In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week in May and all that you have accomplished this past year, we are creating a video to showcase every arts teacher in San Diego County!
We know you have a lot on your plate, but we will need your help for the video. We're asking every dance, media arts, music, theatre, and visual arts teacher to snap a quick, authentic selfie while "in the act" of teaching. You might be online, in person, masked-up, hybrid, staring at a Google folder, holding a paintbrush or a reed, or maybe you’re disinfecting a mic or a barre — the possibilities are endless! Surprise us, make us smile, and connect us all to the the very real, hard work of arts educators, and then share the photo by submitting it through this form. Please make sure that students’ faces are not recognizable in your image. Send in your photo by April 30.
Also in celebration of arts educators, Arts Empower San Diego planning committee is working on the 2021 Arts Empower Mega Conference. With so many changes and uncertainties this year, we need your help to make sure the conference fits your needs. Please take a minute to answer two questions in this brief survey and help us deliver a memorable, impactful event in a way that you prefer.
As always, if you’re on Twitter, connect with me @PCrooks_VAPA and others passionate about arts education on our weekly #CaArtsEdChat chats every Wednesday from 4 to 4:30 p.m. Whether you’ve never participated in a Twitter chat before or are are an expert, use this link to see the questions and learn how to join the conversation.
VAPA Coordinator, San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE)
858-295-8881
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Music That Unifies: Developing Empathy and Understanding Through World Music
Did you know that music has been shown to increase empathy among students? Have you noticed an increased need for acceptance and understanding in our world? Then you’ve come to the right place!
Join us for this set of interactive sessions designed to utilize the power of music to broaden a participant’s world view and develop a greater sense of empathy. The sessions will reinforce both the need for discipline specific music and arts instruction as well as integrated instruction to benefit the whole child. We will explore the lives of people in other parts of the world through music, while also introducing and reinforcing key music standards.
This series will combine a short asynchronous session, a more in-depth 90-minute experiential session, and an hour-long discussion three weeks later, after participants have had the opportunity to try some of the lessons or lesson resources with students.
Materials and resources have been adapted for virtual, hybrid, and in-person learning.
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Introduction to Arts Integration
Build an awareness of how integrating theatre strategies can activate your curriculum in any content area. This online, asynchronous course developed by the La Jolla Playhouse will guide educators through a deep understanding of the value of standards-based arts integration, how to develop an ensemble mindset in the classroom, assessment through the arts, and ways to connect community arts organizations to schools. Course includes example lesson plans, teacher testimony, and resources to guide arts integration into standards-based curriculum.
This course was designed in collaboration through the Kennedy Center Partners in Education partnership between the La Jolla Playhouse, the Chula Vista Elementary School District, and SDCOE with funding provided by the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA) Arts Initiative. Please use this link to sign up for this course today.
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TCAP's Latin Music Webinars
The California Arts Project's (TCAP) Latin Music Initiative is a free resource for teachers in support of the California Music Standards and broadening the scope of musical traditions studied in educational settings. TCAP's Latin Music webinar series explores the intersection and relationships between Afro-Latino, Afro-Caribbean, and Afro-Cuban music; the African diaspora's influence on contemporary Afro-Latino, Afro-Caribbean, and Afro-Cuban music and culture; and culturally relevant instructional teaching practices. Registration is available here. For questions or more information, email csawada@sdsu.edu.
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Conversations with California Artists, Creatives, and Educators
TCAP's Conversations webinars highlight artists, creatives, and educators sharing their practice, current work, and how they are finding their way in these changing times. Contemporary artistic practices are a key component of the new California Arts Standards. Join us to gain insight into current and emerging creative practices. Registration is available here. For questions or more information, email csawada@sdsu.edu.
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SouthCAP Arts Education Network
In a time of unprecedented challenges, it is more important than ever to connect and network with other arts educators throughout San Diego, Orange, and Imperial counties. Join the SouthCAP Arts Education Network online from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on the last Thursday of every month to share experiences, exchange ideas, and stay informed in arts education statewide updates. For TK-12 and post-secondary educators in dance; media arts; music; theatre; visual arts; and career technical education arts, media, and entertainment.
- Upcoming Sessions are April 29 and May 27.
- Register using this form and a Zoom link will be emailed to you.
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Arts Education Curriculum Units
The SDCOE Curriculum and Instruction, Multilingual Education and Global Achievement, and Innovation teams collaborated to design distance learning units of study in grades K-12 that are focused on grade-level essential learnings in each content area. These units were purposefully designed to integrate content (including the arts), and provide flexibility and choice. The units of study connect content in the following areas: English language arts, English language development, mathematics, science, history/social science, arts, computer science, and physical education through integrated study in K-5 and thematic units in grades 6-12. Assessment opportunities (formative and summative) and student feedback are embedded and intentionally developed. These open-source units are being developed in Google to ensure maximum flexibility for teachers to use them with their district’s preferred distance learning instructional platform. The units are available here. |
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Center for World Music teaching artist Anthony Kauka Stanley has been immersed in celebrating and sharing the beauty of his Polynesian culture since birth. The son of esteemed hula dancer Kumu Kathy Heali‘i O Nalani Gore-Stanley, he is a pillar of his family’s halau, Heali‘i’s Polynesian Revue, which has taught and shared the traditional island songs and dances of Hawaii, Tahiti, Samoa, and New Zealand since 1967.
By the age of 2, Anthony had an ukulele in hand, later studying under teachers Barry Flanagan, Mikela Gore, Dr. Jason Arimoto, and continually under the mentorship of his mother.
