• Leadership opportunities

contact us
Center for Integrated
Arts Education
501 20th Street, Campus Box 30
Guggenheim Hall, Room 003
Greeley, CO 80639
(970) 351-2443
(970) 351-4749

Leadership Institute Schedule

Monday, June 9, 2008 - Arts Integration

7:30 am – 8:00 am

  • Continental Breakfast (provided)

8:00 am – 8:30 am

  • Welcome & Preliminary Activity
  • Welcome – Connie Stewart
  • Intro – Andrew Svedlow

8:30 am – 9:45 am

  • Fishbowl Discussion
  • What worked last year? /What didn’t?
  • Stories of last year / Switch “Bowl” Goals?

9:45 am – 10:00 am

  • BREAK

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

  • Facilitated Discussions

Year One

Year Two

“Improvisation” –
Meridith Crosley

Morenga Hunt

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

  • Lunch (provided)
  • “Keynote” – Morenga Hunt

1:00 pm – 1:15 pm

  • Introduce Facilitators – Connie Stewart

1:15-2:00

  • Facilitated Discussions

Year One

Year Two

“School-Based Needs Assessment”

Al Harding

Mike Lemke

Charlotte Mills

Andrew Svedlow

Ken Womble

“ School-Based Curriculum Assessment” –

Patrick Fahey

Mark Hudson

Gavin Mayer

Mark Montemayor

Mary Schuttler

2:00 pm – 2:45 pm

  • Facilitated Discussions

Year One

Year Two

“Discipline-Specific Needs Assessment”

Al Harding

Mike Lemke

Charlotte Mills

Andrew Svedlow

Ken Womble

“ Discipline-Specific Curriculum Assessment” –

Patrick Fahey

Mark Hudson

Gavin Mayer

Mark Montemayor

Mary Schuttler

2:45 pm – 3:00 pm

  • BREAK

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Year One

Year Two

Morenga Hunt

“ Improvisation” – Meridith Crosley

Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - Arts Integration & Theatre

7:30 am – 8:00 am

  • Continental Breakfast (provided)

8:00 am – 8:30 am

  • Dirt Activity

8:30-9:30 am

  • Presentation
  • District Level Policy Formation – Lynn Waldorf

9:30 am – 12:00 pm

  • Facilitated Discussions with Lynn Waldorf

Year One

Year Two

“School Program Beliefs, Missions, and Goals”  

Al Harding

Mike Lemke

Charlotte Mills

Andrew Svedlow

Ken Womble

“Discipline-Specific Curriculum Guiding Principles” –

Patrick Fahey

Mark Hudson

Gavin Mayer

Mark Montemayor

Mary Schuttler

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

  • Lunch (provided)

1:00 pm – 1:45 pm

  • Presentation
  • Theater & Dirt – Gillian McNally

1:45 pm – 2:00 pm

  • BREAK

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

  • Theater Panel
  • Qualities of Meaningful Theater & Creative Drama Instruction – Gillian McNally, Gavin Mayer, David Saphier, Mary Schuttler, Ken Womble,

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

  • Presentation
  • Local Issues & Opportunities
  • “Why Are the Arts Important? Advocacy Resources”
  • “Local Opportunities for Arts Curriculum Models”

Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - Arts Integration & Music

7:30 am – 8:00 am

  • Continental Breakfast (provided)

8:00 am – 8:30am

  • Dirt Activity

8:30 am- 10:15 am

  • Presentation
  • “Music (and the Arts) as Language of the Brain – What brain research really has to say about the arts in education and learning” – Michael Thaut

10:15 am – 10:30 am

  • BREAK

10:30 am –12:00 pm

Music Panel

  • Qualities of Meaningful Music Instruction & Curriculum Development – Al Harding, Mark Hudson, Cynthia McCaskill, Charlotte Mills, Mark Montemayor, Michael Thaut

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

  • Lunch (provided)

1:00 pm – 1:15 pm

  • Introduce Susan McGreevey-Nichols – Connie Stewart

1:15-2:45 pm

  • Facilitated Planning with Susan McGreevey-Nichols

Year One

Year Two

“Objectives for Future Planning”

Al Harding

Mike Lemke

Charlotte Mills

Andrew Svedlow

Ken Womble

“Objectives for Integrated Curriculum” –

Patrick Fahey

Mark Hudson

Gavin Mayer

Mark Montemayor

Mary Schuttler

2:45 pm – 3:00 pm

  • BREAK

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

  • Facilitated Planning

Year One

Year Two

“Action Steps”

Al Harding

Mike Lemke

Charlotte Mills

Andrew Svedlow

Ken Womble

“Action Steps” –

Patrick Fahey

Mark Hudson

Gavin Mayer

Mark Montemayor

Mary Schuttler

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

  • Presentation
  • Arts Integration at Chappelow Arts Literacy & Magnet – Kris Pierce and Alison Michler

Thursday, June 12, 2008 - Arts Integration & Art

7:30 am – 8:00 am

  • Continental Breakfast (provided)

8:00 am – 8:30am

  • Dirt Activity

8:30 am – 10:15 am

  • Presentation
  • –Six Degrees of Integration: Looking to Art for
  • Strategies" Julia Marshall

10:15 am – 10:30 am

  • BREAK

10:30 am –12:00 pm

  • Art Panel
  • Qualities of Meaningful Visual Art Instruction & Curriculum Development – Patrick Fahey, Mike Lemke, Julia Marshall, Mary Rubin, Andrew Svedlow

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

  • Lunch (provided)

1:00 pm – 3:15 pm

  • Facilitated Planning

Year One

Year Two

“Timelines & Assessments”

Al Harding

Mike Lemke

Charlotte Mills

Andrew Svedlow

Ken Womble

“Timelines & Assessments” –

Patrick Fahey

Mark Hudson

Gavin Mayer

Mark Montemayor

Mary Schuttler

3:15 pm – 3:30 pm

  • BREAK

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

  • Presentation
  • Fundred Project – Mary Rubin