Quarterly A+ Webinar Michelle Mazan Burrows Director, A+ Schools Program March 5 th, 2015 4-5 pm.
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Transcript of Quarterly A+ Webinar Michelle Mazan Burrows Director, A+ Schools Program March 5 th, 2015 4-5 pm.
Quarterly A+ Webinar
Michelle Mazan BurrowsDirector, A+ Schools Program
March 5th, 20154-5 pm
•Questions/Answers
•Follow-up– Presenters online at conclusion of webinar– Email/phone – Archived Webinar
HOUSEKEEPINGHOUSEKEEPING
• Poll Question1 – What is your role? Administrator, Teacher, Special Area Teacher, A+ Fellow, A+ Friend
• Poll Question 2 – From where are you viewing this webinar? Eastern NC, Central NC, Western NC, A+ School in another State, Other
• Poll Question 3 – If you were to assess your school’s current level of A+ implementation, what would it be? Going strong, Moving forward, Kind of stuck, A+ implementation? I’m not in an A+ school
• Poll Question 4: What ‘s up for Spring Break? Trip away, Time at Home, Outside Activities, Spring “Cleaning”, Catching up on Work!
Let’s take a poll!
WHO’S HERE?WHO’S HERE?
TODAY’S AGENDATODAY’S AGENDAA+ Schools Program Updates & Resources
DPI Alignment and Support for A+ Schools
Spotlight on A+ 20th Anniversary!
Mark Your Calendar
• 46 active A+ schools• Nearly 22,000 students and 1,700
educators and administrators• All 8 regions of the state, 28 counties• 35 Local Education Agencies (LEAs),
including 5 charter schools and 29 public school systems
• PK-12th Grade • 12 new Principals 14-15, 10 were new
in 13-14
CURRENT NETWORK CURRENT NETWORK STATSSTATS
Supporting the A+ Network with whole staff PD,
studio classrooms and one-on-one coaching Planning for 20th Anniversary Conference Developing our FellowsRecruiting new schoolsAssessing our processes (A+ Discussion Forum)Developing strategic partnershipsWorking with the AFTA state pilot teamData collection and analysisParticipating in national conversation on arts ed Sharing with the other A+ State Networks
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN UP WHAT HAVE WE BEEN UP TO?TO?
DIVYING UP THE A+ WORKDIVYING UP THE A+ WORKMichelle Burrows, Director(919) [email protected]
A+ Program and School Quality and RetentionRecruitment & Partnership DevelopmentA+ Leadership Development & SupportNational A+ Schools ConsortiumA+ and Arts in Education
Advocacy
Laura WaltersA+ Program Administrator(919) [email protected]
Meeting and Event LogisticsReimbursementsDocuments & Processes
Jennifer HugginsA+ Program Coordinator(919) [email protected]
School PD Scheduling, Planning, Logistics & SupportSchool Contracting and InvoicingA+ Program Content DevelopmentA+ Educator of the YearApprentice Fellows
GROWING THE A+ NETWORKGROWING THE A+ NETWORKNew Process for New Schools
Learn more on the A+
Website under
Becoming A+
Arts Education Partnership Forum, PittsburghA+ leadership from 4 states presented a session: All Students, All Schools: Arts-Centered Solutions Using A+ Schools’ Practices
SP3: Americans for the Arts: North Carolina was one of ten states selected to join Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, as part of ten state teams administering a three-year pilot program to strengthen arts education by advancing state policy.
NEA COLLECTIVE IMPACT GRANT: To support additional A+ Schools in Jones County while Building Creative Leadership and a Comprehensive Arts Education Planhttp://t.co/G4tdpDZYa2
SPREADING THE A+ WORDSPREADING THE A+ WORD
A+ ESSENTIALS GO A+ ESSENTIALS GO BILINGUAL!BILINGUAL!
