Announcing two movement-based classes . . .
Integrating Movement & Learning: Connecting with the Educational Process
- Dance 508, UNC Extended Studies, face-to-face course
- Offered at the UNC Denver Center at Lowry, 1061 Akron Way, Building
#697 - July 14, 16, 9:00 am. to 4:00 pm. and July 18, 9:00 am. to noon, 2008
- 1 hour of graduate credit
- Cost is $190
Using Movement As a Tool in Interdisciplinary Learning
- Dance 508, UNC Extended Studies, on-line course
- September 22 to December 8, 2008
- (no class assignments Thanksgiving week)
- 2 credit hours of graduate credit
- Cost is $380
Both courses emphasize how to teach academic concepts through
movement-based lessons. Participants learn to create and tailor movement
experiences appropriate for communicating specific ideas and concepts to
students. Classes demonstrate a Multiple Intelligences approach to learning,
along with Active Learning teaching strategies. Connections between
movement-based teaching and popular educational theories are also provided.
The instructor, Sandra Minton, Ph. D. & Professor Emeritus, UNC, has
presented many teachers' workshops, teaches and does research in the
schools, and is author of a number of movement and dance education books.
Register with the University of Northern Colorado Extended Studies Division, 1-800-232-1749. In Greeley call: 351-2944.
For content questions call: 303-450-6347 or e-mail slminto@msn.com
Leadership Institute for Learning In and Through the Arts University of Northern Colorado
June 9-12, 2008
The Center for Integrated Arts Education and the College of Performing and Visual Arts will sponsor a working forum at the University of Northern Colorado as part of a longitudinal research study. Invited representatives from selected Colorado k-12 schools will attend the forum and work with university personnel to develop 5 year strategic plans and curriculum models for arts and arts integration programs. The purpose of the forum is to support planning and the formation of sustainable educational systems providing quality k-12 arts programs and developing arts integrated pedagogical strategies that promote arts learning and creative and critical thinking through out the curriculum. Purposes, concepts, and critical issues in the disciplines of theatre, music, visual arts and mixed discipline art forms will be discussed and applied. The participants will be partnered with university arts discipline experts to develop arts plan that addresses the goals of their individual schools or districts. Keynote speakers and panel presentations will provide information about sustainable programming, current research in curriculum development and the benefits of quality arts education programs. The forum will be modeled after a successful leadership institute held in June 2007 on the University of Northern Colorado campus. Five school teams who developed plans last year will attend again to evaluate their progress, revise the plans if needed and develop curricula to implement their educational goals. Five new schools will join them to begin the planning process.
The Center for Integrated Arts Education (CIAE) was established at the University of Northern Colorado in the Fall of 2006. The mission of the Center for Integrated Arts Education is to provide leadership in achieving quality, comprehensive arts education for all students in Colorado. The Center for Integrated Arts Education specializes in arts planning, formation of arts policy, professional collaborations and curriculum development. The Center is engaged in longitudinal research in arts education that examines the impact of and arts infused curricula on school ecology and student achievement including attendance, graduation rates, and surveys of student perceptions of their own learning processes. CIAE is supported by private foundations and state funding sources and is working in partnership with the Colorado Council on the Arts and Think 360: Arts Complete Education. The College of Performing and Visual Arts at the University of Northern Colorado and the Center for Integrated Arts Education were listed by the Dana Foundation in the publication, Transforming Arts Teaching, the Role of High Education (eds. Pollin, J & Rich, B 2008), as one of selected 24 universities improving k-12 arts education.
If your school is interested contact Connie Stewart at connie.stewart@unco.edu.
Aesthetic Education Institute of Colorado: June 19 – June 27, 2007 University of Denver Campus, A program of: Think 360 Arts Complete Education and The University of Denver College of Education. Participants work with artists in the disciplines of creative writing, dance, music, theatre, and visual art in hands-on workshops in a transformational model of arts integration that is useful for any educator interested in how the arts and learning are connected. Participants will discover ways to meet school goals as well as the Colorado Content Standards. Please call Barbara Barnhart at 720-904-8890 for more information.
Other Colorado & National Teacher Professional Development Resources
ArtSource Colorado:
Offered through the Colorado Art Education Association, an
annual visual art education and leadership training institute which
seeks "to promote excellence, foster innovation, and develop
leadership for art in education." http://www.caea-colorado.org/pages/artsource%20institute%20info.html
2nd Biennial Western Slope Art Education Symposium, “Storytelling Traditions”: June 26 & 27, 2007, Mesa State College, Grand Junction. This symposium examines storytelling from the vantage points of history, oral interviews, archival research, folk arts, and community building. Deborah Snider; Phone: (970) 248-1767; Email: dsnider@mesastate.edu
Scientific and Cultural Collaborative: Some of the members of the SCFD collaborative offer teacher professional development. Contact Charlotte D’Armond Talbert, Coordinator at 303-893-6093( charlotte.talbert@comcast.net) or the individual cultural organizations for further information.
Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education, New York: Lincoln Center Institute was founded in 1975 to create a new approach to arts and education that would make the arts integral to learning. Far more than traditional arts appreciation, the Institute's practice is rooted in collaboration between artists and teachers that provides students with hands-on opportunities to explore and understand the arts. Students see live performances and engage in creative and analytical exploration that, in turn, supports learning across the curriculum. Phone: (212) 875-5535 http://www.lincolncenter.org
Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, advocates the inclusion of folk and traditional arts and culture in the nation’s education. Site lists training opportunities for K-12 educators in folk arts, folklife, and oral history. http://www.carts.org/
