Professional Development for SY 23-24
Self-Paced Online Professional Development
SY 2023-24 | All submissions due by May 1st, 2024
SY 2023-24 | All submissions due by May 1st, 2024
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The BPS Visual & Performing Arts Department is excited to unveil our new portal of over 30 modules of self-paced PD that educators can access at their availability! Our library of pre-recorded workshops seeks to develop your growth as an arts educator and provide the professional offerings requested by our amazing community of BPS Arts educators. We also know that oftentimes, school leaders will release their arts educators during their school-wide PD time, but also request information on how teachers will meet these professional learning hours, and this series is designed to fulfill this responsibility.
The MusicFirst Learning Management System will be our platform for hosting these PD modules. Please note that even though we are using MusicFirst, this software is available to educators across all arts disciplines. Please note that these videos are only for internal use within the BPS Arts Department and should not be shared (as per our agreement with the clinicians who hosted these sessions). Email Emmanuel Toledo, Program Director for the Performing Arts at [email protected] for any questions related to our online PD portal. |
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Catalog of workshop modules
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Steel Pan 101
Becky Bass | Steel Pannist This workshop will provide music educators with a grounding in the historical and cultural contexts of the steel pan. New-England treasure Becky Bass is known for her “euphoric steel pan playing, soulful voice, and powerful stage presence, on and off camera. A native of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, Bass utilizes her talent to highlight Caribbean music’s evolution through human necessity and resilience, and share the complex history of Caribbean music and its influence on the U.S.” A 2013 graduate of Brown University in Theatre Arts & Performance Studies, Becky received Brown’s Weston Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre, is now a two-time New England Urban Music Award winner & RI Motif Award winner, and can be heard while performing her Caribbean Soul music solo as well as with several bands all over the New England area, such as Zili Misik, Natural Element, and Sidy Maiga & Afrimanding. She also lends her musical talents to Rhode Island’s RPM Voices, a cross-cultural, multi-generational gospel choir led by Dr. Clarice Thompson and Delbert Collins, as a soloist, musician, and youth choir director. Since the start of her career, she has performed in many professional theaters across New England as well as in a few films, TV shows, and commercials, including a national commercial with Kohl’s & Hulu, a regional commercial for AAA, and most recently, a speaking role in the show Julia on HBOMax. Favorite Regional Credits: Ain’t Misbehavin (Armelia McQueen); A Night with Lady Day (Billie Holiday); Hairspray (Motormouth Maybelle); RENT (Mrs. Jefferson/Blanket Lady); Aida (Nehebka). Becky has had the opportunity to open for and perform with many international artists, including Grammy Award-winning vocalist Oumou Sangare and violinist Damien Escobar, Emmy Award-winning composer/performer Daniel Bernard Roumain, Yellowman, Warrior King, and Wyclef Jean. She also has performed at the National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), New York City’s Lincoln Center, Chicago’s Underground Wonder Bar, and Off-Broadway theater LaMaMa. During her free time, she teaches music & theatre to students every chance she gets because she believes giving back and mentoring youth are extremely important aspects of being an artist in the community. She’s very thankful to her family and friends for their continued love and support. www.beckybass.com; IG: @beckybassmusic |
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Teaching Playwriting to Students
Fabiola Decius | New Play Exchange Local Playwright | Theatre Teacher at Josiah Quincy Upper School This workshop is for theatre teachers who wish to teach a playwriting unit in their classrooms. Ms. Decius will introduce participants to playwriting fundamentals, including guidelines and exercises for leading students through the process of writing their own ten-minute plays. Elements include: brainstorming ideas and the first page; story archetypes—7 basic plot points; strategies and suggestions for writing and revising a strong script; a ten minute play rubric; and much, much more. Fabiola R. Decius’ plays include “When I Grow Up”, “Black Jesus”, “Ladies’ Night”, “Final Verdict”, “Free Before Eleven”, “Consent”, “RX 3162020”, MAN OF THE HOUSE, MR. AND MISS AFTER-SCHOOL, and FIGHTING FORGIVENESS. Her plays have been produced and developed within the Greater Boston area and beyond, including Our Voices Festival, the Fade to Black Festival, the Boston Theater Marathon, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Wheelock Family Theatre, the Boston Neighborhood Network channel, and the Long Island Theatre Collective. Fabiola was a Creative City grant recipient through the New England Foundation for the Arts in 2018, and founded Teens WRITE (Writing, Reading, and Investigating Theater Everywhere), which is a program for teenagers to write, revise, cast, direct, and produce original plays culminating in a Ten-Minute Play Festival. She is a playwright within Company One Theatre’s Season 24 Volt Lab as well as an inaugural playwright for the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) Playwright Residency program. Fabiola received her BA from Bryn Mawr College and her MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University. |
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Brain Dance Fundamentals
Dionne Kamara | Director of Movement Union Square Play The BrainDance, developed by Anne Green Gilbert, is a sequential and holistic exercise based on developmental movement patterns healthy human beings naturally move through in the first year of life. The BrainDance integrates mind and body and may be adapted for all ages and abilities. Through theory, reflection, discussion, and movement this workshop offers a foundational and science based understanding of each BrainDance pattern. With the use of props, music, dance concepts, folk dances, and relationships we will explore a variety of ways and strategies to teach and perform this holistic exercise for preschool age children through adults. Teachers will come away with lots of creative ways to teach and keep the BrainDance fun and engaging for their students. Dionne Kamara (she/her), a former member of Urban Bush Women performance company, is currently a resident teaching artist in New York City and is the Director of Movement at Union Square Play, a center for holistic development for children 0-5 years old. Dionne teaches creative dance integrating academic curriculum to children in public schools, enabling them to express their thoughts and ideas through the art of dance. Her work in Brain-Compatible Dance Education has enabled her to work with people of all ages from infants through adults nationally and internationally. Dionne has been a faculty member of the Creative Dance Center!s Summer Dance Institute for Teachers since 2003 along side her mentor and teacher Anne Green Gilbert. |
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Let’s Talk Black History: The PD Session
Maria A. Ellis | Owner of Girl Conductor LLC Educators will learn:
Maria A. Ellis is a passionate educator and conductor. She is the owner of Girl Conductor LLC, a company that creates diverse music education resources and currently serves as the Director of The Sheldon’s City of Music All-Star Chorus and Choral Instructor at Sumner High School. Maria is an active clinician, adjudicator and presenter throughout the United States and abroad. She holds a B.M. in Music Education emphasis on Voice (K-12 Certified) Degree from the University of Missouri- St. Louis. She has served as the Arts and Administrative Fellow for The St. Louis Symphony and has served as the Community Engagement Manager for The St. Louis Children’s Choirs. Maria is the host of the Award Winning Show Bach and Beyoncé on Classic 107.3 The Voice for the Arts in St. Louis and is a host for the St. Louis Symphony "Live at Powell" broadcast. Maria is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association, National Association of Music Educators, Missouri Alliance for Arts Education, where she is chair of the RIDE (Race, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity) Committee and holds Level 3 Certification from the CME Institute for Choral Teacher Education. Maria is the wife of Marion Ellis and the mother of Aria, Kendal and Noah Ellis. |
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Can Students See Themselves in Your Arts Curriculum?
