Carrie Jeruzal Leave a Comment Better Together in the Arts, collaborative scoring, MAEIA, MI-CSS

2020 Update!  The MAEIA Collaborative Scoring System is once again offered to art educators in Michigan in a completely virtual format.  Recently “rebooted” through the “Better Together In the Arts” professional development initiative, visual...

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

This is the fourth of five posts within a series dedicated to social-emotional learning in and through the arts. Previous posts include: Embodiment:...

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment Americans for the Arts, Arts Advocacy, Arts Education Field Guide, Arts Education for America's Students, Arts Education Partnership, ArtScan, Barb Whitney, Creative Many Michigan, Critical Links, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Doing Well and Doing Good by Doing Art, ESSA, Imagination Project, James Catterall, Lansing Arts Gallery and Education Center, MAEIA, UCLA

Access to the arts for students in schools offers an avenue for self-expression and a source of inspiration. Beyond that, the arts develop students’ critical thinking skills. Additionally, numerous studies prove the arts benefit academic...

Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment

If there is a single shared experience that an arts educator will have with their colleagues, who span multiple disciplines, settings, and grade levels, it would be the intimate awareness and seeking of funding for...