Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment arts assessment, dance education, Hope College, K-12 arts education, Nicki Flinn, standards, student growth, teacher effectiveness

My career in Dance Education started in the K-12 sector and advanced to higher education as I guide students into the field of Dance Education at Hope College. My experience with MAEIA over the last...

Cathy DePentu Leave a Comment Adolph Brown, arts education, Leadership Fellow, MASTA, Michigan American String Teachers Association, music education, professional development, professional learning

I believe in the importance of MAEIA and its resources. I always try to set aside my ego and throw myself into difficult challenges or situations in order to improve, from an advanced violin class (...

Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment Anti-racist, Black Lives Matter, Joni Starr, National Arts Education Association

Over my career as a theatre practitioner and educator, I have heard and also said many times that theatre is a reflection of the human condition. So wow! Now, in this time of civil turmoil...

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment arts education, arts integration, communication, creative process, creative thinking, critical thinking, Joni Starr, social intelligence, transferable knowledge

Arts education benefits students because it affords them creative capacity and this allows students to be a part of making their own education instead of just receiving it. The creative process asks students to be...