Dr. Constance McKoy | Director of Undergraduate Studies School of Music, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Have you ever considered whether your arts education program affirms the role that culture plays in students’ creative lives? Can they see their artistic selves reflected in your program or does your program implicitly send messages about what genres of that disciplines are valued and which ones aren’t? How can the development of cultural competence help you make connections with the creative spirit in all your students? This keynote presentation will address these and other important questions surrounding teaching and learning across the arts in a diverse society. |
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Creating Dance Pieces with Students with Disabilities
Ava Untermyer | Dance Teacher Somerville Public Schools Creating Dance Pieces with Students with Disabilities explores the significance of equitable performance opportunities for youths with disabilities within K-12 public schools. Throughout the session we will examine “What are equitable performance opportunities?” “Why are they important to youths and overall school culture?” and “How can we create more equitable performance opportunities within BPS?” We will draw from samples of student work, interviews with students and professional Choreographers with Disabilities and our own personal experiences. Creating Dance Pieces with Students with Disabilities is an opportunity for us to collectively support inclusive arts experiences within the Boston Public Schools. |
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Race and Art Education
Dr. Joni B. Acuff | Associate Professor of Arts Administration, Education and Policy The Ohio State University Understanding the complexities of race in our culture, especially as it relates to educating students of all backgrounds in rural, suburban, and urban school settings, is crucial. Race is clearly an issue in our society and one that impacts much of what we do as educators. We need knowledge, language, and strategies to assist us as we attempt to address it in our day-to-day professional lives. The pervasiveness of racism in the United States implores art educators to build a succinct, explicit vocabulary that helps us speak frankly about the way race guides our work in the field (from pedagogy, curriculum, classroom management, parent interactions, institutional interactions, etc). Strategies for sustaining constructive conversations about race can help art teachers dispel stereotypes, and challenge biases and fears of differences in the classroom. Joni Boyd Acuff, PhD is an Associate Professor of Arts Administration, Education and Policy at The Ohio State University. Acuff’s research attends to critical multicultural art education, critical race theory, black feminist theory, culturally responsive teaching, pedagogy and curriculum development. Acuff has taught in both traditional and non-traditional classrooms. She has worked extensively with students with special needs (cognitive and physical), students who identify as LGBTQ and students from varying racial backgrounds and socioeconomic levels. Acuff is the co-editor of the 2014 anthology, Multiculturalism in Art Museums Today, published by Rowman & Littlefield. She is co-author of the 2021 book Race and Art Education, and co-editor of a forthcoming anthology titled Love Letters to “This Bridge Called My Back.” |
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Diverse Texts in the Elementary Music Classroom
Dr. Suzanne Hall | Associate Professor of Music Education Boyer College of Music and Dance, Temple University Music and literature have the powerful ability to reflect cultures (i.e. beliefs, values, experiences, history, etc.) and can transmit both shared and varying stories that validate one’s lived experience. Using music and literature, in tandem, can support educators in creating a learning environment that is culturally inclusive. This workshop will focus on creating meaningful music experiences using storybooks that reflect a variety of cultures. Teachers will be engaged in activities (i.e. singing, moving, analyzing, playing instruments, etc) that they can immediately use in their classroom. The session will also discuss approaches and tools, through which educators can create an inclusive environment where all students’ voices are heard, validated and included in the music classroom. Please contact [email protected] for more information about how to receive your own classroom set of books. |
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Cultural Appreciation vs. Appropriation
Dr. Danielle Bainbridge | Assistant Professor of Theatre Northwestern University What are the distinctions between cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation? And how can we make this distinction clear in the classroom? This session will focus on the roots of what cultural appropriation is, how it can be avoided, and ways to engage students in open dialogue about culturally sensitive topics. Topics covered will include: how to approach students about diverse subjects, how and why cultural appropriation causes harm in the classroom, and ways to celebrate diverse perspectives in our pedagogy. Bio: Danielle Bainbridge is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Northwestern University, where she also holds courtesy appointments in Performance Studies and African American Studies. She was the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in African American Studies in the 2018-2019 academic year (also at Northwestern University). Her ongoing book project Refinements of Cruelty: Enslavement, Enfreakment, and the Performance Archive examines the lives of African American sideshow and freak show performers who were also enslaved. From 2017-2020 she was the researcher, writer, and host of the PBS Digital Studios web series "The Origin of Everything" which focused on highlighting unusual and under told history and streamed on YouTube and Facebook Watch. In 2020 she served as a host and recurring talent on two 2021 Daytime Emmy Nominated web series: PBS Self-Evident and YouTube Originals “Booktube.” Her essay “The Future Perfect, Autopsy, and Enfreakment on the 19th Century Stage” published in TDR received an Honorable Mention for the 2021 Gerald Kahan Scholar’s Prize from the American Society for Theatre Research. |
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ProCreate 101: Sketch, Paint, Create
Tori DelValle | Visual Arts Teaching Artist Institute of Contemporary Art Procreate is the most powerful and intuitive digital illustration app. This session with give visual and media arts educators a grounding on how to utilize this app in the classroom with ipads. Tori is a Puerto Rican designer & visual artist based in Boston, MA and a graduate of Boston Public Schools! She also currently works as a Teaching Artist at the ICA and as a Visual Design Assistant Mentor at Artists for Humanity. She received her BFA from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts, CO'22. Her expertise includes Illustration, Digital & Apparel Design, Canvas & Mural Painting, Brand Conceptualization, and Project Management. She is currently open for freelance projects. See her body of work on her site at Thirteenvic.com. Tori will lead us through the basics of using an Apple Pencil, and Procreate to create original artwork on an the iPad. |
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Introduction to Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS)
