Wvde Arts Education Update

WVDE ARTS EDUCATION UPDATE June 2, 2014

*New items are listed in red.

CONTENTS: I. NEWS II. TIME SENSITIVE INFORMATION III. TEACHER AND STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES IV. ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS V. FOR YOUR INFORMATION VI. RESOURCES

I. NEWS Do you have photos or experiences you would like to share from Arts Alive 2014 or arts events happening in your area? ‘Like’ the West Virginia Arts Alive Facebook page and tell us about them! You can also send information directly to me and I will post your news, photos and events on social media. Send to [email protected].

II. TIME SENSITIVE INFORMATION

National Core Arts Standards to launch in June 4 webinar The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) will launch the 2014 National Core Arts Standards in a streaming webinar on Wednesday, June 4, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. EDT. The event will feature interviews with a broad spectrum of arts education providers, including certified educators, teaching artists, administrators, national/state policy makers, and arts education advocates. The new standards for dance, media arts, music, theatre, and visual arts were created by seventy writers representing NCCAS’s arts education member organizations. More than 6,000 educators, teaching artists, parents, students and state and local focus groups offered input in four national reviews that helped shaped the final standards. The PreK-12 grade-by-grade standards are intended to guide educators seeking to provide quality arts education for America’s students, define artistic literacy, and support 21st century skills and college and career readiness. The arts standards will be housed in the NCCAS website atwww.nationalartsstandards.org. A key feature of the interactive website is the option for teachers and other users to create customized standards handbooks that match their curriculum and students’ learning needs. All are welcome to join the National Core Arts Standards webinar launch. To participate, register athttp://tinyurl.com/lrsajg9. Sign up will be limited to the first 3,000 registrants. Highlights of the webinar will be available on the website at a later date.

III. TEACHER AND STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Baltimore Design School (BDS) seeks an exceptional Principal to assume leadership on or before July 1, 2014. BDS is a new public specialized middle-high school in Baltimore, Maryland, focused on design thinking as a way of teaching and learning. Please contact [email protected] for a school information packet and complete job description. Applicants should submit a cover letter and resume, including job history and qualifications, to [email protected]. Priority consideration will be given to those who apply before June 1.  PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Jazz and Classical Music Festival On behalf of Professor Keith Jackson: The Intersection of Jazz and Classical Music Festival is June 23-27 in Morgantown and will include top guest artists as well as lectures by professionals from across the country. Teachers might be able to receive three credits. See http://music.wvu.edu/keyboardfestival for details of schedule, registration, and more.

WVU Summer Dance Academy On behalf of Dr. Yoav Kaddar: I am inviting you to visit our WVU Summer Dance Academy / Teachers Academy web site in hopes of enticing you to come to Morgantown for a week of classes, forums and plain old good dancing fun. Take a break and leave your dance teacher hat at home and come spend a week as a student. Besides our own WVU Dance faculty we have a wonderful roster of guest teachers including Terry Goetz, director of Anne Green Gilbert’s Creative Arts Center from Seattle, Ron Amir from Bat Sheva, Israel teaching Gaga workshops, Fiona Upward of Health & Harmony teaching Feldenkrais, Katreena Snyder from Kat & Co. teaching Contemporary and Matt Saffron from Tap Dogs teaching tap. Visit our web site for more information: http://theatre.wvu.edu/summerdance

Professional Development (Graduate) course to be offered as part of WVU Summer Dance Academy C&I 930: Integrating Dance and Creative movement. Please see the attached Syllabus for additional information.

To register: 1. Download a professional development application/registration form at: http://elearn.wvu.edu/Registration/forms/ProfDev.pdf 2. Complete both pages of the form. 3. Add the course information provided regarding class. CRN: 53852 Subject: C&I Course #: 930 Section #: 6AB Credit Hours: 1 Title: PRDV: Integrating Dance/Creative Movement Cost of the course is $71. Courses are now graded Pass/Fail. These courses do not count towards any degrees at WVU. For more information, contact Dr. Stephanie Lorenze @ [email protected]

 STATE AND NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Be sure to contact your professional associations to register for professional development, conferences, and workshop opportunities.

