Arts at the Core:
Creating Connections Between the Arts and Common Core State Standards
Overview:
A common question among teachers of the visual arts, music, dance, theater and media arts throughout the country is “Where do I fit in to the Common Core State Standards?” Come discover the connections between the CCSS in ELA and Mathematics and the Arts. Topics include conceptual alignment between the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the new, re-imagined National Core Arts Standards (NCAS) and the accompanying Model Cornerstone Assessments; links between mathematical practices and creative practices found in the NCAS; identification of portals for cross-curricular connections; and additional tools and resources for sharing. This session is appropriate for curriculum directors, administrators, music and visual arts teachers, English and theater teachers, and anyone interested in the topic.
Who Should Attend?
Arts Teachers K-12 including music, visual arts, drama, dance and media arts, curriculum directors, administrators, English and theater teachers.
Outcomes:
At the end of this conference, participants will:
- have a deep understanding of the purpose of the Common Core State Standards and strategies to incorporate these standards into their instruction without taking from their own content
- be on the cutting edge of understanding and implementing the voluntary National Core Arts Standards.
- gather new ideas for projects, strategies and suggestions from their peers.
Agenda:
8:00 am Check in/Continental breakfast
8:30 am Understanding the Common Core
9:45 am What does this mean for me?
Group discussion
10:15 am Break
10:30 am Looking at the new national standards for the arts.
11:45 am What does this mean for me?
Group discussion
12:15 pm Lunch at SERESC
1:15 pm Work with Content Colleagues
2:15 pm Wrap up—Where do we go from here?
2:30 pm Certificates, Adjourn
Marcia McCaffrey
Marcia McCaffrey is the Arts Consultant at the NH Department of Education and has been leading the state’s public education sector in defining quality arts education for New Hampshire for fourteen years. Marcia is currently Marcia is incoming President of the State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE) and represents SEADAE on the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) Leadership Team where she has been co-facilitating Leadership Team meetings and executing project work since 2011.
Her past experience includes being a leading member of the State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards/ Arts Consortium, a project out of the Council of Chief State School Officers; presenting at national conferences on topics such as the power of arts assessment to change teaching a learning and arts education in the 21st Century including stints for the Los Angeles Unified School District; teaching dance in the public schools in Montclair, New Jersey; adjunct faculty member for Cornell University and Plymouth State University; proprietor of a small dance business; and founding member of an improvisation dance company in Ithaca, NY. She holds a Masters of Arts from Columbia University in Dance Education, and Bachelor of Science degrees in Elementary Education and Physical Education from Iowa State University.
Presenter Disclosure Statement
Marcia McCaffrey receives no financial compensation for this presentation from SERESC. The New Hampshire Department of Education provides her portion of the presentation at no additional charge to participants.
Email: marcia.mccaffrey@doe.nh.gov
About the Presenters:
Lyn Ward Healy
Lyn Ward Healy has a passion for helping schools and school leaders focus on their mission – helping students achieve!
Lyn has extensive experience in working with school leaders and teachers as a coach and presenter. She worked for five years as the Associate Executive Director of the New England League of Middle Schools and helped schools design and implement their professional development plans. More recently she has been a middle school principal and a district level administrator for curriculum, instruction and professional learning for the Epping, NH School District. Her teaching career began in the elementary level and she spent several years working with “at risk” students in 7th and 8th grades.
Lyn has coached teachers and leaders, and presented on many topics from literacy to advisory to Common Core State Standards implementation and assessment. Lyn was recently awarded the James Garvin Distinguished Service Award by NELMS in 2013. She holds degrees from Harvard University, University of New Hampshire and Albion College.
Email: lhealy@seresc.net
Monday, October 20, 2014
8:30-2:30
Check in starts at 8:00
Breakfast and Lunch at SERESC
Certificate of Attendance available for 5 Contact Hours
$150.00 early registration by 10/6/2014---Enter discount code: EARLY*REGISTRATION
Registration Closes 10/16/2014
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If minimum requirement enrollment is not met prior to the early registration deadline, the event may be postponed or canceled.
Location:
SERESC Conference Center
29 Commerce Drive
Bedford, NH 03110
603-206-6800
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