Philip Yenawine | Creative Director Watershed Collaborative This workshop will provide a foundation of Visual Thinking Strategies including specific research-tested questions to motivate and maintain inquiry in the classroom. Philip Yenawine is currently Creative Director of the Watershed Collaborative, a nonprofit educational organization that offers online training in Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), a program with many applications including teaching teachers to use art to teach visual literacy, thinking, and communication skills. He consults with many organizations that have found VTS to be useful to their missions including the National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector, Hailey Group, and VTS internationally. Director of Education at The Museum of Modern Art from 1983-93, Yenawine has also served as consulting curator at the Institute for Contemporary Art and as Visiting Professor of art education at Massachusetts College of Art. He is founding director of the Aspen Center for the Visual Arts, now the Aspen Art Museum, and has run programs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and South Street Seaport Museum, New York. He has consulted with myriad museums on a variety of matters. He was the George A. Miller Visiting Scholar at the University of Illinois in 1996 and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2003. He received his Masters in Art Education from Goddard College in 1979. He received the National Art Education Association’s Award for Distinguished Service in 1993, among other honors. He is on the board of Art Matters, a foundation supporting contemporary artists, and the Good Works Foundation. He has written and edited publications on art, culture and education including Art Matters: How the Culture Wars Changed America; How to Look at Modern Art; Key Art Terms for Beginners, and six books introducing art to young children. His most recent books, Visual Thinking Strategies and Visual Thinking Strategies for Preschool, were published by Harvard Education Press. |
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Cardboard Construction: Designing Play Spaces with Contemporary Art
Dr. Louisa Penfold | Research Fellow Harvard University In this workshop, participants learn about teaching strategies for integrating contemporary art into early childhood and elementary art classrooms. We look at the work of various contemporary artists and discuss how their creative experimentation can be used to support children’s learning with cardboard. Tips for collecting art materials, storage, and reflection on learning are provided. Teachers also have lots of opportunity to discuss and brainstorm how these teaching strategies can be integrated into their classroom environment. Dr. Louisa Penfold is a visual art and early childhood specialist currently working as a Research Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her PhD research, run in partnership with Tate Modern (London), looked at the design of children's play spaces in modern art museums. She has worked on the children's programs at the Ipswich Art Gallery in Australia and at the Serpentine in London. Louisa runs the blog Art Play Children Learning. |
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Light Board Operation: ETC Ion Xe 20
Dan Jentzen | Founder, Director of Programs Brighter Boston In this workshop, teachers will learn the basic operations of the ETC Ion Xe 20 lighting board. If you plan to incorporate lighting technology into your theatre arts curriculum, and/or if you are looking to upgrade lighting capabilities and production values for your productions, this workshop is for you! The ETC Ion Xe 20 is an American-made product, and runs on the same software as all Broadway productions-- on a scale that is manageable for educational theatre applications. There are ETC Ion lighting boards and lights available to borrow from the BPS Visual and Performing Arts Department. Daniel H. Jentzen is a Lighting Designer, cinematographer, photographer, and teacher. He has created lighting for over 700 plays, musicals, concerts, and special events including Oprah, Hillary Clinton, Stephen Hawking, LL Cool J, Alison Krauss, Chaka Khan, Aziz Ansari, Conan O’Brien, En Vogue, Christine Ebersole, Kelli O'Hara, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Vice Media, Google, and the Walt Disney Corporation. Daniel also conducts research in multisensory perception, exploring the unique power of the arts in the human mind. He teaches lighting design at Boston Arts Academy. He founded Brighter Boston in May 2013 to give teenagers something they weren't getting anywhere else: a sense of belonging in the real world. Daniel holds a BFA in Drama from Carnegie Mellon and an Ed.M in Educational Neuroscience from Harvard University. |
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Unschooling the Body: Moving Dance Education into a Liberation Practice
Aysha Upchurch | Lecturer on Education, Artist in Residence Harvard Graduate School of Education What are we unconsciously teaching when we are introducing movement steps and techniques? Is our dance pedagogy solely rooted in skill mastery or are we valuing helping students feel fully present and liberated in their moving bodies? In this workshop, Aysha Upchurch will work with BPS Dance Instructors to identify mindsets and practices that are ripe for a remix so that students are experiencing a dance education that helps them feel empowered in their bodies and identities. We will discuss, we will play, we will choreograph pathways to a truly liberating dance education practice. Aysha Upchurch, the Dancing Diplomat, is an award-winning artist, passionate educator, and sought-after consultant who creates, facilitates, and designs for radical change. She holds an M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from American University and an Ed.M from Harvard University and has been a US State Department Cultural Envoy. She has shared her experience and expertise about artfully designing equitable and culturally relevant classrooms, the importance of dance and movement in education, and embracing Hip Hop as a powerful literacy and lens in schooling at national conferences and most recently at TedxUConn. Currently she is a Lecturer and Artist-in-Residence at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she teaches courses on Hip Hop pedagogy and embodied learning, and directs HipHopEX - an intergenerational lab-classroom that designs programming to experience, explore, and experiment with Hop Hop arts in education. As an artist, Aysha considers herself a storyteller who leans on African diasporic movement to create stories of joy, connection, and liberation on the stage that stir up that which is stagnant in order to bring performers and audiences into closer dialogue with each other and themselves. As a teacher and consultant, she considers herself a DJ whose mission is to responsively and responsibly design the learning community as a cypher where everyone can build knowledge with each other. Whether on the stage or in a classroom, Aysha is committed to always be D.Ø.P.E. - dismantling oppression and pushing education. |
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Inclusive Dance Strategies
Emily DuBose | Program Manager Boston Ballet This workshop will focus on utilizing Universal Design For Learning, social-emotional learning, inclusive language, and physical space recommendations, structure and schedule, and visual supports for dance instruction. |
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Tapping Into Latin America
Sadie Soto Applegate | Dance Teacher Mildred Avenue K-8 School We will look at a few tap pioneers like Sammy Davis Jr. & Savion Glover and their influence on the dance world. Warm-up to some basic tap steps and learn a short tap combination. To keep everyone on their toes we will explore one of the many styles danced in Latin America and a combo which you will be able to take to your school and teach to your students the very next day. Mrs. Sadie Soto currently works at Mildred Ave. K-8. She attended a performing arts high school in Rhode Island, earned her BFA in Dance from the Boston Conservatory of Music, Dance and Theater and her Masters from Lesley University. She has performed in the New England area and NY.C. Mrs. Soto has taught master classes in various K-12 schools in Massachusetts & Rhode Island as well as a few local colleges and universities. She currently lives on the south shore with her husband, their two boys and daughter. |