National Dance Education Organization’s Online Professional Development Institute Summer 2014 Online Dance Education Courses https://us-mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=c821kjkjlskdt#848421580

NDEO Members On behalf of Jill Randall: As your year wraps up, do you have a project or concept to share with colleagues on the Dancers Using Technology Blog? This blog shares stories about the wide array of ways that we as artists and educators use technology to make art, share art, and teach our classes. If you would like to be featured on the blog and be a guest writer for a post, please contact me directly at [email protected].

 OTHER TEACHER AND STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

Summer Acting Academy On behalf of Professor Jerry McGonigle: Students can beat the heat this summer by peeking behind the curtain into the world of theatre at WVU's Summer Acting Academy, a week-long performance camp, to be held June 23-27 in the Creative Arts Center on the WVU Evansdale Campus. Whether taking that first step onto the stage or making a return trip, all students are welcome who are looking for a chance to perform, no matter their experience level. The Summer Acting Academy is a one-week theatre training program for students ages 12 to 16 that will take them on an exciting journey into the art of theatre performance. Coinciding with the camp, students will be able to take a look behind the scenes of WVU's professional theatre initiative, Mountain State Repertory Theatre, and their production of "The Unlucky Princess," running June 20-22 and 27-29. For more information on the Summer Acting Academy, please visit http://theatre.wvu.edu/summeracting, call 304-293-2020, or email [email protected].

Summer Music Class for Students: On behalf of Professor Keith Jackson: This summer the School of Music at West Virginia University is offering MUSC 100 Fundamentals of Music Theory, an-line course designed to help students majoring in music to prepare for their Freshman Theory class. Go to http://music.wvu.edu/future_students/music100 for more details.

“ Hollywood Squares” with a WV twist On behalf of the WV Music Hall of Fame: As part of Festivall, the WVMHoF is producing four segments of a game show called “West Virginia Squares.” Based on the popular “Hollywood Squares” game show, “WV Squares” will feature questions about WV music and WV history. The show will be hosted and co-produced by Peter Marshall, the original host of the show and a proud WV native. WV PBS will be filming all four shows - two on June 23 and two on June 24. The celebrity squares will feature notable WV natives including: Wheeling native Joyce DeWitt (Janet Wood on the TV show ”Three’s Company”); 2008 WVMHoF inductee Billy Edd Wheeler; former major league ballplayer and current ESPN commentator John Kruk; 2008 WVMHoF inductee Charlie McCoy; “America’s Got Talent” winner Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr.; and Tony Award winner Michael Cervaris. Local “celebrities” will include Charleston Mayor Danny Jones, and “Mountain Stage” host Larry Groce. Contestants will include winners of the Golden Horseshoe Award. Tickets are free but on a first-come basis.

Master Class: Prosthetic Make up Creation & Application On behalf of Kristopher G. Corbett: This hands-on, 9 day workshop is a fully encompassing, intensive, Special Effects Makeup Training course. In 9 days, RJ Haddy will take you from start to finish, everything you need to know to create your very own prosthetic makeups. The class is fully hands on and you will receive all materials necessary for the duration of the class. Class is suitable for ages 15 and older. Class will be held at Rad F/X Co Creature Compound1007 Bigley Ave., Charleston WV. Monday, June 16, 2014 –Thursday, June 26, 2014. Price: $650.00 per person. (Includes materials and lunch). For more information, contact Mr. Corbett at [email protected].

Charleston Ballet Summer Dance Intensive June 2- 27, 2014 Welcome to our Summer Dance Intensive designed for students/teachers to have a concentrated instructional dance education with additional curriculum that will broaden your experience with many guest teachers and related artistic activities. Classes will be held for youth ages 4 – 16 years and adults from the beginner to professional levels. Permanent staff and guest teachers will offer classes in ballet and variations, modern, jazz, musical theatre, Irish step dance, Pilates, zumba and ballet circuit training. Please see the attached Charleston Ballet Spring Newsletter for exciting events and happenings! For more information, contact Kim Pauley, Charleston Ballet artistic director, 100 Capitol Street, Charleston, WV 25301. (304) 342-6541. www.thecharlestonballet.com [email protected]