SPEAKER SESSION
Sean McComb, 2014 National Teacher of the Year
Keynote: "Sparking Hope: Teaching as a Catalyst to Launching Great Learning"
Concurrent: "The Decisive Element: Defining Your Ability to be the Difference"
•Principal Baruti Kafele
•For Administrators: "Your School's BRAND Determines Student Outcomes“
•"Effective Vice Principal Leadership“
•For All Educators: "Creating a School Climate and Culture that Yield High Academic Performance"
CHAMPIONS ENGAGING NORTH CAROLINA IN 21ST CENTURY TEACHING AND LEARNINGMarch 30 - April 1, 2015Koury Convention CenterGreensboro, NC
A+ SESSION AT DPI A+ SESSION AT DPI CONFERENCE!CONFERENCE!
CREATIVE LEADERSHIP: THE HEART OF TRANSFORMED SCHOOL CULTURE
The arts are at the heART of creative leadership and school transformation. In this hands-on session, school leaders will consider the challenges of developing school-wide creative capacity. Join the A+ Schools Program and NCDPI to explore the role of the arts in cultivating creative leadership and successfully transforming schools.
FOR A+ & NON A+ FOR A+ & NON A+ SCHOOLSSCHOOLSNCCAT - Integrating Literacy & Arts Across the
Curriculum 3/2-5 – Cullowhee 4/7-10 – Ocracoke
RESAs - Arts Integration for K-8 Educators
2/3 – UNC Charlotte 2/25 – Martin County Telecenter, Williamston 3/11 – Mid Pines Inn, Southern Pines
VIF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Global Arts On-Line PD Module with Digital Badging Launch Date, Spring 2015
A+ PARTNERSHIPSA+ PARTNERSHIPSNCCAT
VIF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
RESA SESSIONS
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC TRAIL
NASC WEBSITENASC WEBSITE
http://www.nationalaplusschools.org
A NETWORK OF CREATIVE SCHOOLS
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO?TO?
Keeping in Mind What We Keeping in Mind What We Know:Know:
Criteria for Levels of Criteria for Levels of EngagementEngagement
Distinguished A+ School
HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR WEBSITE FOR THE CURRENT A+ LOGO AND LINK? A+ HISTORY AT YOUR SCHOOL? WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN A+ SCHOOL?
HAVE YOU BEEN USING A+ LANGUAGE, PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICE IN YOUR SCHOOL PLANNING, DECISION MAKING AND SIP WORK?
HAVE YOU CREATED A 12-18 MONTH PLAN FOR CONTINUING GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY OF A+?
HAVE YOU MADE A PLAN FOR CONTINUING YOUR A+ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT?
HAVE YOU MADE A PLAN FOR ATTENDING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE IN AUGUST
HOW ARE YOU DOING ON YOUR HOW ARE YOU DOING ON YOUR SCHOOL-WIDE IMPLEMENTATION?SCHOOL-WIDE IMPLEMENTATION?
A+ SNAPSHOT OF LEARNING A+ SNAPSHOT OF LEARNING WALKTHROUGHWALKTHROUGHAs I watched your students today, I observed:
____ Smiling, joyful students____ Focused, thinking students____ Highly engaged/on-task students____ Students learning through multiple pathways (varied instructional strategies)____ Kinesthetic (body/hands active) learning____ Students collaborating (problem solving/product production)____ Students working independently/individually____ Students building their 21st century skills (global awareness, info/tech skills, life skills and/or the 4 C’s)____ Learning through standards-based arts integration (arts and non-arts standards have equal weight) ____ Learning through standards-based arts education (pure learning in or of an art form)____ Learning through standards-based arts exposure (Experiencing the arts from outside school community)____ Students using a variety of multiple intelligences during learning activities ____ Students who can explain the lesson objectives____ Students sharing what they are learning with each other____ Students having choice and autonomy in their learning experiences
____ Students demonstrating mastery of content through enriched assessment opportunities____ Students demonstrating mastery of content through traditional assessment opportunities____ Students rehearsing or preparing for informance/performance____ Students learning/using both arts and non-arts vocabulary ____ Students actively creating____ Students being facilitated or coached____ Students using classroom management processes that support collaboration and creativity____ Students listening and/or engaged in direct instruction____ Students engaged in traditional instruction methods that include seatwork or small group work____ Learning facilitated through team-teaching____ Students participating in transition activities____ Students experiencing respectful, positive classroom relationships____ Confidant students____ Students being celebrated or celebrating student/classroom successes
In or around your classroom environment, I observed: ____ Arts standards displayed along with non-arts standards____ Student created artwork is on display____ Student artwork on display has corresponding art/non-art standards attached/displayed
Questions to ponder:
Other observer reflections:
____ A+ essentials and/or multiple intelligences information displayed in the room____ Students have visible access to a variety of arts material/supplies____ Desk/room arrangement that is conducive to a creative/active learning environment
WANT TO TALK THROUGH THIS PROCESS? CALL WANT TO TALK THROUGH THIS PROCESS? CALL MICHELLE!MICHELLE!