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Classroom Ceramics Studio Setup
Steve Harris | Visual Art Teacher Boston Latin School This session is designed to assist teachers with managing and setting up a classroom ceramics program. Emphasis will be placed on studio maintenance, Kiln operation, and student project options. Demonstrations will be given on wedging clay, throwing on the potter’s wheel, slab construction, pinch pots, coiling, and press molds. BPS Arts will be purchasing a kiln for Campbell Resource Center so that those schools without kilns can use it starting in Fall 2022. Stephen has taught in the BPS visual arts program since 2001. His classes have ranged from 7th, 8th,11th, and 12th grades. He currently teaches Foundations of Visual Art and AP Studio Art Classes for 11th and 12th grade students, at the Boston Latin School. Outside of school, Stephen operates a small business harriscustomdesign.com focusing on ornamental mold making and casting. |
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The Universally Designed Music Room
Will Houchin | Music Teacher Cambridge Public Schools This session will unpack the basics of Universal Design for Learning and its application in the music classroom. The UDL model “anticipates diversity” in our students and helps teachers design instruction to meet the needs of any student who walks through their classroom door. Through UDL, classroom experiences are created that support students of varying academic levels including students with disabilities, english language learners, as well as “typical” students to provide them with a meaningful and engaging entrypoint into the content. Participants will examine and collaborate on ways to provide “Multiple Means of Representation, Action and Expression, and Engagement” in the general music classroom (virtually/hybrid/in person). |
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Band Listening Session: Diversifying Your Repertoire
Jared Cassedy | 2015 Grammy Music Educator of the Year Diversifying our repertoire can be an exciting, but also a very intimidating process to undertake. During this session, we will come together to read through a variety of pieces written by underrepresented composers and review music centered on social justice themes. We will also have the opportunity to talk about how to use such repertoire as a means of opening up conversations with your students about race, identity, and belonging in a way that is done authentically and genuinely. |
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Classroom Printmaking Studio Setup
Bedelyn Dabel | ArtWard Bound Mentor, Artist Massachusetts College of Art and Design This workshop focuses on linoleum carving and printmaking intro to materials and demo. Bedelyn Dabel is an industrial designer, local sneaker connoisseur, designer toy collector, and enthusiastic art lover. Bedelyn notes, “If I am not sketching, I’m either in line or headed to a raffle spot for the latest sneaker drop. I like to bring fun into my design process; I believe the creative side of me has a way of sneaking out and giving my designs a life of their own!” |
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Stop-Motion Animation
Katie Freiburger, Ian Meli, and Naomi Zuckerman | Visual Art Teachers Boston Public Schools Get your Media Arts on! In order to engage students under the demands of remote learning this year, teachers throughout the district have expanded their toolkit. Join in with BPS's own, Ian Meli, Katie Freiburger, and Naomi Zuckerman, to learn a new skill, refine your practice, and add your expertise. This panel of teachers will showcase examples of student work and focus on using Brush Ninja, FlipAnim, and Stop Motion Studio in the virtual classroom. Teachers from all disciplines are welcome! |
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Justice Choir
Ahmed Fernando Anzaldúa and Arianne Abela Website Learn more about the transformative power of communal singing for positive social change using the newly-composed repertoire from the Justice Choir Songbook. Arianne Abela and Ahmed Anzaldúa will introduce the Justice Choir mission and how the songs can be used to spark dialogue on race, diversity, privilege, community, empathy, and social consciousness. We’ll sing together in Songbook selections, while learning how to teach the repertoire to singers and non-singers alike. Attendees will be able to keep the Songbook, free for all non-profit use in your communities. Ahmed Anzaldúa is a Mexican choral conductor, classical pianist, and music educator of Egyptian descent. He is an active musician, performing in Mexico and the United States frequently as a soloist and conductor with choirs, orchestras, in recitals, and as a collaborative pianist. He currently lives in the city of St. Paul, Minnesota, and is the director and founder of Border CrosSing, an organization dedicated to integrating historically-segregated audiences, repertoire, and musicians through the performance of choral music. He is also a co-editor of the Justice Choir songbook and director of music ministries at Unity Church Unitarian in St. Paul. Arianne Abela is Director of Choral Activities at Amherst College and is founder and artistic director of Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble, professional 9-voice ensemble focused on early and new music with dedication to the intersection of racial, ethnic and gender diversity, and the intersection of arts and social justice. Kaleidoscope will perform as a headliner at ACDA, Podium in Canada, and other renowned festivals and conferences in 2022. Abela recently served on conducting faculty at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, and is founder and director of the Detroit Women's Chorus and Detroit Justice Choir, ensembles dedicated to social-justice and community empowerment. Focusing her efforts on community building through song, Abela founded The House of Clouds and has worked closely with Musicians Take a Stand to organize over a dozen benefit concerts for charities and various causes across the country. In 2012, Abela was featured conducting on NBC's Today Show and was a semi-finalist in Season 8 of America's Got Talent as director of Connecticut-based 3 Penny Chorus and Orchestra. The ensemble later recorded for the soundtrack of Hollywood film Walk of Shame starring Elizabeth Banks. Abela holds degrees from University of Michigan, Yale University and Smith College. Abela sings professionally in ensembles across the United States and Canada such as Yale Choral Artists, sounding light, Etherea Vocal Ensemble, Arkora, and Audivi. Originally from the San Francisco bay area, she sang with the San Francisco Girls Chorus for many years. |
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Concert Band Instrument Repair
Steve Johnson | Virtuosity Music of Boston This workshop will focus on the basic instrument repairs that can be done in the classroom setting without needing to send out for repairs. |
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Boston University Global Music Festival
Sept 16th, 2023 | 1:00 PM-9:20PM
Boston University | Tsai Performance Center
Sept 16th, 2023 | 1:00 PM-9:20PM
Boston University | Tsai Performance Center
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Get ready to experience an electrifying day of non-stop fun! Join us LIVE for an unforgettable all-day outdoor festival on Saturday, September 16th, at Tsai Performance Center. Immerse yourself in the rhythms of extraordinary international music and explore a vibrant global bazaar, all right here at Boston University. Best part? It’s completely FREE and open to everyone! Don’t miss out – mark your calendar and be part of the excitement.
