WVDE ARTS EDUCATION UPDATE
June 3, 2015
*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
Arts Alive 2016 - Mark your calendars now!
Friday, April 22, 2016
Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences
Charleston, WV
6:00 p.m. Art Exhibit
7:00 p.m. Performance
*Submission Guidelines will be posted in September!
Thank you and Farewell
It has been my pleasure to serve as the Arts Coordinator at the WVDE. I thank each of you for
your outstanding contributions to our profession, your abundance of creativity and expertise, and
your ongoing advocacy for quality arts education in West Virginia. My last day at the WVDE is
June 5th. I wish each of you, and arts education in West Virginia, continued success!
With Much Heartfelt Gratitude, Christi
On behalf of Mark Davis
The Kanawha County Art Show K-12 Art Exhibit was held at the Charleston Civic Center May
5th-7th. An awards ceremony was held on the 7th at 5pm.
Students from Kanawha City Elementary and Capital were honored with their teachers Chris
Bennett and Debbie Moore at the Art Show awards ceremony.
On behalf of Debra Sisson
News from Jackson County: Ravenswood High and Ripley High art students took a trip to NYC
recently. Highlights included a visit to Central Park, the MET, Statue of Liberty, Empire State
Building, 9-11 Memorial and a Broadway play.
II. TIME SENSITIVE INFORMATION
Important Changes to some of the Fine and Performing Arts Course Codes!
If you are working on your master schedules, please remember to pay close attention to the
changes in the 2015-2016 Course Code Manual. http://wveis.k12.wv.us/wveis2004/support.htm
On behalf of the Appalachian Children’s Chorus
ACC's Choral Camp which takes placed June 8th - 12th. It is a half day camp beginning at 8:30
am and ending at noon. On Friday, there is a special "Informance" to show parents and friends
what they have learned during the week. This week of fun includes choral music classes, theater
classes and percussion classes. We are excited to have these instructors for the week: Selina
Midkiff, Choral Class; Noel Hardman, Theater Class; and, Mark Davis, Percussion
class. Registration is currently open. Sign up now to reserve your spot! Please see the attached
brochure that outlines the camp and has a reservation form for parents to complete. For questions
or more information, call 304.343.1111 or contact Selina Midkiff at selina@wvacc.org.
III. TEACHER AND STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
On behalf of Dr. Yoav Kaddar
Summer Dance Academy June 14-20, 2015
This summer promises to be a week packed with dance and creativity. In addition, WVU will
once again have a one-day intensive for any K-12 educator! For more information, please visit,
http://theatre.wvu.edu/summerdance
 STATE AND NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Be sure to contact your professional associations to register for professional development,
conferences, and workshop opportunities.
On behalf of the National Dance Organization
Five Summer 2015 OPDI Online Dance Ed Courses Announced.
OPDI-105: Introduction to Dance Education Research (May 4 to July 26, 2015)
OPDI-112: Implementing the New National Core Arts Standards in Dance
OPDI-113: Foundations of Dance Pedagogy for All Dance Environments
OPDI-M7: Ballet Theory and Composition
OPDI-M4: Developmental Domains in Dance
For more info on all the Summer courses visit www.ndeo.org/opdisummer2015 or
Download Summer 2015 OPDI Course Descriptions.
WVAEA - Save the date!
WVAEA Fall Conference will be October 30-31, 2015 at West Virginia University. Please visit
http://www.wvaea.com/ for more information.
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OTHER TEACHER AND STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES
CODA Mountain Music Internship - Music education opportunity for WV students
JUNE 21-28, 2015 — FAYETTEVILLE, WV
We are excited to officially announce our summer program this year for CODA. It will be a
week-long day camp offering an innovative and new way for aspiring young musicians to work
closely with our amazing and talented CODA faculty members. Each of our faculty this year will
be offering a unique musical track, relating specifically to their particular field of expertise.
Students will get to choose two faculty members to work closely with throughout the week, and
thus will experience two different and diverse facets of the musical world. Here is our list of
faculty and the tracks being offered.