Shakespeare for Festivall Fall in October! Are your students studying Shakespeare this fall? As part of Festivall Fall, the Charleston Ballet will be doing a special student performance of ROMEO AND JULIET. A student performance of Shakespeare’s most popular love story, ROMEO AND JULIET will be offered to students in grades 6-12 on Thursday, October 23 at 11:00am in the Civic Center Theatre in Charleston, WV. Student ticket price is $5.00 with teachers/chaperones admitted free at the ratio of 1 teacher/chaperone for every 10 students. Additional chaperones tickets are $5.00. For more information or to request a copy of the ballet’s curriculum goals and objective, please visit www.thecharlestonballet.com or call the Charleston Ballet office at 304-342-6541.

The Festivall Fall committee will offer the American Shakespeare Center from Staunton VA performing HAMLET on Friday, October 24 for the general public at the Scottish Rite Theater. Tickets are $20. A workshop with the company will be held in Charleston with date/time TBD. For more information about the American Shakespeare Center located in Staunton, VA check out their website at: http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/

IV. ARTICLES OF INTEREST AND NEW PUBLICATIONS

Arts Integration from the Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kerry-washington/how-to-save-our-schools-t_b_5354342.html? utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics

National Endowment for the Arts Art Works Blog: A New Vision for Arts Education http://arts.gov/art-works/2014/new-vision-arts-education

Evidence: A Report on the Impact of Dance in the K-12 Setting http://ndeo.clubexpress.com/content.aspx? page_id=22&club_id=893257&module_id=153248&sl=254424659

Arts Education for America’s Students: A Shared Endeavor The State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE), in partnership with 12 national arts and education organizations, has released Arts Education for America’s Students, a Shared Endeavor , a statement outlining the importance of high quality arts education and those responsible for providing it to students. A Shared Endeavor articulates the purpose and value of arts education in the balanced curriculum of all students, asserts its place as a core academic subject area, and details how sequential arts learning can be supported by rigorous national standards and assessments. The statement, created over a 12-month period by the endorsing organizations, responds to the alarming marginalization of quality arts education in America’s schools in recent years, as funding, staffing, and school time has increasingly focused on tested subject areas. Acknowledging the long history and support for arts education by public and private partners, A Shared Endeavor defines what quality arts education looks like at the local level, encourages partnerships, and calls on organizations and individuals to actively support and promote:  Policies and resources for arts education.

 Access to arts education for all students.

 Collaboration between school-based arts educators, other subject area teachers, and community-based artists and arts educators.

 Long-term advocacy partnership between all providers of arts education.

Link to document: Arts Education for America’s Students

Education Week article explores Common Core and the state of our states http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/01/08/15sessions_ep.h33.html? tkn=UZTFQVnOoSNtWB38mhRxSlzdg9smnSssh85w&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1

Research Suggests Positive Impact of Music Education http://www.ed.gov/blog/2013/07/research-suggests-positive-impact-of-music-education/#more- 15671 Roles of Certified Arts Educators, Certified Non-Arts Educators, & Providers of Supplemental Arts Instruction This document reviews the ongoing discourse about arts education and presents recommendation for promoting universal access to high-quality arts programs (June, 2012). http://seadae.org/Corporatesite/files/c8/c8ddc6ce-bbf6-467b-af6a-4a1d1eebe8d5.pdf

Master list of all websites showing state arts standards Many thanks to John Letellier (Florida) for creating a master list of all websites showing state arts standards. Now, thanks to his hard work, you may download this list on the public side of the State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education website (SEADAE). If you are interested in learning more about what your colleagues are doing across the nation, go to www.seadae.org and click on "about us" and "regional representation." Below the link to the list you will find a list of states by Region and the SEADAE regional contact. Click on any state to access their arts standards.

