEIA in Conversation: Remote Learning in the Arts
Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment Back to School, Better Together in the Arts, Remote Learning
In preparation for Fall 2020, as MAEIA’s Professional Learning Director, I met with two arts educators who have spent the last six years teaching with the Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy. Visual Arts educator, Carrie...
Continue ReadingCheryl L. Poole: Helping Our Evaluators Understand
Cheryl Poole Leave a Comment agency, arts education, arts instruction, Demonstrating Educator Effectiveness, early career, educator evaluation, MAEIA assessments, storytelling, teacher observation
Eavesdropping on a Teacher’s Conversation Recently, I had the opportunity to be present with a small group of art and music teachers. They were young and relatively new to their career. Their...
Continue ReadingStudent-Driven Portfolio Assessment
At the end of last school year, I authored a blog for Michigan Arts Education Instruction and Assessment (MAEIA) titled To Grade or Not to Grade…That...
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