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Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism's Higher Order Thinking Schools - 17th Annual Summer Institute
"Leading the Way - Higher Order Thinking in the New Decade"
July 12-16, 2010
Hilton Hartford Hotel, Hartford, Connecticut
Registration deadline: July 5, 2010
The Institute offers exceptional professional development in the HOT Approach for teachers, principals, parents, teaching artists and educators from arts organizations.."Leading the Way - Higher Order Thinking in the New Decade" focuses on the important role the arts play in designing innovative teaching strategies and learning opportunities that prepare students as contributors and participators in the 21st century. Regardless of mandates and recommendations that direct our educational systems, intentionally and meaningfully focused arts learning practices prove, time and again, to just make good sense. The marriage of strong arts, arts integration, and democratic practice is a true force that is executed within, yet jostles and stretches the boundaries of any parameters set. Through these components educators address the intellectual, emotional and social needs of the whole child. They stimulate students' curiosity, ignite their sense of wonder, and engage them in their learning.
Plenary speakers and performances include Derrick Ashong, musician and social entrepreneur; Deb Brzoska, National Arts in Education Consultant; Michael Moschen, one of the world's most visionary performing artists; Steve Seidel, Patricia Bauman and John Landrum Bryant Chair in Arts in Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education; and Richard Thomas, Director of Exhibits, Connecticut Science Center.
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New England Arts Assessment Institute
August 3-6, 2010
Plymouth State University, Plymouth, New Hampshire
Presented by the New Hampshire and Vermont Departments of Education in collaboration with the New England Arts Assessment Network, the Vermont Alliance for Arts Education, and in partnership with Plymouth State University College of Graduate Studies
Registration deadline: July 16.
NEAAI is dedicated to best-practice assessment/instruction. The institute features national experts including Dr. Scott Shuler, President MENC, Arts Consultant, CT Department of Education, and Dr. Frank Philip, Former Director of National Assessment, Council of Chief State School Officers.
Sessions include: Arts Curriculum Writing Using Understanding by Design; “Assessment Toolbox 101": a look at and practice building assessment
models; Leadership in Assessment and Arts Education; Competency-based Assessment; Help with Performance Anxiety through the lens of Masterful Life
Performance Theory; and Practical Assessment Tips in Elementary School arts programs.
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Field of Vision: 2010 NH Statewide Arts in Education Partnership Conference
October 22-24, 2010
AMC Highland Center, Crawford Notch, NH
The NH State Council on the Arts presents its annual Statewide Arts in Education Conference in partnership with the Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire.. Keynote speaker is researcher James Catterall, Professor of Education at the University of California, Los Angeles, and co-author of "Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Social and Academic Development." The conference offers inspiring presentations, workshops, resources and networking opportunities for artists, educators and community supporters of arts in education.
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Susan Danoff and Teresa Whitaker Present
The Storytellers' Journey: A Retreat for Women Storytellers
August 5-8, 2010
The Story House
121 Main St.
New Ipswich, NH
Cost: $375-$475
In our thirteenth annual storytelling retreat we wish to create a magical space for several days where we can be with other women who also care about the powerful and elusive issues that are part of our work as storytellers. We will experiment with song, movement, writing, meditation, ritual, nature, and improvisation, to deepen our story work. Our evenings will be devoted to informal sharing of stories and song. Participants must have previous experience with storytelling but need not be professional storytellers.
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NECAP Presents
Play Is the Thing: The Serious Work of Play
September 23, 2010
Brattleboro, Vermont
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