A+ LESSONS IN A+ LESSONS IN ACTIONACTION Where to find the
A+ Lesson Plan Template:
A+ Live Binder: http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/902360Binder Access Key:
A+NCNetworkUnder A+ Curriculum
you will find the Lesson Plan Template
as well as the DPI Quick Reference
Guides. You will find your submitted lesson under the “Lessons
in Action” section.
Where to find the A+ Lesson Plan
Template:A+ Live Binder:
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/902360Binder Access Key:
A+NCNetworkUnder A+ Curriculum
you will find the Lesson Plan Template
as well as the DPI Quick Reference
Guides. You will find your submitted lesson under the “Lessons
in Action” section.
•Create an arts-integrated lesson using the A+ Lesson Plan Template. Make sure to include your name, your school name, your grade/discipline and your email. Also include anyone you collaborated with to create the lesson as well as their grade/discipline and email.
•Teach your lesson to your students. Take a photo of at least 1 student product for submission with your lesson. Additional photos of student work, or of students participating in the lesson may also be included. Links to videos (uploaded to youtube) are also welcome.
•Reflect on the lesson, thinking about what worked and what needed revision. Tweak the lesson plan as needed based on your actual teaching of the lesson.
•Share lesson with a colleague (or two) at your school for feedback. Include their feedback on your lesson plan if it makes sense to do so.
•Finalize your lesson plan, making sure that all sections of the template are fully completed. If there are handouts, web links, books, special materials or other resources that you used in the lesson, please make sure to include that information as well. Keep in mind that you want your lesson documented so that any other A+ teacher could try your lesson (with adaptations as needed) with their students. They will need all of the background information and resources that you needed.
•Submit your lesson plan with any supporting materials (handouts, photos, video links, resource materials, web links, etc.) to [email protected]
Note: If any part of your lesson comes from a source outside of yourself, please include any crediting information as necessary. Please do not include copyrighted material in your lessons.
Where are you as an A+ School? Which A+ Essentials are strongest and which need more
growth?How does your school community (staff, students parents)
acknowledge and share your A+ mission?How have you shared your A+ mission with your district
leadership?What kind of turnover/transition are you experiencing and do
you anticipate for next year? What initiatives and state-wide changes are impacting your
staff and how can A+ Support you in working through these?Where does your school need to grow to become an
even stronger A+ School?
PLANNING FOR 2015-16PLANNING FOR 2015-16
NEWS AND NEWS AND RESOURCE RESOURCE ROUND-UPROUND-UP
3rd Annual Gerry D. HowellA+ Educator of the Year Award
Application Available on A+ Website ~ Deadline April 21st
2014 Award Recipient Carolyn Florence
A+ NETWORK EVENT
Central/Eastern A+ SchoolsTuesday, March 17th
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Oaks Road Elementary
New Bern
Western SchoolsThursday, March 19th
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Black Mountain Primary
Black Mountain
Spring Regional A+ Leadership Meetings
A+ covers lunch and will also cover the substitute cost (Max $95) for up to three attendees. Hotels needed to be booked under A+ block. Block has been released.
Registration available on-line and is due tomorrow, March 6th.
A+ RESOURCESA+ RESOURCES
HAVE YOU BEEN HAVE YOU BEEN ON?ON?
NEW A+ BROCHURE!!NEW A+ BROCHURE!!
