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NC Arts Education Leaders Webinar
February 8, 2012
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Christie Lynch Ebert, Arts Education Consultant and A+ Liaison, NCDPI
Brenda Wheat Whiteman, A+ Arts Education Specialist, NCDPI
TIPS• Question box
– Participants will be muted during the webinar unless presenting
– Please use the question box
– Questions monitored and answered in question box and/or at the end of webinar; you may also raise hand with questions
• Follow-up– Presenters online at conclusion of webinar
– Email/phone
– Presentation posted on Website
PresentersChristie Lynch EbertArts Education Consultant and A+ [email protected]
Brenda Wheat WhitemanA+ Arts Education [email protected]
Let’s Take a Poll!
Where are you
located?
Eastern NC
Piedmont/Central NC
Western NC
What is your role?
NCDPI Summer Institutes
AGENDA
• RttT Updates
• NCDPI Updates:– National News
– Legislation
– Course Coding
– Honors Policy
• Sharing
• Questions/ Discussion
• Next Steps
Race to the Top (RttT)
Arts Ed RESA TrainingsRegion 4 Southern Pines February 16, 2012Region 5 Clemmons March 8, 2012Region 7 Wilkesboro March 9, 2012Region 6 Charlotte March 12, 2012Region 3 Oxford March 14, 2012Region 2 Wallace March 19, 2012Region 1 Plymouth March 20, 2012Region 8 Candler March 26, 2012
Contact the NCDPI Professional Development Lead (http://www.ncpublicschools.org/profdev/directory) or your local RttT coordinator.
Arts Ed RESA Trainings
• Focus:
– Connections
• History and Culture
• Information and Technology
• Common Core State Standards for Literacy
• 21st Century Skills
Summer Institute 3July 12-13, 2012
West Stokes High SchoolStokes County
Summer Institute 5July 19-20, 2012
JH Rose High SchoolPitt County
Summer Institute 1June 21-22, 2012
Enka High SchoolBuncombe County
Summer Institute 6July 24-25, 2012
SanLee Middle SchoolLee County
Summer Institute 4July 17-18, 2012
Croatan High SchoolCarteret County
Summer Institute 2July 10-11, 2012
Maiden High SchoolCatawba County Schools
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RttT Weekly Updates• http://www.ncpublicschools.org/rttt/updates/
• To receive this update in a weekly email, contact: [email protected]
NCDPI UPDATE
National Standards
• National Standards completed in 1994
• National effort underway for re-conceptualization of the standards
• NCCAS has approved the draft of the overarching framework
National Standards
• Framework: honors discreet discipline-specific needs, but also provides strength in binding the arts disciplines together
• 3 Sections:– philosophical foundations and lifelong goals,
– processes, and
– evidence of learning
• NCCAS leadership passed a unanimous motion that SEADAE would be the trust for the copyright of the national standards
• Transparent process
National Standards
Evidence of Learning (by art form)
Enduring Understandings
Essential Questions
Learning Standards
Model Cornerstone Assessments)
Creating, Performing/Sharing, Responding, Connecting/ConnectionsComponents within each
process Enduring Understandings Essential Questions
Overarching FrameworkPhilosophical Foundations Lifelong Goals
National Standards
• More information:
• State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE): http://www.seadae.org/
• National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) Wiki: https://nccas.wikispaces.com/Home
Legislation
• H758: Arts Education Commission
• http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/HTML/H758v4.html
H758 Arts Education Commission
Joint Presentation to the Commission
February 10, 2012 – 1:00 p.m.
1425 - LB
–November 2008 (Report Issued)
Recommendations (Page 12)
That the State Board of Education shall modify the high school graduation requirements to include 1 credit in arts education
Continued funding for the A+ Schools Program, a whole-school reform model that views the arts as fundamental to teaching and learning in all subjects.
Draft legislation introduced
Joint Select Committee on Arts Education
S66: Comprehensive Arts Education Plan
August 2010 Comprehensive Arts Education Task Force appointed
December 2010Report submitted to NC General Assembly (JLEOC)
March 2011 – Implementation Plan submitted as an attachment to the report
S66: Comprehensive Arts Education Plan
Task Force Membership (Pages 3-5)
Co-Chairs:NCDCR and NCDPI Leadership
Legislative Appointees from the House and Senate (2)
NC Superintendents NC Principals Businesses
LEA Arts Education Coordinators
Institutions of Higher Education/UNC System
Parent s (NC PTA)
State Organizations (Advocacy and Professional)
NC Community Colleges A+ Schools Program
Arts Education Discipline Representatives:Dance, Music, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts
Former Joint Select Committee Members
• Charge: (Page 1)
A. Specifically considering policies to implement arts education in the public schools as defined in the existing Basic Education Program under G.S. 115C-81;
B. Considering a high school graduation requirement in the arts;
C. Further considering development of the A+ Schools Program.
S66 Task Force added:
D. Arts Integration
E. Arts Exposure
S66: Charge
S66: Vision for Arts Education
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.
