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In today’s globally competitive world, innovative thinking and creativity are essential for all school children. High quality, standards-based instruction in the arts develops these skills and effectively engages, retains, and prepares future-ready students for graduation and success in an entrepreneurial economy. Dance, music, theatre arts, and visual arts, taught by licensed arts educators and integrated throughout the curriculum, are critical to North Carolina’s 21st century education. Vision for Arts Education
NCDPI/NCDCR UpdateNC Arts Education Coordinators Spring MeetingApril 29th, 2013Swansboro, North Carolina
Introductions • Your Name • School System/ • Charter School • Your Role • 1 Professional Learning Goal for • this Session
NC Arts Education Wiki http://ances.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/
NCDPI Arts Education Listserv join-artsed@lists.dpi.state.nc.us
DCR: NCAC Arts in Education (AIE) UPDATE www.ncarts.org • AIE Programs • AIE Grants • AIE Resources
NCAC AIE Programs http://www.ncarts.org/arts_education.cfm
North Carolina Wolf Trap http://www.ncarts.org/freeform_scrn_template.cfm?ffscrn_id=696&
AIE Residency Grants • Strengthen use of arts in schools • Professional artists • Deadline: March 1
AIE Level 1 Residencies • Pre-designed • 5-day • Professional artists/groups • Roster • Minimum match • Priorities: A+, Title I, Tier 1, east
AIE Level 2 Residencies • Competitive • Standards-based • 10+ days • Gain in-depth knowledge and skills in the arts • Meet school needs • One-to-one match; not for Tier 1
AIE Resources • Banu.Valladares@ncdcr.gov • 919-807-6502 • AIE Resources http://www.ncarts.org/freeform_scrn_template.cfm?ffscrn_id=18& • Artist Directory http://www.ncarts.org/arts_directory.cfm • Fellowship Recipients, Heritage Awards, N.C. Poet Laureate • Artists in Schools, Teaching Artists
Artistic Literacy • What is your definition of artistic literacy?
Artistic literacy is the knowledge and understanding required to participate authentically in the arts. • Fluency in the language(s) of the arts is the ability to create, perform/produce/present, respond, and connect through symbolic and metaphoric forms that are unique to the arts. • It is embodied in specific philosophical foundations and lifelong goals that enable an artistically literate person to transfer arts knowledge, skills, and capacities to other subjects, settings, and contexts. (January 2013 – National Coalition for Core Arts Standards Framework)
(January 2013 – National Coalition for Core Arts Standards Framework)
High School Options • Electives Requirements (Future-Ready Core) – 6 • Electives requirements (NC Scholars) • Interest or specializations • 4-unit Concentrations
Highlights • Beginning, Intermediate, Proficient, Advanced courses in each discipline • Specialization by proficiency level in each discipline • AP and IB retain separate designations
What does it mean to be proficient? “well advanced in an art, occupation, or branch of knowledge” http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proficient • proficient, adept, skilled, skillful, expertmean having great knowledge and experience in a trade or profession
Proficiency • implies a thorough competence derived from training and practice • implies knowledge as well as technical skill
Suggested Student Profile • Upon entry to high school level study, it is suggested that each student be assessed via a student profile • This profile should be maintained throughout the high school career, so that each student has a history of his/her education, academic performance, and experiences in the arts.
Suggested Student Profile • The profile documents: • arts education and student academic performance in any of the four arts education disciplines at the K-8 levels, • arts studies that the student has completed outside of the school (private lessons, internships, studio classes, etc.).
Student Placement Practices • student profile • previous and continuing arts education (in and out of school experiences) • checklists (standards-based) • pre-requisites • (completion/mastery of previous level standards) • other criteria • (auditions, products, portfolio, etc.)
Arts Education Think Tank • Statewide representation • First meeting on 9/27/2012 • Examining proficiency and collecting and documenting evidence of student proficiency in arts education
Evidence of Student Growth: Classroom Examples • Consider uploading examples to help other arts educators in North Carolina to understand how they can capture evidence or student learning and growth in the arts.
North Carolina Teacher Effectiveness Standard VI Educator Effectiveness Website
North Carolina Teacher Effectiveness Standard VI • What will it look like? • Growth • Analysis of Student Work • Teacher Evidence Collection • Implementation in 2013-14 school year • Why this model?
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
State Literacy Plan Priority Action Steps (Approved by SBE May 2012) • Literacy Strategies in each content area • Focus on digital literacy • Understanding of CCR Anchor Standards and CCSS for Literacy applications for all PreK-12 teachers: • for each content area, • for specific grade content requirements, • in relation to 21st Century Skills and Themes
Teacher Evaluation Process Teachers recognize the interconnectedness of content areas/disciplines Standard III, Element C “Teachers understand how the content they teach relates to other disciplines in order to deepen understanding and content learning for students.”
Shared Expectation “The Standardsinsist that instruction in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language be a shared responsibility within the school. . . . .” From the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, pg. 4
CCSS Standards Supplement Content Standards • The intent of the standards is to supplement, not replacediscipline-specific standards. (CCSS Introduction, Page 3)
CCSS for Literacy • ART IS TEXT!!!!
Policy and Legislation • Basic Education Program (§ 115C-81) The NC Standard Course of Study Common Core State Standards NC Essential Standards
NC Standard Course of Study • Common Core State Standards • English Language Arts (and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects) • Mathematics • NC Essential Standards • Arts Education • Career and Technical Education • English Language Development* • Guidance* • Healthful Living (Health & Physical Education) • Information and Technology* • Science • Social Studies • World Languages
S724: An Act to Implement Various Education Initiatives Arts Integration • requires that pre-service elementary teachers and lateral entry teachers are prepared to “integrate arts education across the curriculum”. • Wide-scale education legislation • signed into law by the Governor on June 26, 2012
H127: Credit for HS Graduation Arts Education • requires that students complete one credit in arts education for graduation • Beginning 2016 • SBE to establish Criteria and report funding requirements • Passed House – referred to Senate rules • Must pass Senate and be signed by Governor to become law