Presented at the National A+ Schools Consortium
Meeting December 10, 2014
Nancy H. Barry, PhDAuburn University
Tyler Weldon, PhDUniversity of Central Oklahoma
PurposeThe Teacher Opinion Survey (TOS) was developed to document and describe educators’ opinions and attitudes about:
– The A+ process
– Ways that arts in education can impact student attitudes and academic performance
– Importance of teaching the arts as a separate discipline
– Role of the teacher in arts instruction
– Level of collaboration in their schools
• OKA+ commissioned the survey• 38 attitude items measuring the following constructs (scales)
– Student Outcomes– Collaboration– Teacher as artist– Arts as a Separate Discipline
• 2014 Responses were made according to a Likert scale – 1 = Strongly Agree– 2 = Agree– 3 = Disagree– 4 = Strongly Disagree
• First electronic administration in 2014
Survey Item Mean
6. Teachers are encouraged to be creative at my school. 1.63
32. Arts integration aids in the goal of students loving to learn. 1.73
37. The arts integrated into the total curriculum promote learning across subject boundaries. 1.75
38. It is logical to teach themes, ideas, and concepts holistically across all subjects in the curriculum including the arts. 1.75
9. The nature of this model allows for collaboration with others. 1.79
35. I feel uncomfortable with the disorder of the arts integrated into all subjects. 2.95
28. The purpose of high quality instruction in the arts is to prepare those who will go on to work in art-related fields. 2.96
17. Only those teachers who have artistic background and formal training have a realistic preparation for teaching the arts. 3.05
25. The arts take away time from important preparation for regular curricular outcomes. 3.0736. Arts specialists are not as necessary at the elementary level because classroom teachers can teach the arts. 3.22
DPI SUPPORT DPI SUPPORT FOR FOR
A+ SCHOOLSA+ SCHOOLS
NCDPI Arts Education Partners
Christie Lynch EbertSection Chief, K-12 Program AreasArts Education Consultant (Dance and Music) and NCDPI Liaison to the A+ Schools [email protected]
Slater MappArts Education Consultant (Theatre Arts and Visual Arts)[email protected]
Comprehensive Arts Education
Comprehensive Arts Education
• January 7th, North Carolina State Board of Education State Board of Education Issues Session
Board member Wayne McDevitt described experiences with arts education in North Carolina saying:
–"Greg and I and Trish and others stood in awe as we watched this performance following our December meeting of a school over in Durham (R.N. Harris)... just tremendous
–All of us are supporters of the arts...
–Arts are at the very core of what it is we are about…the state has a rich history in this area with the school of the arts and the museums and even at the local level.
–The research is clear, if we are going to achieve…the skills that we are trying to insure every student gets… If we are going to achieve that vision, mission and goals…then arts have to be integrated within that larger picture.“
Legislative Update
• House Bill 138: Arts Education Requirement
• Directs the State Board to require one arts education credit prior to graduation from High School.
• Filed March 3, 2014
• Primary Sponsors: Rep. Carney, Johnson, Elmore and Glazier
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=HB138&submitButton=Go
SPOTLIGHT SPOTLIGHT ON A+ 20ON A+ 20THTH
ANNIVERSARYANNIVERSARY
SAVE THE DATE20 YEARS OF A+ SCHOOLS
A CONFERENCE OF CELEBRATION AND SHARING ARTS-
ENGAGED LEARNING
August 3rd, 4th and 5th, 2015At the Carolina Theater and Durham
Convention Center
Come and celebrate the arts in education as we celebrate 20 years of A+!
RFP’s available in January – also seeking A+ Graduates for potential interviewing & inclusion in programming
MARK YOUR MARK YOUR CALENDARSCALENDARSMarch 6th – DUE: Spring Leadership Meeting Reg.
Spring Regional A+ Leadership Meetings March 17th, 10-3pm Oaks Road ES, New Bern March 19th, 10-3pm Black Mountain Primary School
April 21ST – Deadline for A+ Ed of the Year Apps
May 7th, 4-5pm Final Quarterly A+ Network Webinar for 14-15 School Year
August 3rd-5th – A+ 20th Anniversary Conference, Durham
October 8th, 10-3pm Raleigh Fall Statewide A+ Leadership Meeting and New Teachers Training
WISHING YOU A WISHING YOU A RESTFUL SPRING BREAK!RESTFUL SPRING BREAK!
Thanks for joining us!
We will post this webinar on our website.
If you have feedback about the virtual meeting format, please let Michelle know.
Please feel free to log off at your leisure…
Q & AQ & A