2023 Full Bios of Artists – Here 2023 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE All Day: DJ Adam Gibbons 1 – 1:50pm Mehrnam Rastegari 2:00 – 2:45 pm Madalisto Band Workshop 2:30pm – 3:20pm Fantcha 3:15 – 4:00 pm Mehrnam Rastegari Workshop 4 – 4:50pm Madalitso 4:45 – 5:30 pm Big Chief Juan Pardo’s Tribal Gold Workshop 5:30 – 6:20pm San Salvador 7 – 7:50PM Big Chief Juan Pardo’s Tribal Gold 8:30 – 9:20PM Balaklava Blues |
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Berklee Music Education Symposium
Oct 23rd, 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Berklee College of Music | David Friend Recital Hall
Oct 23rd, 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Berklee College of Music | David Friend Recital Hall
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You won't want to miss this exciting day of professional development as Dr. Connie McKoy (Director of Undergraduate Studies in Music at University of North Carolina Greensboro) presents as the featured speaker!
Join Berklee College of Music for panel and roundtable discussions, and music-making throughout the day. 9:00 AM — Coffee, breakfast, and conversation 10:00 AM — Keynote 12:30 PM — Provided box lunch 1:45 PM — Afternoon panel discussion 3:00 PM — Roundtable discussion with Dr. McKoy |
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Equitable Literacy in the Arts: Cohort 2
CLSP, Depth of Knowledge, Student Discourse Strategies
Oct 2023-Mar 2024 | 2 Academic Lane Credits
CLSP, Depth of Knowledge, Student Discourse Strategies
Oct 2023-Mar 2024 | 2 Academic Lane Credits
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This self-paced course will begin with a foundation of the five areas of equitable literacy. Arts educators will then read articles along with a selected book tied to culturally and linguistically sustaining practices and standards-aligned content. This will be followed by modules focusing on utilizing student discourse, reading and writing utilizing culturally affirming texts for each arts discipline. Lastly, educators will create a lesson unit linking enabling texts with disciplinary literacy. The unit and examples of student work will be displayed on a Google Slideshow. This course is only open to visual and performing arts educators in order to meet the capacity of the central arts department who will be interacting with the arts educators via Google Classroom. This course is not available to educators who completed cohort 1 in the 22-23 school year.
Online with Specific Due Dates 2 Academic Lane Credits/24 pdp’s Register: Vector |
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BPS Arts Annual PD Day
Jan 2nd, 2024 | 8:00 AM-2:30 PM
Boston Latin School
Jan 2nd, 2024 | 8:00 AM-2:30 PM
Boston Latin School
This is the most magical day of professional development for BPS Visual and Performing Arts Educators! We are excited to welcome Dr. Asif Majid (Assistant Professor of Theatre Studies & Human Rights, University of Connecticut) as our keynote speaker for the day.
This is followed by morning and afternoon breakout workshops focusing on individual arts content areas of dance, media art, music, visual art, and theatre. To receive PDP's, educators will also read selected works and provide a reflection on how the PD has changed educator practice.
This is followed by morning and afternoon breakout workshops focusing on individual arts content areas of dance, media art, music, visual art, and theatre. To receive PDP's, educators will also read selected works and provide a reflection on how the PD has changed educator practice.
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Keynote speaker
Dr. Asif Majid | Assistant Professor of Theatre Studies & Human Rights | University of Connecticut Artistic Praxis and Joyous Play: Case Studies of Community Connection, Equity, and Justice Asif Majid is a theatre maker, educator, researcher, and consultant whose work scripts, stages, and traces local and global nodes of history, power, performance, race, and (de)coloniality, particularly through devising community-based participatory theatre, attending to the intersection of Islam and performance, and making improvisational music. Currently, he is Assistant Professor of Theatre and Human Rights at the University of Connecticut, where he is also Affiliate Faculty in Anthropology; Asian and Asian American Studies; Interdisciplinary Indigeneity, Race, Ethnicity, and Politics; and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. His performance credits include work with The Kennedy Center (US), the Royal Exchange Theatre (UK), Convergence Theatre (US), Unity Theatre and Action Transport Theatre (UK), and Theatre Prometheus (US). He maintains an active consulting practice on issues of racial justice, power sharing, arts administration, and organizational capacity and structure, all through an applied theatre and social justice lens. Asif's book, Making Muslimness: Race, Religion, and Performance in Contemporary Manchester, is forthcoming with Routledge in 2025. He can be found online at www.asifmajid.com. |
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Breakout sessions
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“Harmony in Diversity” Choral Reading Session
Kenneth Griffith | Music Director Krystal Morin | Associate Director of Choirs Boston Children’s Chorus Elevate your choral experience and embrace the rich tapestry of musical diversity in our immersive session, "Harmony in Diversity." Join us for a unique exploration of choral literature featuring works composed by voices from various cultural backgrounds, bringing a symphony of perspectives to the forefront of your ensemble. BCC’s music director, Kenneth Griffith, and Associate Director of Choirs, Krystal Morin, will share repertoire and resources for selecting and teaching songs that facilitate joy, build connection, and cultivate inquiry. In Part 1 of this session, you will be engaged in singing and learning new songs, including several from the Justice Choir Songbook, and have several songs to add to your library for use with singers of all ages! In Part 2 of this session, you will participate in discussion and activities that expand how you engage with repertoire in rehearsal and in general music settings. You will leave this session with key considerations for choosing repertoire within a culturally responsive framework and activities that demonstrate these principles in action. Both sessions are designed to allow you to engage meaningfully whether you attend either Part 1, Part 2, or both. Ohio native Kenneth E. Griffith II is an accomplished conductor, vocalist, collaborative pianist, and music director. He holds a B.M. from the Capital University Conservatory of Music in Vocal Performance and an M.M. in Conducting from the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Kenneth studied conducting with Grammy award-winning conductor William Boggs, and in 2010, he won the top prize in Capital University's Student Concerto Competition in Conducting. In 2013, he received an award for Excellence in Music Direction from the Theatre Roundtable in Columbus for his work on Chess: In Concert with the Senior Repertory of Ohio. In July 2014, Kenneth was the Assistant Conductor with the Collegiate Chorale for four concerts during the Verbier Music Festival in Switzerland and with the Concert Chorale of New York during the Mostly Mozart Festival at the Lincoln Center. In 2014, Kenneth came to Massachusetts to become the Director of Choral and Chamber Music at Brooks School in North Andover. In 2017, he started as Director of Music at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lynn in Swampscott. He music directs theatrical productions in the Greater Boston area. Recent works include Sister Act, She Loves Me, and On the Town. Krystal Morin (she/her) is a New England-based conductor, singer, and educator