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PASS THE WORD: June 22, 2015
Register now for Region 7 ESC’s Fine Arts Summit! Art Teachers of East Texas support the arts and arts integration! We are “Equal Partners in Shaping the Future!”
To register: You must register for the main session, then register from the grid, selecting the Keynote and your choice of breakout sessions.
Keynote: STEAM: What Is It? How Could It Help My Students and Me?
8:30-9:30 Lucinda Presley, Chair and Executive Director of the Washington DC-based, Innovation Collaborative
STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, THE ARTS, and Math. This movement sweeping the country offers great opportunities for arts educators and students. Learn from Lucinda Presley, Chair and Executive Director of the Washington DC-based Innovation Collaborative, what’s happening nationally, how it can benefit you and your students, and how you can participate.
The Innovation Collaborative, established in Washington, D.C., in May 2013, is one outcome of the SEAD (Sciences, Engineering, Arts, and Design) Network. TheSEAD Network is a community of advocates for the importance and value of research and creative work across the arts and sciences. It was an initiative funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), and grew out of meetings co-organized by the NSF, National Endowment for the Arts, and National Endowment for the Humanities.
Breakout Sessions:
STEAM: Imagine Mars and Arts Education 9:45-4:00 (Arts Integration K-8)
Learn how integrating the fine and performing arts with science content increases student engagement, learning, and higher level thinking. Take home lessons that show how vital arts thinking and processes are to mandated content learning. This project, in its 10th successful year, is in partnership with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. It is presented by Lucinda Presley, Executive Director of ICEE Success Foundation, an institute that works nationally to promote creative thinking through integrating the arts, sciences, and humanities.
Art Connects… to it All 1:00-4:00 (Fine Arts/Visual Arts K-7)
Have fun exploring undernourished synaptic nerves connecting literature and art. You will leave with more than 30 lesson plans that you can easily incorporate into your classroom with minimal supplies. Learning opportunities with awesome adjective postcards to museum exploration with gallery ghosts. Presenter: Christine Killian, Fine Arts Department Chair-Whitehouse ISD, Region 7 TAEA VASE Director.
Pop into Literacy 9:45-11:45(Fine Arts/Visual Arts K-12)
Help students tell a story in their own words through 3-d Pop-Ups. This lesson evokes students to respond to a story using their imaginations to create a Pop-Up card that portrays the theme, setting, and main characters. Presenter: Dan Killian, Visual Art Instructor, and TAEA Region 7 Jr. VASE Director
Spectacular, Spectacular!-Making Your Theatre Program Successful and Dynamic 9:45-4:00
(Drama,Theatre 7-12)
During the course of the day, we will explore an overview of different topics from building a successful program, making wise directing choices, developing students’ acting skills, creating a workable theatre curriculum, and motivating students who are in the class “just for the credit.” Student activities, lesson ideas, and acting techniques will be discussed. Presenters: Chris Collins, Rains ISD Academic UIL Coordinator, Director of Theatre Arts and Pam McWilliams, Longview High School, Drama/Theatre Instructor, Longview ISD
Creative Arts in the Classroom?! Of Course! 9:45-4:00 (Performing Arts K-6)
Music, drama and dance instructors working with the classroom teachers as equal partners for success! Learn ways in which to differentiate instruction and offer a continuum of instructional services for students using the performing arts including music, drama and dance. Adding the creative arts to classroom instruction can stretch and challenge all students and enhance meaningful and purposeful learning. Presenter: Donna Ashby, Musician, Region 7 GT Specialist
Plan, Rehearse, Assess: Using the TEKS to Ensure Student Success 9:45-4:00 (Music 8-12)
In this workshop, Conductor and Professor of Music, Mark Crim will offer strategies to align secondary music classes, including ensemble rehearsal with the TEKS for music, with tips on how to document in your lesson plans what you already do, explore effective content delivery in the rehearsal room and using rubrics and technology to assess progress and document content mastery. While designed for band chorus and orchestra directors, the session will appeal to any music or fine arts teacher.
Unpacking the New Art Standards 1:00-4:00 (K-12)
It’s time to roll out the new Fine Arts Standards! Are you ready? Join Melinda Dunn as she walks participants through “unpacking” the arts standards. Explore the specificity of the student expectations, and deepen your understanding of how to engage students in critical thinking and purposeful learning! Presenter: Melinda Dunn, Art Instructor, Saint Mary’s Catholic School
Peace, Love, and Art... Mixing it up in the Style of Chagall 1:00-4:00 (5-12)
We will do a hands-on activity inspired by the works of Marc Chagall and his paintings in glass which were colorful and dreamlike, symbolizing peace, love, and faith. Participants will construct a work of art using several materials including laminate, watercolor, and tissue. Continuing in the spirit of Chagall, participants will also work with a cellu-clay to create stamps for easy printmaking.
Presenter: Melinda Dunn, Art Instructor, Saint Mary’s Catholic School
The Fine Arts Summit is free to Region 7 Fine Arts Coop Members. Non-coop member registration fee is $100.
For Workshop Information Contact:
Betty Steele, bsteele@esc7.net
(903)988-6821
For Registration Information Contact:
Dixie Nichole Cearnal, dcearnal@esc7.net
(903)988-6758
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