(Page 17)
S66: Definition of a Comprehensive Arts Education
• Arts Education
– (arts as core, academic subjects)
• Arts Integration
– (arts as a catalyst for learning across the curriculum)
• Arts Exposure
– (exposure to arts experiences)
(Pages 17-18)
S66: Recommendations
A. Basic Education Program
B. High School Graduation Requirement
C. A+ Schools Program
D. Arts Integration
E. Arts Exposure
S66: Implementation Plan
• Submitted in March 2011
• Requires implementation by various organizations and bodies
NCDPI Alignment and Support: A+ Schools Program
• Data Collection and Analysis
• Monitoring and Collaboration
• Assessment and Professional Development
Michelle Burrows | DirectorA+ Schools [email protected]: 919.807.6503
http://aplus-schools.ncdcr.gov/
Course Coding Update
• Highlights:– Beginning, Intermediate, Proficient, Advanced
courses in each discipline
– Specialization by proficiency level in each discipline
– AP and IB retain separate designations
High School SequencingIf the student has had a complete K-8 progression or has achieved beginning level standards in dance, music, theatre arts, or visual arts
If the student has no or limited K-8 progression in the arts discipline (dance, music, theatre arts, or visual arts)
Beginning (Entering) (Introductory)
Introductory/Beginning Coursework in Dance, Music, Theatre Arts, or Visual Arts
Intermediate Intermediate
Arts Electives in an Arts Discipline
Proficient
Proficient
Honors Courses
AP Courses
IB Courses
Advanced Advanced
Honors Policy: High School Proficiency
LevelsBeginning Intermediate Proficient* Advanced*
Standards are for students with no or limited K-8 progression in the arts education discipline (dance, music, theatre arts, or visual arts).
Standards are for students who have had a complete K-8 progression or who have achieved beginning level standards in the discipline at the high school level.
Standards are for students who have achieved intermediate level standards in the discipline at the high school level.
Standards are for students who have achieved proficient level standards in the discipline at the high school level.
Students who take coursework at the Proficient or Advanced levels are applying their skills and understandings in increasingly sophisticated, complex, and challenging ways.
Honors Policy
• Highlights:
– Recommendations taken to State Board in February 2012
– Expected Action in March 2012
– Recommendation is for proficient and advanced courses in dance, music, theatre arts, and visual arts to receive honors credit of 1 point.
Sharing/Questions
Sharing• Raise hand to be recognized and
assume presenter status
• Name School System or Charter School
• State approximate number of arts teachers
Future Directions/Next Steps
Instructional ToolsAvailable now: Crosswalks Unpacking the Standards I Can Statements by Content Area
In development: Graphic Organizers (available February 20, 2012) Assessments
Formative: NC FALCON, ArtsFolio/Student Profile Assessment Examples Measures of Student Learning
Learning Progressions/Learning Maps Terminologies Other Tools
Arts Education Graphic Organizers
• Purpose - to assist students with:
– understanding and organizing concepts
– recording and documenting understandings
Arts Education Graphic Organizers
• Can be used:
– as a springboard to assist students with their understanding of the North Carolina Arts Education Essential Standards
– in Arts Education and General Education Classrooms
– in Multiple Grades and Disciplines
– to address a Comprehensive Arts Education (arts education, arts integration, arts exposure)
CCSS/NCES Resources
• Wiki sites• All areas: http://www.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/
• Arts Education: http://ances.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/
• Online learning modules
– http://center.ncsu.edu/nc
Opportunities
• HARRISON INTRODUCES NEW "CELEBRATE NC SCHOOLS" WEBSITE
– http://www.ncpublicschools.org/stateboard/.
Opportunities
• READY REGIONAL OUTREACH MEETINGS FOR PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS
• Beginning Feb. 28 and throughout most of March, NCDPI leaders will travel to all eight regions of our state to meet with principals and a teacher representative from each school. The purpose is to share with them our effort to remodel NC’s system of public schools.
Opportunities
• Arts Education Standards & Assessment Focus of NEA Roundtable and Webcast
• February 14, 2012 from 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM EST
• Improving the Assessment of Student Learning in the Arts (report)
• http://www.arts.gov
Implementing the Standards
Questions and Closing– Thank you for joining us!
– This Webinar presentation will be posted on the Arts Education wiki site.
– If you have feedback about the virtual meeting format, please let us know.
Please feel free to log off when you are ready, or, stay and ask questions…
Contact Information
Christie Lynch Ebert
Ph: 919-807-3856
Brenda Wheat Whiteman
Ph: 919-807-3820
NC Department of Public InstructionDivision of K-12 Curriculum and Instruction
K-12 Programs SectionHelga Fasciano, Section Chief