V.FOR YOUR INFORMATION

On behalf of Trent J. Danowski, Office of Professional Preparation at the WVDE:

In a continued effort to support all West Virginia educators on the new Educator Evaluation System, the Department of Education would like to offer the following information:

Congratulations are in order for all the educators in the state of West Virginia! You are quickly approaching the conclusion of the first year of full state implementation of the online Educator Evaluation System. Thank you for your professionalism in completing what, for many of you, was a new method of evaluation. I have heard many great stories over the course of this year regarding educators assisting each other in navigating the online components of the evaluation system. Your communication and collaboration helped to ensure that this evaluation cycle is a successful one.

For Classroom Teachers who have chosen to use WESTEST data as the Results Data for one or more of your student learning goals – your summative evaluation cannot be completed prior to June 1st of this school year. You need to re-visit your goals for this school year in the fall of the 2014-2015 school year, once WESTEST data is available for review. At that time, insert the appropriate Goal Results information into the online system. Then notify your evaluator that your student learning goals are completed and the completion of your 2014 summative evaluation may commence.

Attention Evaluators: Here is the proper Order of Events when completing the summative evaluations of your educators:

1. Evaluator and Educator hold the summative evaluation conference. 2. Evaluator completes online summative evaluation of Educator. Evaluator checks the “Finalize” option at the bottom of evaluation and then clicks SAVE. 3. Educator enters WOW evaluation module. Educator may now enter an Addendum to their summative evaluation if desired. Educator “Accepts” evaluation and clicks SAVE. 4. Fall 2014: School-wide growth data will be uploaded into the evaluation system. 5. Fall 2014: Educators re-visit their 2014 evaluations and complete a Final Acceptance of their evaluation.

Upcoming Educator Evaluation System Dates:

 By June 1, 2014 – Evaluators conduct summative conferences with classroom teachers and school counselors, then complete and finalize summative evaluations for those educators.

 By June 1, 2014 – Educators re-visit 2014 summative evaluations which have been finalized by their principal. Educators accept the 2014 summative evaluation.  By July 1, 2014 - Evaluators conduct summative conferences with school principals, then complete and finalize evaluations for school principals. Principals then accept the 2014 summative evaluation.

VI. RESOURCES

Website: http://www.artsedsearch.org/

Website: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/how-to/series/arts-integration-beta/arts- integration-beta.aspx

NATIONAL COALITION FOR CORE ARTS STANDARDS – Wiki and Facebook pages http://nccas.wikispaces.com www.facebook.com/NationalCoalitionForCoreArtsStandards

LINKS TO WV ARTS CONTENT STANDARDS AND OBJECTIVES Dance: http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2520.9.pdf Music: http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2520.10.pdf Theatre: http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2520.11.pdf Visual Arts: http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2520.12.pdf GUIDANCE FOR BUILDING A PROGRAM Working with exemplary West Virginia arts teachers, the West Virginia Department of Education has prepared a guidance document intended to help guide schools and districts in providing rich arts experiences for their students. You may view the document here: "Building a Comprehensive Arts Program." In addition, there have been some supporting documents prepared specifically for secondary instrumental ensemble teachers. These have been specifically prepared to help novice band and orchestra teachers select quality repertoire for their programs: Recommended Repertoire - Band Recommended Repertoire - Orchestra The document goes far beyond the minimum requirements of policy and describes arts programs best suited to serve student needs. Please feel free to use and share this document with others as we work toward our aspiration of "Good kids doing great work!" TEACH 21 INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDES http://wvde.state.wv.us/instructionalguides/ PROJECT BASED LEARNING plans for dance, music, theatre and visual art are also posted on the Teach 21 website and can be searched here: http://wvde.state.wv.us/teach21/pbl.html .

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The Arts Coordinator for The West Virginia Department of Education makes every effort to provide relevant, timely information to stakeholders collected from numerous state and national sources. The inclusion of items in this update does not imply the endorsement or verification of accuracy by this agency.

Christine N. Camper Moore, Ph.D.

Arts Coordinator Dance. Music. Theatre. Visual Arts. Office of Secondary Learning

Building 6, Room 603 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East Charleston, WV 25305-0330 304.558.5325 Phone 304.558.1834 Fax E-mail: [email protected] wvde.state.wv.us

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