Picasso and the FCAT:The Power of the Artsto Engage Learners

School District of Palm Beach County

Craig S. Collins, PrincipalThe Lois Cowles Harrison Center

for theVisual and Performing Arts

craig.collins@polk-fl.net

Elementary School Profile

FCAT Writing 1.7Reading 23%Mathematics 34%

The 4 R’s of Tomorrow’s Schools

RigorRelevanceRelationshipsReflection

Rigor and Relevance in the ArtsAcquisition – Rehearse and perform following teacher directions/replicate artwork (awareness)Application – Apply accepted performance practice models, e.g. intonation, characterization, posture, technique, use of media (accessing prior knowledge/comprehension)Assimilation – Analyze/evaluate performance/production in process (asking questions/analysis)Adaptation – Perform/produce new material while independently expressing personal beliefs or responses to ideas and input (reflection/synthesis)

= Engagement

Why Change?The demands of the future require it.Too many students’ needs are not currently being met by today’s schools.

2005 SAT ScoresArts Discipline Math VerbalActing or Play Production 543 532Art History/Appreciation 518 519Dance 503 503Drama: Study/Appreciation 530 520Music: Study/Appreciation 538 537Music Performance 534 537Photography or Film 526 526Studio Art and Design 527 531No Arts Courses 478 498

What needs to be done?School curricula needs to be inherently motivating and relevant.a. Students who are engaged will achieve.b. Career/technology/arts are models of student

engagement.c. Literacy processes must be specifically taught at a high

level within all subject areas.

How will we do it?Focus more on learning than teaching.Focus on the needs of tomorrow not the past.Focus more upon processes than products.Focus upon high standards and essential skills and knowledge.

Strategies Connected To ReadingPracticing fluencyActivating prior knowledgeDeveloping vocabularyVisualizing – graphic organizers, story mapping, sensory imageryAsking questions

Why make connections to the arts?The arts reach students who are not otherwise being reached.The arts reach students in ways that they are not otherwise being reached.The arts connect students to themselves and each other.The arts provide learning opportunities for the adults in the lives of youngpeople.The arts provide new challenges for those students already consideredsuccessful.The arts connect learning experiences to the world of real work.

Champions of Change

The first step is a big one!

Resources for Arts Integration…InternetCommunity ResourcesProfessional DevelopmentProfessional ArtistsArts Partnerships

Arts TeachersGeneral Education TeachersState Arts CouncilLocal TheatreLocal Dance Troupes/Studios

Internet Websites for Arts Integrationwww.arts4learning.orgwww.getty.eduwww.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/www.mcae.k12.mn.uswww.lcinstitute.org/

Champions of Change – Research DocumentCritical Links (AEP) – Research Document

Daniel and Cyrus Before the Idol BelWrite down observationsThe longer viewed, the more insight gainedWorld History 1633, paganism/cultsCompare and contrastGeography, Persia

Thunderstorm MusicBoom Boom Boom Bop

Zing Zang ZipClippety Clappety Drip Drop

Hear the Wind WhipRustling Tussling Bustling Breeze

Thunderstorm MusicMakes Songs in the Trees

Trophies Reading Series -5th GradeFables: “The Hare and the Tortoise” and “Two Mice”

Compare and Contrast.Create a fable using a similar moral.Take well known proverbs and rewrite them to fit the fable.Illustrate the two fables (Aesop and Sioux Indians); customs, costumes, time in history.Act out the fable.Vocabulary – tableau.Take pictures of the tableaux for vocabulary review.Discuss genre.

Physics

Combine the study of light with the making of pin-hole photography.Dance – force and reaction.Music – different instruments; different metals; different sounds.

ChemistryArt and paint pigmentationVisual art and chemical restorationChemistry of clays under varied processesEtching of metals – i.e., glassDye in clothing; British Red Coats (also connected to Biology)

Visual Elements Periodic Table - OxygenA colorless, odorless gas that makes up 21% of the atmosphere as both oxygen (O2) and oxone (O3).

Oxygen is not only a component of water (H2O) but also is found dissolved in water.

Visual Elements Periodic Table - Manganese

The name manganese is derived from the Latin ‘magnes’, (magnet) like the old electro-magnet shown. Manganese is give-n as a food supplement to grazing animals.

www.rsc.org/chemsoc/VisualElements/index.asp

GeometryUse stage combat (fencing) as a means for application of geometric figures.

Lines and anglesParallel and perpendicular linesCongruent trianglesSlides, flips, and turns

Strategies That Most Impact Achievement1. Extending Thinking Strategies2. Summarizing3. Vocabulary in Context4. Cueing, Scaffolding, Advance Organizers5. Non-verbal Representations6. Product-based and Effort-based Feedback7. Distributed Practice8. Socially Active Learning9. Setting Focus and Objectives for Learning10. Questioning Strategies11. Differentiated Assignments Across Multiple Levels

Dr. Max ThompsonLeadership, Achievement, and Accountability: Benchmarking to Exemplary Practice (2005)

Instructional Terms for FCAT Preparation

MoodInferMetaphorCompare/ContrastJustify….actionsJustify….decisionsSummarizeMain idea

AnalyzeEvaluateCharacterizeSequenceSymbolizePerceptionConcludeTone

Targeted StrategiesAnnolighting a textQuestion Answer Relationships (QAR)Metaphor analysisMaking inferencesGraphic organizers

Effective listening and note-takingVenn DiagramTwo-column note takingSummarizingVocabularyStory Frames

Million Dollar Question for Teachers

If someone accused you of teaching literacy in yourclasses, would there be enough evidence to convictyou?

Keys To SuccessAdministrator Leads The WayTeam Effort Among ALL TeachersCelebrate SuccessesShare Ideas/ResearchBook TalkTeacher Accountability – attached to individual assessment(Monday) MeetingsStrategies Included in School Improvement Process/Plan