On behalf of the West Virginia Dance Company (WVDC)
The WVDC Arts Education Project "Earth's Quilt: Common Threads, A Journey Across the
Curriculum" is being offered to schools in West Virginia through May 2016. The
performance covers work representing research of the seven continents by seven different
choreographers. There is a 60 page intensive study guide that connects content standards so that
teachers can pick and choose what they need for their classes. The study guide has offerings for
all grades. The performance is followed or preceded by an arts integration workshop of science
and movement that directly relates to one of the works that the students see in the company
performance. This workshop provides teachers with new tools for lesson creation. For more
information about booking and to view the study guide, please visit www.wvdanceco.com.
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Arts Education Specialist
Chicago Public Schools
Job Number:1400029M
Position Summary:
Responsible for carrying out the goals and recommendations of the CPS Arts Education Plan to
ensure access to and equity in arts instructions for all learners, the Arts Education Specialist
supports principals, teachers and students in their engagement in and development of curriculum,
assessment(s) and instruction in the arts, specifically the performing arts (dance, drama/theatre
and music), through the design, piloting, and delivery of tools, documents, professional
development, exhibitions and performances, and events related to arts education in CPS.
IV. ARTICLES OF INTEREST, BLOGS AND NEW PUBLICATIONS
New York City Schools List Drama as Text
New York city schools redefine text and literacy to meet common core requirements using drama
in this NY Times article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/nyregion/in-purchase-area-teaching-artists-aid-students-incommon-core-push.html?_r=0
How California Schools are Using Art to Boost Achievement
http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/03/15/schools-turn-to-arts-to-improve-achievement
Why Kids Need to Move, Touch and Experience to Learn
http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/03/26/why-kids-need-to-move-touch-and-experience-tolearn/
Arts Education Matters: We Know, We Measured It
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/12/03/13greene.h34.html
Major benefits for students who attend live theater, study finds
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141016165953.htm
Creating “AHA! Moments” in Dance Classes
http://blog.getacclaim.com/creating-aha-moments-in-dance-classes-a-conversation-with-robynkotte-lesson-plan/
The Importance of Art in Child Development
http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/music-arts/the-importance-of-art-in-child-development/
Arts Blog (various posts)
http://blog.artsusa.org/category/arts-education/
V.FOR YOUR INFORMATION
On behalf of Dr. Greg Strimel, WVU
A new opportunity affords high school juniors and seniors the ability to enroll in West Virginia
University courses and earn credits towards their college degree completely online.
The online courses available through the ACCESS WVU Early College Program have been
selected to meet general education requirements, which specifically includes ARHS 101:
Landmarks of World Art and MUSC 113: 20th Century American Pop Music. The tuition rate is
$50 per credit.
For more information about the courses, please visit http://k12.wvu.edu/Access. If interested
students need assistance, please have them email http://mail.wvu.edu/ or call 1-800-253-2762.
Series of Summer Workshops (July 29-August 1)
Stanton's Sheet Music Columbus, Ohio
Information can be found at: http://www.stantons.com/clinics/
July 29 - Elementary General Music Clinic (9:00 am - 12:30 PM) $20 fee
Provides excellent resources for general music (sponsored by Hal Leonard)
I have not attended this one, but have been told that it is excellent!
July 30 - John Jacobson Choreography Workshop (9:00 AM - 4:00 PM) $60 teachers, ($40
students)
Day long training with John Jacobson and other music clinicians. Lunch provided. Teachers
leave with copies of 30-40 new publications and access to web resources. I love this one!
July 31 - The Joy of Singing Workshop (9:00 AM - 4:00 PM) $50 teachers
Day long reading session of roughly 100 new compositions of all levels of ability. Led by select
Hal Leonard composers. Lunch provided. I love this one too! Sponsored by Hal Leonard.
August 1 - Stanton's Super Session (9:00 AM - 4:00 PM) $55 teachers
Another day long reading session of roughly 100 new compositions and resources from Heritage,
Alfred, and Shawnee. Lunch provided. I love this one - it has lots of excellent concert and
popular works, especially 2 and 3 part works for younger choirs. Plenty of works for all levels of
ability.