As the music and drum director at Heali‘i’s, he teaches Polynesian dance, drum, and music with an emphasis on tradition, history, and universal family (ohana). His mission is to share his music outwardly, working toward a deep and broad cultural environment that enriches the community and offers a platform for youth. Anthony seeks to create music that retains its cultural qualities, while bridging gaps and creating connections between people from all walks of life.
Since August 2019, Anthony has taught Hawaiian culture through ukulele music and singing to hundreds of elementary school children as a Center for World Music teaching artist in the World Music in the Schools program.
See a preview video of Anthony’s Living Room Learning dance and singing lesson.
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Congressional Art Competition: The Way Forward
Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district. Since the Artistic Discovery competition began in 1982, more than 650,000 high school students have participated.
The competition is open to all high school students. Teachers and/or students should verify their eligibility with the office of the member of Congress. Artwork must be original and not done in collaboration with another student. Artwork must be two-dimensional. Each framed artwork can be no larger than 26 inches high, 26 inches wide, and 4 inches deep. If your artwork is selected as the winning piece, it must arrive in Washington D.C. Congressman Juan Vargas will arrange for California’s 51st district Art Competition winner’s artwork to be framed.
Accepted mediums for the two-dimensional artwork are as follows:
- Paintings: Oil, acrylics, watercolor, etc.
- Drawings: colored pencil, pencil, ink, marker, pastels, charcoal (it is recommended that charcoal and pastel drawings be fixed)
- Collages: must be two dimensional
- Prints: lithographs, silkscreen, block prints
- Mixed media: use of more than two mediums such as pencil, ink, watercolor, etc.
- Computer-generated art
- Photographs
Artwork is due by email no later than April 26. All activities surrounding the winner will be tentatively scheduled pending the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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Catapult Shadow Dance Virtual Field Trip
From May 3 to 28, Poway OnStage’s Virtual Field Trip will feature Catapult Shadow Dance company performing stories inspired by Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and transport you into fantastical worlds made simply out of light and the human body. The performance features incredible dancers who work behind a screen to create shadow silhouettes of shapes. Catapult's dancers stretch their bodies, and your imaginations, telling stories with humor and delight by transforming magically from one shape to another. The Virtual Field Trips are interactive, turn-key, self-paced, and aligned with state VAPA standards. Each Field Trip includes a tour of the Poway Center for Performing Arts, a pre-recorded performance, and VAPA extension activities. Register online.
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Introduction to Instruments Virtual Field Trip
In Poway OnStage's Introduction to Instruments Virtual Field Trip, students will enjoy lively and engaging activities and performances designed to teach them all about the world of band and orchestra instruments. From challenging games and online demonstrations, our Introduction to Instruments Field Trip gives 4th- and 5th-graders all the information they need to choose the band or orchestra instrument that excites them the most. Music educators have called the program essential to the health of their band and orchestra programs.
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La Jolla Playhouse POP Tour: Pick Me Last
The La Jolla Playhouse Performance Outreach Program (POP) Tour will be available to all schools, organizations, and families at no cost. Please visit the POP Tour website to book a digital performance for your school.
The year’s POP Tour, Pick Me Last, is written by Idris Goodwin and directed by Jacole Kitchen, and will highlight the importance of inclusivity at school. It is recommended for students in elementary through 6th grade.
Since 1987, the La Jolla Playhouse has commissioned and developed new plays each year for young people that tour schools, community centers, and libraries throughout San Diego County. A typical year includes a live 45-minute in-school performance and classroom curriculum. There is a virtual option to stream the POP Tour (in chapters if needed) and curriculum lessons and videos featuring teaching artists on the La Jolla Playhouse website.
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Classics 4 Kids Meet and Greet
Available to all elementary students within San Diego County, this free, 25-minute, live, virtual field trip features an interactive musical performance by a Classics 4 Kids musician or conductor, an explanation of their instrument, and time for the students to ask questions and share comments with the musician. This program can be utilized for students in the classroom or learning from home.
Each Meet and Greet is tailored to the grade level of the students in attendance and includes social and emotional learning components and diverse music selections featuring Black, Indigenous, people of color, and female composers.
Availability is limited — this program is offered Tuesdays to Fridays with start times at 9:15, 10, and 11 a.m., and 1 p.m. For more information or to book a virtual visit, email info@classics4kids.org and include the grade level of students, school name, contact phone number, and three preferred dates and times. Zoom platform is preferred. Spanish-language program available by request.
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Safa's Story Virtual Theatre Program
Safa’s Story, a virtual theatre-based program for students in grades 3 to 7, is designed to create dialogue about cultural sensitivity, diversity, and accepting difference. The play is based on a true story of a Zimbabwean-American 5th-grade girl from San Diego. The program centers around a rare type of interactive performance called forum theatre that empowers students to stand up for themselves and their peers when they experience discrimination or bullying. You can learn more about the show and watch a promo on the Safa's Story website. You can book now to schedule the virtual program anytime between now and June 15. Contact education@blindspotcollective.org for more information.
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The Kennedy Center: Performances for Young Audiences
For this new era of distanced and adapted learning, the Kennedy Center offers our spring Performances for Young Audiences season free and virtually to all teachers and students across the country. This includes six digital performances in music, dance, and theater that your schools can only see here, by registering in advance and obtaining your own school links. Included in the exciting series of performances are two all-new works by our Education Artist-in-Residence, author and illustrator Mo Willems. Register here today.
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