Cheryl Poole Leave a Comment arts assessments, assessing the arts, assessment catalogue, MAEIA assessments, performance events, performance tasks, rubrics, teaching artist

If someone wants something from me—a product or a performance—I’ve always been someone to do my best to deliver whatever is expected. The one caveat is that I need to be clear...

Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment COVID-19, Culture, MAEIA

Editor’s Note I am excited to introduce the first post in a four part series written by Nafeesah Symonette on the intersection of Arts Education and Culturally Responsive Teaching in an...

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment ArtPrize, arts education, Byron Center West Middle School, collaboration, communicating an idea, cutouts, Grand Rapids, Janine Campbell, legacy projects, MAEIA Blueprint, MAEIA program review tool, professional development, professional learning, Robert Rauschenberg, The Lab School of Washington D.C., The Power of Art Conference, visual arts

Professional development is an impactful tool for teachers. When it is directed in ways that allows teachers to take what they have learned and apply it in their own classrooms to engage students, it becomes...

Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment Art in the Loft

Editor’s Note: At MAEIA we are dedicated to advancing access to quality arts education for all of Michigan’s students and one effective way to achieve this is partnering schools...