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MAEIA: Looking Forward into 2023
The arts lead us to our preferred future Now in my fourth decade of education, and as an educator experienced in curriculum and assessment development projects for every subject area (except...
Continue ReadingBarb Whitney: Advocating for Students through the Arts
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...
Continue ReadingFrom Talking Points to Data Points: Creating a Vivid Future for Michigan
Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment
For over a decade, MAEIA has been a national leader through the development of the MAEIA resources: Michigan Blueprint for Quality Arts Education, an...
Continue ReadingCreating Lessons Which Lead to MAEIA Assessments
Holly Olszewski Leave a Comment arts education, how to teach, lesson planning, music, music education, sequential learning
When I present at workshops the question I am asked most often is, “But how do I teach this?”. As I reflect on my 20 years of teaching, in year one I probably would have had...
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