A+ Principals & Coordinators Retreat

October 6, 2011Cary Arts Center

Christie Lynch Ebert Arts Education Consultant and A+ Liaison, NCDPI

Brenda Wheat Whiteman A+ Arts Education Specialist, NCDPI

NCDPI/NCDCR Collaboration:

A+ Schools Program

NCDPI A+ ContactsChristie Lynch EbertArts Education Consultant and A+ Liaison

Brenda Wheat WhitemanA+ Arts Education Specialist

Work collaboratively between NCDPI and NC Department of Cultural Resources to support the A+ Schools Program of the NC Arts Council

S66: Comprehensive Arts Education Components

• Arts Education – (arts as core, academic subjects)

• Arts Integration – (arts as a catalyst for learning across the

curriculum)

• Arts Exposure – (exposure to arts experiences)

http://arts.ncwiseowl.org/

A+ as a Model for Comprehensive Arts Education

North Carolina's A+ Schools Program is a nationally recognized, research-based, whole-school reform model that successfully utilizes arts education (instruction in all four arts disciplines) and arts integration to teach a balanced curriculum.

S66 Report to the NC General Assembly

State Agency Collaboration• NC Department of Cultural Resources

– State Secretary of Cultural Resources, Linda Carlisle– A+ Schools program is housed in the North Carolina Arts

Council

• North Carolina Department of Public Instruction– State Superintendent June Atkinson – North Carolina Public Schools partner for A+– Support for the A+ Schools Program is provided through Arts

Education within the K-12 Curriculum and Instruction Division

• Arts Education• Arts Integration

Collaboration• A+ Team Meetings and Webinars• Networking and Outreach• Research/Grant Collaborations• Collaboration with NCDPI initiatives to

inform A+ work

Data Collection• School Profiles• Demographic Information• AYP and ABC Data• Title I and other relevant information• A+ Surveys & Self-Assessments• Comprehensive Arts Education Plan

Professional Development• NCDPI Representation

– A+ Summer Institutes– A+ Site Visits

• A+ Professional Development – Fellows Retreats & Webinars– Principals & Coordinators Retreats &

Webinars– Other opportunities

Standards

NC Standard Course of StudyCommon Core State

Standards (CCSS)• English Language Arts• Mathematics

North Carolina Essential Standards (NCES)• Arts Education • English Language Development*• Guidance (September 2011)• Healthful Living (Health and

Physical Education)• Information and Technology*• Science• Social Studies• World Languages

CCSS and NCESSimilarities• Fewer, clearer, higher• Alignment with other

standards, research, 21st century skills

• Focused on improving student achievement (student outcomes)

Differences• Format• Taxonomies

– RBT (NCES)– Other (CCSS)

• Specific to NC (NCES)• Optional adoption from

national movement (CCSS)

Instructional ToolsAvailable Summer 2011: Crosswalks Unpacking the Standards

In development:

Graphic Organizers Formative Assessment Strategies

ArtsFolio/Student Profile Learning Progressions/Learning Maps Terminologies Future Tools

CCSS/NCES Resources• Summer 2011 NCDPI Institute Materials

– Facilitator’s Guide• http://

www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/resources/facilitator-guide.pdf

– Content Sessions• http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/profdev/institute/

– Wiki sites• All areas: http://www.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/

• Arts Education: http://ances.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/

CCSS and NCES Resources

• Online learning modules– http://center.ncsu.edu/nc

– The Call for Change*– Understanding the Standards*– Developing Local Curricula– Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy– NC FALCON*– NC Professional Teaching Standards and Teacher

Evaluation System*

Arts EducationEssential Standards

2010

ES Writing Groups

NCDPI Arts Education

Consultant

K-5 Lead 6-8 Lead 9-12 Lead K-12 Floating Lead

K-12 Writers

ES Guiding Question

What do students need to know, understand, and be able to do to ensure their success in the future, whether it be the next class, post-secondary, or the world of work?

Essential Standards Filters

RBT 21st c Framework Research Standards ES Criteria

PROCESS: NC Arts Education Essential Standards

Revisions Made

Filters applied

Trends analyzed

Drafts reviewed

DecodingEssential Standard Clarifying Objectives

4.ML.1 Apply the elements of music and musical techniques in order to sing and play music with accuracy and expression.