who is passionate about leading singing experiences rooted in empowerment, co-creation, culturally responsive pedagogy, community building, and interdisciplinary story telling. Krystal is Associate Director of Choirs for Boston Children's Chorus where she leads ensembles, mentors teaching assistants and part-time artistic staff, and contributes to artistic and educational programming. Krystal is a singer, artistic leader, and leadership team member for VOICES 21C, a Boston-based artists collective dedicated to exploring divergent choral practices and social justice topics. With VOICES 21C, Krystal develops long-form narrative driven programs, imaginative staging, improvisation based arrangements, and educational and community collaborations. Krystal also works as part of Boston University's Prison Arts Initiative co-teaching collaborative arts courses using the Empowering Song approach alongside André de Quadros in facilities throughout the greater Boston area. Krystal's background includes diverse music making experiences including ten years as a public high school choir and music teacher, designing and implementing music curriculums in varied settings, providing artistic development and ensemble leadership, multi-modal artistic work in incarceration settings, field leadership, and experience performing as a choral singer and soloist in community and professional ensembles. Krystal holds a Master’s in Choral Conducting from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and a B.S. in Music Education from Plymouth State University. |
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Symphony of Voices: Exploring Diversity in Concert Band Literature Reading Session
Jared Cassedy | 2015 Grammy Music Educator of the Year This session shines a spotlight on voices that have historically been overlooked, providing a platform for inclusive programming that broadens the perspectives of both performers and audiences.The BPS Arts Department has made a large investment in expanding our central music library with repertoire from diverse composers. We invite BPS instrumental ensemble educators to bring their instruments and explore some of these exciting new additions available for borrowing! Jared Cassedy is the K-12 Performing Arts Coordinator and conductor of the LHS Wind Ensemble for Lexington Public Schools and is also the director of the Junior Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble at The New England Conservatory of Music. Jared is the recipient of the 2015 GRAMMY Music Educator Award furnished by the GRAMMY Foundation and Recording Academy and has conducted a myriad of honor bands across the nation, given a variety of lectures on leadership and best practices in teaching, and has participated in TEDx talking about his journey and philosophies through education. Most recently Jared presented at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra clinic in a session titled, "Fine Tuning Ensemble Culture and Why it Matters: Intentionally Creating a Positive Community through Conversation and Collaboration." Previous to his work in Massachusetts, Jared worked as a high school band director and the K-12 Fine and Performing Arts Director for both the Windham, NH and Salem, NH School Districts. He is an active member of the NAfME, MMEA, NBA, and Pi Lambda Theta. |
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Brushing Boundaries: Mural Creation 101
James Hobin | Visual Art Teacher Boston International Newcomers Academy Step into the vibrant world of artistic expression and educational transformation with "Brushing Boundaries." This session aims to empower visual art educators to reimagine their school spaces as vibrant canvases for artistic and educational exploration. Join us as we explore the boundless potential of school murals in fostering creativity, collaboration, and a sense of belonging within the educational community. James Hobin is a Boston-based artist with an accent on murals. When regular studio practice is joined with community action, collaboration becomes the raw material of his art. |
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Creativity for All with Adobe Express
Rhianon Gutierrez | Director of Digital Learning Sarah Chang | Instructional Coach Boston Public Schools Technology In this session, participants will explore stations on Adobe Express’ multiple tools such as drawing, Animate from Audio, videos, logo design, generative AI drawing, and podcast to develop creativity in students across subjects and grade levels. Participants will develop a goals graphic, share their work, and provide peer feedback, an important step in the creative process. Participants are eligible to get Adobe Creative Educator Level 1 certification after attending this session and submitting work. Rhianon Gutierrez is the Director of Digital Learning on the BPSTechnology Digital Learning Team. Outside of BPS, she consults on accessibility in the arts and has taught film and media arts and worked as a film producer and production designer. She thinks Parasite (2019) and City of God (2002) are the best films of the 21st century (so far). Sarah Chang is an Instructional Coach with the BPSTechnology Digital Learning Team. Prior to this role, she was a middle and high school math teacher, teacher leader, and school leader. Sarah’s preferred medium is MS Paint. |
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Toy Theatres and Plush Puppets
Kathleen Doyle | Drama Teacher Otis Elementary In this two hour workshop, participants will be introduced to the world of toy theater which can be fun with all grades from K-12. We will learn a bit about the history of these miniature stages and then get right into building our own. And what kind of actors work in toy theaters? Puppets! So each teacher will make two (2) puppets out of recycled and new materials, including socks, googly eyes, fun foam, felts and all kinds of repurposed plastics. With a bit of gluing, cutting, tying and wrapping, we'll create original characters in a unique cardboard miniature lightweight theater, complete with mini curtains. All new and recycled materials will be provided. No experience necessary. Each teacher will leave wht workshop with one finished toy theater and two completed puppets! And the know-how to teach these processes to your students of all grades. Kathleen Doyle has been a BPS elementary school theater arts teacher for more than twenty years. She has taught children at The David Ellis in Roxbury, The Josiah Quincy in Chinatown and presently at The James Otis in East Boston. She is also a professional theater designer specializing in puppets and costumes. Kathleen Doyle is a theater designer whose work has been seen all across the country, from New York to California, from Alaska to Hawai’i and from Broadway to The West End. Kathleen's designs have been seen throughout New York City, at Jazz at Lincoln Center, La MaMa, H.E.R.E., New York City Center, The New Ohio, The Joyce Theater, The American Museum of Natural History and The New Victory Theater. Her crafted builds have been seen at Walt Disney World and The Santa Fe Opera and The Kennedy Center. Doyle’s puppets and puppet sketches have been exhibited in their own rights at art galleries in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Daegu, South Korea and New York City. Her work hangs in private and public art collections. Kathleen was a Fulbright Scholar to Japan, and again to China and Hong Kong and a International Goodwill Ambassador to Peru. She has been a collaborative resident artist at the Thang Long National Water Puppetry Theater in Hanoi, Vietnam and is supported by The Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia. She is a member of USA-Local 829, a recipient of the Theater Communications Global Initiatives Grant, The Puffin Foundation Public Arts in Environmental Activism Grant and a Labworks artist for New 42nd St. Studios/New Victory Theater. Kathleen Doyle is a proud member of USA Local-829, earned an M.A. in Dramaturgy from Villanova and an M.F.A. in Theater Design from N.Y.U. Tisch School of The Arts. www.kathleendoyledesign.com |