On behalf of Barbara Yurick
Smart Moves for Education and the Arts
Barbara Yurick and her son Sam Yurick have collaborated to connect children’s literature with
ipad technology, math, science, creative movement and dance, visual art, music. The program is
standards based. The program is based on an original children’s book written, illustrated, and
composed by Sam Yurick on ipad. Drawing and music are explored on ipad. Creative movement
and dance classes weave dance into the story. Students are lead through a presentation of the
story for the school and guests. Presenters Barbara Yurick and Sam Yurick are available to
provide Teacher Training to lead students through the program, or to provide sessions for
students. Flexible programming is available for one day workshops or several day intensives. It
is designed for 2nd or 3rd grades. Other arts integration programs are available. For more
information contact: Barbara Yurick barbyurick@gmail.com.
Sample Student Learning Goals for the Arts!
The WVDE Educator Evaluation site now has Sample Student Learning Goals for each of the
arts disciplines (Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts). As we continue to think about how to
articulate baseline data, goals, strategies and measures, we hope the samples will be a useful
reference. Please visit http://wvde.state.wv.us/evalwv/goal-setting.html
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Christi Camper Moore, Arts Coordinator,
ccamper@k12.wv.us
REAUTHORIZATION OF ESEA
National Art Education Association summary.
The National Art Education Association published an excellent summary of all recent activity on
the reauthorization of ESEA, describing the new bi-partisan bill as well as giving some great
contextual information.
NAEA has been carefully monitoring the status of activities in the US Congress relative to the
reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
What follows is an update regarding the status of the draft legislation from the Senate and the
House of Representatives. Each chamber has now voted a version of ESEA Reauthorization out
of committee for consideration by the full Senate and House of Representatives.
Status of Senate Action on ESEA Reauthorization:
The Senate HELP (Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ) Committee met over the course of
three days this week to complete its markup of the Senate HELP Committee's new version of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) entitled "Every Child Achieves Act of 2015."
Led by committee chairman Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and ranking democratic
committee member Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the HELP Committee unanimously passed
the bi-partisan rewrite of ESEA legislation out of committee. The Every Child Achieves Act of
2015 will now move to the Senate floor for consideration, debate, and potentially a full vote by
the Senate. Floor consideration is expected to take several weeks, and is tentatively scheduled for
mid-May.
The discussion at the hearings focused on changes, called amendments, which individual
Senators serving on the HELP Committee wanted to see in the markup. In general, as the
Committee met for over ten hours to discuss dozens of proposed amendments, the concerns were
primarily in these areas: Use of Title 1 funds, testing, special needs students, helping students in
high poverty areas, the burden of data collection on the states, and state level authority for
making decisions in education vs. the federal role.
There was no discussion of the core subjects during these hearings or reinstating specific
discretionary grant programs of the U.S. Department of Education which have been
recommended for elimination as part of the markup, including elimination of the Arts in
Education grant programs and other programs, including the 21st Century Community Learning
Centers program. Recordings of the hearings from April 14, 15, 16 are available on the Senate
HELP Committee website at www.help.senate.gov
Within this new version of ESEA, the list of core subjects has been retained. Being a core subject
legally provides the opportunity for grant applicants to include the arts in all funding programs.
There have been additions to the list. The wording in this version is as follows:
CORE ACADEMIC SUBJECTS.-The term 'core academic subjects' means English, reading or
language arts, writing, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, foreign languages, civics
and government, economics, arts, history, geography, computer science, music, and physical
education, and any other subject as determined by the State or local educational agency.''
It is important to note that this list within federal legislation, even when/if adopted, is not a state
or local mandate. Determination of core subjects at the state and local levels are up to those
jurisdictions.
Status of House Action on ESEA Reauthorization:
On February 11, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by
Congressman John Kline (R-MN) passed HR5 "Student Success Act", its proposed version of
ESEA Reauthorization. The full House has not taken action on the bill. This bill is significantly
different than the Senate's "Every child Achieves Act."
