Rebecca Arndt Leave a Comment art, arts assessment, arts education, assessments, field-tested, Leadership Fellows, music education, professional development

I have been asked about what the MAEIA project is and why it is so important. The simple answer is I want to give my students the best of me and the...

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...

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment Better Together in the Arts, DEI, Embodied Practices, SEL

Over the last few months, Nafeesah Symonette and I have been presenting on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), by way of culturally responsible teaching, and its connection to social-emotional learning (SEL) in the classroom. Soon,...