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Unpacking the New DESE Foundational Skills for Theatre
Joshua Streeter | Assistant Professor Emerson College This promises to be an enlightening session for theatre educators seeking to enhance their curriculum with a focus on the new DESE Theatre Foundational Skills. Join us as we unpack the essential elements of theatre education, nurturing the next generation of performers, creators, and theatre enthusiasts. Joshua Rashon Streeter teaches in the BFA, MA, and MFA theatre education programs. His teaching focuses on critical pedagogy, pre-service and in-service education in K-16 schools/institutions, drama and theatre education, Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA)/Theatre for the Very Young (TVY), musical theatre, and arts integration. Joshua’s scholarship analyzes the pedagogies used in rehearsals and classrooms and considers the relationship between process and product in a creative experience. He previously held a professorship at James Madison University (JMU) where he built the Theatre Education Pre-Professional Licensure Program and the Teaching Artist Concentration, was a faculty associate in the Center for Faculty Innovation (CFI), and on faculty in the African, African-American, and Diaspora (AAAD) studies program. |
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Traditional Mexican Folkloric Dance and Music
Veronica Robles | Mariachi Singer and Musician Veronica Robles Cultural Center The blend of ancient and modern traditions that is Mexican culture blazes to life as award-winning performer and Telemundo Boston star Veronica Robles engages educators in dance and music along with curriculum resources to bring back to the classroom. Veronica Robles is a Mariachi singer, musician and Latin American folkloric dancer and choreographer by trade but has become a cultural icon for Latinos in Boston. She has effectively utilized the power of the arts and culture to bring the community together by raising awareness on the importance of diversity and she has empowered the youth by employing them and teaching them about their roots and cultures. Robles is Co-founder and Director of the Veronica Robles Cultural Center that supports community action and economic growth in East Boston and offers Latin American arts and culture programming and provides jobs for youth. |
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Steel Pan Reading Session
Ian Glaude | Retired Music Teacher, Community Academy of Science and Health Charleston Sarjeant | Steel Drummer and Percussionist We are honored to host Ian Glaude for today’s workshop. Now excitedly in his first year of retirement from the Community Academy of Science and Health (CASH), Mr. Glaude has provided invaluable support and expertise from his career as a steelpan artist. Congratulations on your retirement, Mr. Glaude. Thank you for continuing to support our music teachers and students in the district — even after an illustrious career of 33 years in the Boston Public Schools! Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, Charleston Sarjeant Jr. is a steel drummer, and percussionist. Growing up in a musical family, Charleston began playing steel pan at Caribbean Carnivals and panoramas (steel band competitions) at the age of 7 and by 9 years old was playing professional gigs. Charleston, regarded in the steel pan community as a “child prodigy”, began arranging and directing for steel bands at the age of 10. He formed his own steel band – Pan United – at the age of 14, weeks before he began high school. Charleston is also an accomplished keyboard player, performing with local acts by the age of 13. Charleston was trained as a concert percussionist at the Boston Arts Academy and in his senior year was asked to help start and a new steel pan program for the Boston Public Schools (BPS). Charleston went on to teach steel pan in BPS for 10 years. |
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Weaving Creativity: E-Textiles in the Visual Arts Classroom
Jocelyn Vache | Visual Art Teacher Boston International Newcomers Academy Embark on an electrifying exploration as we unravel the exciting intersection of technology and artistic expression in the visual arts classroom. "Weaving Creativity" invites educators to discover the transformative potential of e-textiles—electronic textiles that seamlessly blend technology with traditional art practices. In this dynamic session, we will guide participants through the integration of e-textiles in the visual arts curriculum, offering innovative ways to engage students in a hands-on, multidisciplinary approach to creativity. Jocelyn Vache has been an educator for nineteen years, the last twelve of which in the Boston Public Schools, and the last five as a Credit-Bearing Teacher of Record for the Arts Expansion Initiative. In her own classroom, she currently teaches digital literacy and computer science, but in other years has taught visual art, French, and English as a Second Language (ESL). She’s also served as a member of her Local Cultural Council. The intersection of linguistic, technological, and visual communication fascinates her. Jocelyn has been been making and appreciating art ever since she can remember. She cannot imagine having had a single day in high school or college without art class. Serving as the liaison between the high school she teaches at and local arts partners, whose studios and museums around the city serve as an extension of her students’ school day, is one of the most rewarding parts of her job. Like her teenage self, she couldn’t imagine her students’ lives without access to study the art of their choice: fine arts, media arts, dance, music, or theater. |
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33 Degree Yoga and Bodywork for Dance Educators
Mike “Yoga Mike” Massey | Licensed Yoga Instructor and Bodywork Therapist 33 Degree Yoga Yoga Mike will be sharing successful ways to implement yoga/mindfulness in the following areas. These can be used in equitable literacy practices during daily class routines: Theory | Practices | Vocabulary | Phrases As an offering, Yoga Mike will be presenting a yoga sequence based around decompression and twisting to realign the Central Nervous System… As a special treat to assist with the nervous system work Yoga Mike will be accompanied by his partner Michelle Mendes. Michelle will provide live sound-bath therapy to go along with the yoga sequence. A Roxbury native, "Yoga Mike" Massey has been a pillar in the community. He brings the foundations of yoga and bodywork to his community - one that's often overlooked when it comes to wellness. |
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Transforming Education: The Journey of Eliot K-8 Innovation School's STEAM Team