Once both houses of Congress have voted favorably for both bills a conference committee is
convened to iron out the differences and result in one bill to move forward for the President to
sign.
EdWeek Article on the bi-partisan bill
EdWeek, in an excellent resource discussed what happens next as the full Senate debates the bipartisan bill in this article. What to Expect when the Full Senate Debates
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/04/22/fresh-battles-loom-when-full-senate-takes.html
National Association for Music Education tracking Amendments
Access this detailed amendment tracker from NAfME at the address below:
http://www.nafme.org/senate-esea-amendment-tracker
Americans for the Arts News Link offers Details
AfTA link; http://www.americansforthearts.org/news-room/legislative-news/senateunanimously-passes-esea-reauthorization-out-ofcommittee?utm_source=MagnetMail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=coryw2.0@gmail.com&
utm_content=creativity_connection_4_22_15&utm_campaign=Creativity%20Connection%3A%
20April%202015
Senate resources offer archives and a summary of the bill
For a summary of the bill go
here: http://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/The_Every_Child_Achieves_Act_of_2015-summary.pdf
For recordings of the SENATE discussions and complete details on the final amendments go
here: http://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/hearing/?id=ca9f813d-5056-a032-524a3c725c42209a
VI. RESOURCES
MEDIA LITERACY RESOURCE
As part of Pivot’s Eyes Wide Open digital and media literacy initiative, the National Association
for Media Literacy Education has teamed up with the network to ensure that This Is Media is
seen throughout classrooms nationwide to spark conversation about media, credibility, and
privacy in a digital age.
This is Media is a fresh look at our role in today’s media landscape as consumers and makers.
Including compelling interviews with digital pioneers, this documentary reveals the balancing act
between being connected, responsible, and private.
NAMLE and Pivot are providing educators with free DVD copies of the television special as
well as an accompanying classroom discussion guide that offers several ways to engage learners
in asking critical questions about their own media worlds,
Request a free DVD copy of This Is Media for your classroom here. For more interactive
resources and to take action on the issues explored in the television special, visit
www.takepart.com/eyes-wide-open
ZoomWV
ZoomWV, from the West Virginia Department of Education, is the state's single source for
accurate, high-quality education information pertaining to students in pre-kindergarten through
grade 12.
http://wvde.state.wv.us/zoomwv/
WV Public Broadcasting Builds Interactive STEAM Career Video
http://wvpublic.org/post/wvpb-builds-interactive-steam-career-videos
Annenberg Learner: Teacher Resources and professional development across the curriculum
http://www.learner.org/
Arts Education Partnership
http://www.aep-arts.org/
National Arts Standards
http://www.nationalartsstandards.org/
Anchor standards for College and Career Readiness
http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/CCRA/R/
Arts Education Partnership
The Arts Education Partnership (AEP) has created ArtsEdSearch.org—the nation’s first
clearinghouse of research examining the mounting body of evidence on the benefits of an arts
education. Drawing on the research in ArtsEdSearch, this bulletin offers a snapshot of how the
arts support achievement in school, bolster skills demanded of a 21st century workforce, and
enrich the lives of young people and communities. Visit: http://www.aep-arts.org/publicationsstore/#id=1&cid=720&wid=401 to download or order this brochure.
Website: http://www.artsedsearch.org/
Website: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/how-to/series/arts-integration-beta/artsintegration-beta.aspx
Grant Resources:
http://www.neafoundation.org/pages/grants-to-educators/
http://www.donorschoose.org/
http://www.fundforteachers.org/funding-opportunities/grants-art-teachers.php
http://www.artseveryday.org/Educators/detail.aspx?id=110
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
STAY INFORMED
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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.
Christi Camper Moore, Ph.D.
Arts Coordinator
Dance. Music. Theatre. Visual Arts
Office of Secondary Learning
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Building 6, Room 603
Charleston, WV 25305-0330
304.558.5325 P
304.558.1834 F
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