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This online newsletter from the Arts Learning Department at the Arizona Commission on the Arts intends to provide you with current, important information from the Arts Learning and Teaching Artist fields, and to support vital, substantive arts learning throughout the state.
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Register for the 2014 Joint Arts Education Conference!
Presented by the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Arizona Department of Education, the 2014 Joint Arts Education Conference will take place at the Phoenix Art Museum on Monday, October 20, 2014. This full day of professional development for arts education leaders will provide attendees with the tools and resources they need to chart a course for success in their schools and communities.
- Be inspired by national and local experts John Abodeely, President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, Mary Leuhrsen, The NAMM Foundation and Steven Tepper, Dean of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University.
- Be the first to see updated census data about access to arts education in our state.
- Explore how arts learning connects to Arizona's College and Career Ready Standards.
- Have a voice in the revision process for Arizona's Academic Standards in the Arts.
- Learn about successful program evaluation, teacher assessment/evaluation, arts education leadership strategies, and more!
Join your colleagues from across the state to make connections and deepen your work helping students, schools and communities benefit from learning in, through and about the arts!
http://www.azarts.gov/jaec
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Register for Poetry Out Loud!
Poetry Out Loud (POL) is a national poetry recitation contest that provides free classroom materials for teachers and scholarship opportunities for students.
POL is open to all Arizona students, grades 9-12.
Registration for the 2014-2015 season will be open through October 24, 2014. Learn more about POL and register your school online at www.azarts.gov/pol |
Media Coverage
Mesa Arts Center's Creative Aging Program Offers Social and Creative Outlets for Adults 55+
http://tinyurl.com/pqrjlfl
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Professional Development
Poetry Performance: 2014 Professional Development Workshops
October 11, 2014, Tucson, AZ
November 8, 2014, Phoenix, AZ
Capitalize on current trends in spoken word and hip-hop to get your students excited about poetry. Presented by the UA Poetry Center, participants will learn through the use of innovative arts integration learning activities. Participants will also learn how to connect poetry to ELA lessons, providing a platform for the entire year.
Full-Day Arts Integration Intensive
October 18, 2014, Tempe AZ
Presented by Arts Integration Solutions, Embody Learning is a universal teaching and learning strategy for Pre-K through High School teachers that integrates the AZ College and Career Ready content (math, English language arts), the arts and a broad range of relevant subjects such as science, social studies, nutrition, the environment, health and economics, physical education, civics and geography, local and global cultures. Continuing Education Units are available.
http://www.thrivingroup.com/training-program/phoenix/
Arizona Art Education Association Conference
November 6-8, 2014, Tempe, AZ The 2014 annual Arizona Art Education Association conference, The Value of Art, will take place at the Tempe Doubletree Hilton. Early registration ends September 15th. http://www.azarted.org/conference
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Opportunities
Field Trips for Title 1 Schools
Act One provides field trips to performing and visual arts experiences to Title 1 students in Maricopa and Pima counties. Tickets to the show or exhibit, bus transportation and educational materials are all included, all for $1 per person.
Mayor's Arts Awards Nominations
Submission DEADLINE: October 17, 2014
City of Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and the Phoenix Center for the Arts are currently accepting nominations for the third annual Mayor's Arts Awards. Winners will be chosen based on the criteria of innovation, impact and integration. http://tinyurl.com/q6ex3y8
Call for Session Proposals
Submission DEADLINE: October 15, 2014
2014-2015 Arizona Department of Education Student Artwork Competition
The Arizona Department of Education is proud to sponsor their 4th Annual Student Artwork Competition. The 2014-2015 theme is The Art of Science. Review the guidelines and rules for additional information. Entries are due October 30 - November 7, 2014. http://www.azed.gov/art-education/student-artwork-competition/
NCCAS Assessment Pilot Project
The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) has issued a call for elementary and middle school teachers to help pilot the Core Arts Standards Model Cornerstone Assessments (MCAs) during the 2014-2015 school year. The Model Cornerstone Assessments are rich performance-based assessment examples at the benchmark grades of 2, 5, and 8. The MCAs were designed in conjunction with the new voluntary grade-by-grade Core Arts Standards released by NCCAS in June. Pilot sites will be selected from a range of rural, suburban, and urban classroom settings across the nation. Elementary and middle school arts educators interested in helping to pilot these sample assessments in dance, media arts, music, theatre, or visual arts are encouraged to apply.
Applications will be accepted through Wednesday October 15, 2014. Applicants must complete an online application form at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PKY8GKM and forward a r�sum� or CV, along with a signed letter of permission from your principal or school administrator. NCCAS will contact chosen applicants and announce selected pilot sites by November 21, 2014. http://nccas.wikispaces.com/
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Funding
2015 National Artist Teacher Fellowship (NATF)
Letter of Intent DEADLINE: November 19, 2014
The Center for Arts in Education invites arts teachers from public arts high schools and Title 1 high schools and middle schools to apply for funding for artistic development through its National Artist Teacher Fellowship program. The NATF program provides grants of up to $5,500 to enable selected arts teachers from all disciplines to rejuvenate their own art-making. A complementary grant of $1,500 is awarded to each Fellow's school to support post-fellowship activities in the classroom. http://natf-arts.orgHarry Chapin Foundation Arts-In-Education Grants The Harry Chapin Foundation funds 501(c)(3) not for profit programs that operate in the United States and fall within three areas, including Arts-in-Education Programs and other approaches to educating young people. Grant sizes range from a few hundred dollars to the maximum of $10,000. Applications are accepted throughout the year. http://www.harrychapinfoundation.org/focus
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