Arts Integration at the Core

1. Arts Integration at the Core Merryl Goldberg Sacramento November 12, 2013

2. And the core is: KIDS

3. I have never met a kid without potential I have met a lot of kids without opportunity

4. But before we get there:A teeny bit about me… (before braces)

5. I always loved music And was on the road for 13 years as a professional saxophonist with this band!

6. To NOW!!!!

7. And…to get us going:Where in the World is Matt?! Matt's video

8. Quick Write/Chat: How did Matt’s video make you feel? What about/or in the video made you feel that way?

9. ACCESS to Arts in Learning Arts Education Arts Integration

10. Learning is a Process

11. Creating Art is a Process

12. Arts Integration is a process that marries learning and the arts together And….in so doing, provides access to engage kids in learning and access to an education in arts

13. Access to Arts in Learning • Learning through the arts • Learning with the arts • Art as Text • Arts Integration core = children and learning Arts Education Discipline-based dance, music, theater, visual arts

14. California State VPA Standards(Arts Integration is already in there!) Arts Education Discipline-based • Arts disciplines: • Dance • Music • Theater • Visual Arts • artistic perception • creative expression • historical and cultural context • aesthetic valuing • connections, relations, and applications across the curriculum - this is the direct connection and link to arts integration

15. Arts Integration as defined by the Kennedy Center

16. Guiding Principles of the CA VPA Arts Content Standards next to College and Career-Ready Common Core Standards in Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening and Speaking •  Learning through active practice, rehearsal, and creation or performance of works in the arts • Reading about the arts and artists Researching, writing, and communicating about the arts • Reflecting on the arts in thoughtful essay or journal writing on one’s observations, feelings, and ideas about the arts • Participating in arts criticism on the basis of observation, knowledge, and criteria They come to understand other perspectives and cultures. They respond to the varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline. They build strong content knowledge. They value evidence. They comprehend as well as critique. They demonstrate independence.

17. Back to the Core: It is about the kids:

18. Headline Poetry Reading! Writing!

19. Headline poem/collage on teaching and learning

20. Now………..it’s your turn Headline Poem/texture/collage Theme: Arts education, innovation, and what’s core (could be common core)

21. DREAM

22. DREAMDeveloping Reading Education Through Arts Methods Primary Goal: Engaging students in reading through visual Arts and theater Integrating the Arts – the motivating tool for engagement and authentic tool for assessment of student learning

23. DREAM Overview DREAM Video

24. Who… 3rd and 4th grade teachers received training to integrate visual and theatre arts into their reading instruction. 10 north San Diego County school districts in collaboration with CSUSM, NCPDF and the SDCOE 141 teachers and approximately 3,000 students

25. Evaluation Questions Which professional development model increases teacher proficiencies in arts integration? How does it increase proficiency? Which professional development model improves student academic performance in reading? How does it improve performance in reading?

26. Study Design Random assignment to one group: • Two treatment groups • Institute-only teachers: Institute (n=25) • Coached teachers: Institute & in-school coach (n=25) • One comparison group

27. Qualitative Data Quantitative Data Teacher demographics Teacher pre-test/post-test on arts integration Institute observation Post-institute survey Student arts vocabulary assessment Arts coach assessment Lesson plan rubric Mid-year teacher survey Standardized test scores • Teacher pre-test/post-test on arts integration • Institute observation • Post-institute survey • Arts coach assessment • Focus group/interviews with teacher participants and art coaches

28. Impact on teacher learning & teaching

29. Coached teachers… Integrated arts more frequently (particularly theatre) than institute-only or comparison teachers; Integrated the arts into more areas of the reading curriculum than institute-only or comparison teachers; Were more confident integrating the arts than institute-only or comparison teachers.

30. Teacher Work Samples Coached teachers were better able to demonstrate their learning. Teachers in both treatment groups improved in the quality of their lesson plan work samples over the course of the intervention year. However, coached teachers made greater improvement than did institute-only teachers.

31. Teachers Integrate the Arts to further: Character analysis & development Reading comprehension Inference Vocabulary acquisition Plot Setting

32. Teacher Engagement Greater satisfaction and engagement with teaching; Recognition of need for alternative teaching strategies and assessments; Greater enthusiasm for and use of arts integration.

33. Impact on Student Learning

34. Gains in: Vocabulary comprehension Inference Visual literacy skills Visual arts and theater ability

35. Students with teachers in both treatment groups: Greater student engagement and enthusiasm for learning; Deeper learning in and retention of reading curriculum; and, Improved participation and greater focus in class.

36. Benefits to all students Creative/innovative thinking ELL/opportunity Aligned with Common Core (whew) Brings excitement to learning! Brings joy to teaching 

37. kids reflect on learning through the arts in DREAM (and TELL) CenterARTES TELL Kids Speak! - YouTube

38. Standardized Test Scores Year 1: Modest to little impact Year 2: Notable impact on 3rd grade

39. Below Basic Proficient Basic Basic Standardized Test Scores Year 1: Modest to little impact Year 2: Notable impact on 3rd grade

40. Impact on Standardized Test Scores Year 2: Impact on 4th grade

41. Capability and Test Scores Students Teachers

42. We can do it! DREAM kids and teachers aren’t particularly talented or special….they did, however, have an opportunity that let them succeed. How did we all do it?

43. DREAM Team Approach Infrastructure Evaluator

44. Planning & Reflective Practice Approach to Institute Coaches’ meeting

45. Engaging Teachers as Professionals Respect Reflection – blogging Setting the context for learning Engaging with authors and artists

46. Q&A DREAM

47. Merryl’s Top Ten List Arts integration at the Core and what’s common for all of us

48. Arts can set the foundation for a desire to learn we have natural longing to be curious. The arts tap into curiosity….often leading to a desire to learn.

49. Arts = innovation, imagination, inquiry “If we do not treasure our individualists, we will lose the spirit of innovation, inquiry, imagination, and dissent that has contributed so powerfully to the success of our society…” -Diane Ravitch

50. Arts open a sense of wonder “If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life.” Rachel Carson from her book, The Sense of Wonder