4.ML.1.1 Apply expressive qualities when singing or playing a varied repertoire of music representing genres and styles from diverse cultures.

4.ML.1.2 Execute the performance of vocal ostinatos, partner songs, counter-melodies, and rounds in two or more parts.

4.ML.1.3 Use voice and/or instruments to execute melodic movement through pentatonic melodies on the treble staff.

Grade Level (4)

Strand(ML = Music Literacy)

Essential Standard (1)

Clarifying Objective (3)

Musical Literacy

Crosswalks

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Dance Music

Theatre Arts

Visual Arts

Crosswalks

Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21)

Crosswalks, Pages 7-9P21 website: http://www.p21.org/

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21st Century Skills Framework (P21)

• Crosswalks – Pages 7-9

• Think/Pair/Share:– Look at the P21connections in the Crosswalks– What other connections can you think of with Arts

Education and 21st century themes and skills?

Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy• Provides the framework used for

all NC Essential Standards• Common language used for all

Essential Standards• Two-Dimensional: Cognitive

Process and Knowledge Dimension

• Focuses objectives in order to accomplish specific learning outcomes, leading to proficiency

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1 Remember

2 Understand

3 Apply

4 Analyze

5Evaluate

6 Create

AFactual

Knowledge

B ConceptualKnowledge

CProceduralKnowledge

DMetacognitive

Knowledge

Cognitive Process DomainK

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sion

See RBT Verbs on pg. 10 of the Crosswalks

History and Culture

• Crosswalks, Page 13

• Think/Pair/Share:– Discuss the Common

Clarifying Objectives. – What will these look

like in your discipline?

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Unpacking the Standards

Dance Music

Theatre Arts

Visual Arts

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Unpacking the Standards

Organization of Unpacking Tools

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Organization of Unpacking Tools

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Unpacking ActivityPick one strand to explore for your discipline

(dance, music, theatre arts, visual arts)

– What information did you learn about the strand and the unpacked standards, K-12?

– How does this tool help to provide specific clarification of the standards?

Intent of the Essential Standards

• Communicate at a basic level in each of the four arts disciplines

• Communicate proficiently in at least one art form

Sequencing Discussion• Why is it important to understand the

sequence of learning across the K-12 continuum?

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Creation and Performance

CP.1 Use choreographic principles, structures, and processes to create dances that communicate ideas, experiences, feelings, and images.

Elements of Dance

Energy

Time

Space

Body

Elements of Dance: K-2

Combine Elements in Dance Phrases

Explore/Improvise with Elements

Recognize/Use Elements

Elements of Dance: 3-5

Organize Phrases into Simple Dance Sequences

Show Beginning, Middle, End

Vary Elements

Elements of Dance: 6-8

Choreograph Simple Dances

Communicate Intent

Vary Elements

Fulfill Aesthetic Criteria

Use Variety of Approaches

Elements of Dance: 9-12

Choreograph Dances for Performance of Personal and Social Significance

Communicate Meaning and Choreographic Intent

Incorporate Aesthetic Criteria & Perspective

Use Production Elements, Principles, Structures, Processes; Variety of Forms

Use Selected Dance Elements

Sequencing Activity K-2

Recognize/use elements

Explore/improvise with elements

Combine elements in dance phrases

3-5

Vary elements

Show Beginning, middle, end

Organize phrases into simple dance sequences

6-8

Use Variety of Approaches

Fulfill Aesthetic Criteria

Vary Elements

Communicate Intent

Choreograph Simple Dances

High School

Use selected Dance Elements

Use Production Elements; Principles, Structures,

Processes; Variety of Forms

Incorporate Aesthetic Criteria and Perspective

Communicate meaning and choreographic intent

Choreograph Dances for Performance of Personal and Social Significance

Sequencing Activity

K-2 3-5 6-8 High School

DANCE

MUSIC

THEATRE

ARTS

VISUAL

ARTS

Contact InformationChristie Lynch EbertArts Education Consultant and A+ Liaisonchristie.lynchebert@dpi.nc.gov919-807-3856

Brenda Wheat WhitemanA+ Arts Education Specialistbrenda.whiteman@dpi.nc.gov919-807-3820