Stefano Marchese | Music Teacher Eliot K-8 School This session features the remarkable journey of the Eliot K-8 Innovation School's STEAM team as they showcase their transformative strategies in education. Over the years, this dynamic team has harnessed their collective expertise to advance critical thinking and create innovative methods for self-assessment, reflection, and feedback to profoundly impact student learning (in what way?). “We, the Eliot K-8 Innovation School, are radically reimagining the future of learning, connected to the future of work, with a laserlike focus on equity and access to high quality education. Our mission is to provide a fully inclusive, joyful, and rigorous learning journey that prepares every Student to achieve their highest potential by embracing their identities, developing interdisciplinary 21st century skills, and applying an antiracist mindset empowered by knowledge to participate actively in a complex and constantly changing, culturally diverse world.” (Eliot Innovation Plan, pp 6, 2021) The STEAM team, thanks also to the partnerships with NuVU and NEMPAC, along with Deeper Learning and Think:Kids, has pioneered strategies that center around the principles of equity, creativity, and mastery. These initiatives have not only elevated the quality of education at the Eliot, but also offer invaluable insights for educators worldwide. One of the hallmarks of the Eliot's STEAM team's success lies in their commitment to collaboration and continuous improvement. Their protocols for supporting one another, which include sharing students' work and reflecting on best practices, have served as a foundation for their innovative approaches and a basis for future instructional practices. This spirit of collaboration has led to the development of cutting-edge teaching and assessment techniques that set new standards in the field of education. Join us at this conference to gain insights into how the Eliot K-8 Innovation School's STEAM team has reshaped the educational landscape by integrating critical thinking, self-assessment, project-based learning and the principles of equity, creativity, and mastery into their teaching strategies. Stefano Marchese is an award-winning Italian singer-songwriter and educator. He has collaborated with Grammy winners Bobby McFerrin and Luis Enrique, among others. Thanks to his solo album Radici, in 2021 he was nominated by Serafini as one the 100 most relevant Abruzzesi abroad. A Berklee faculty member and music teacher for the Eliot K-8 Innovation School, Marchese has presented at national and international music education conferences and published work in music education journals on the topic of culturally and linguistically responsive teaching and technology in music education as well as Circle Singing. The band leader of Scanzonati, along with bass player and Berklee faculty Andrea Pejrolo, Marchese has collaborated with stars of Italian musica leggera such as Mogol and Carmen Consoli. A radio and TV host and producer, his show L'Italia chiamò was aired on more than 40 TV channels in Italy and Europe, and has included Oscar-winning composer and director Nicola Piovani and Italian jazz and pop stars such as Chiara Civello, Zucchero, Levante, Durdast, and GeGé Telesforo. As artistic director, he curates several series and festivals in New England, such as Jazz in the Park, Sounds of Italy, and Piazza All'Aperto among others. |
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Devising and Making Community-Based Theatre Beyond the Classroom
Dr. Asif Majid | Associate Professor University of Connecticut Theatre with communities requires an ethical commitment to power sharing, care, and relationality. As such, this interactive session draws on applied, devised, and other theatre practices to offer educators tools for how to develop theatre with communities, both inside and outside the classroom. |
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Music Technology Updates in the Field
Dr. Stefani Langol | Professor Berklee College of Music Join us for an immersive session that delves into the cutting-edge advancements and transformative innovations in the ever-evolving realm of music technology. From composition to production, performance to distribution, this session will explore the latest trends shaping the future of music production in the K-12 setting. Stefani Langol is a music educator, clinician, author, and consultant. She is currently Assistant Professor of Music Education at Berklee College of Music and also serves as the technology coordinator for the department. Stefani spent many years using technology in K–12 music classrooms and has trained hundreds of in-service music educators across the country on effective uses of music technology throughout the K–12 curriculum. She is currently writing a curriculum for Alfred Publishing focusing on MIDI sequencing in the music classroom. Additionally, Stefani has worked as an educational consultant and music technology applications specialist for SoundTree/KorgUSA, Opcode, Cakewalk, Warner Brothers, Cablevision, and GIA Publishing. She serves on the Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME) Board of Directors and is editor-in-chief of the TI:MES newsletter. |
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Berklee ABLE Conference
Arts Better the Lives of Everyone
Apr 19th-21st, 2024 | In-person or remote attendance
Berklee College of Music | David Friend Recital Hall
Arts Better the Lives of Everyone
Apr 19th-21st, 2024 | In-person or remote attendance
Berklee College of Music | David Friend Recital Hall
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The Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education (BIAAE) is delighted to announce the 2024 ABLE Assembly: Arts Better the Lives of Everyone conference. The ABLE Assembly is an exceptional professional development opportunity in the field of arts education and individuals with disabilities, bringing together educators, artists, researchers, policymakers, school administrators, program administrators, and students to share best practices, explore new research, and learn from each other.
The conference charges a $125 registration fee. Thanks to the partnership between BIAAE and the BPS Arts Department, the registration fee is waived for BPS dance, music, visual & media arts, and theatre educators. BPS visual and performing arts educators must register via a Google Form sent out from the arts department and not the BIAAE website. A refund will not be available if registering via the BIAEE website. PDP Point Distribution: BIAAE is a registered PDP provider with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. BIAAE will provide the pdp certificate for up to 18 PDP's. The PDP certificate will not be in Vector. Please keep it for your own records. |
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Inclusion Strategies in the Visual Arts Classroom
Dr. Christopher Hall | Visual Art Teacher, Lee K-8 School
Oct 2023 - Mar 2024 | 2 Academic Lane Credits - Cohort 1
Dr. Christopher Hall | Visual Art Teacher, Lee K-8 School
Oct 2023 - Mar 2024 | 2 Academic Lane Credits - Cohort 1
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An equitable, rigorous, and inclusive arts education experience is only fully realized when all students are educated in the least restrictive environment and provided the individualized supports necessary to fully access and actively engage in equitable literacy in the arts practices. This self-paced course begins with the view of inclusion not as a placement but a foundational philosophical stance and commitment to providing all students with what they need to thrive not only through the arts, but as members of their school community. Art educators will then read articles and selected resources on implementing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Culturally and Linguistically Sustaining Practices (CLSP) strategies in their inclusive art rooms and explore how Equitable Literacy in the Arts Practices can be used as a method of connecting these two frameworks. Lastly, educators will create a differentiated and culturally affirming unit that will provide rigorous and meaningful opportunities for all students to engage in the arts through creative expression and discourse, and provide student examples through a Google Slideshow. This course is only open to visual and media arts educators in order to meet the capacity of the central arts department who will be interacting with the arts educators via Google Classroom.
2 Academic Lane Credit/24 pdp’s Course is Capped at 25 Visual & Media Arts Educators ONLY Vector Registration Begins Around October 1st, 2023 |
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