Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment Back to School, Better Together in the Arts, Remote Learning

In preparation for Fall 2020, as MAEIA’s Professional Learning Director, I met with two arts educators who have spent the last six years teaching with the Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy. Visual Arts educator, Carrie...

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

Editor’s Note: We see you, readers! We noticed that Heather’s February post titled Embodiment: The Depth of SEL In...

Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment Educator Evaluations

Recent changes in Michigan’s educator evaluation laws increase the “say” that teachers have in how they will be evaluated, and for arts educators, these changes serve as reminders of the way...

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment arts assessment, arts education, arts educators, Demonstrating Educator Effectiveness, Leadership Fellows, newsletter, practice, presentations, Professional Learning Community, social media, theory

Years ago, I worked with a colleague who told me she had viewed the catalogue of MAEIA assessment items and wondered, “Who Teaches that Way?” I think her impression was there was a lot of...