Professional Development at ArtsConnection
A brief history of projects funded by US DOE’s Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination Program (AEMDD) and Professional Development in Arts Education (PDAE)
Through an unparalleled series of grants from the US DOE, ArtsConnection has:
- deepened organizational knowledge and understanding about teaching and learning
- conducted practitioner research that had led to increasingly complex work
- built the capacity of ArtsConnection staff and artists, classroom teachers and art specialists to help students in the New York City public schools learn to work and think like artists
- worked with an independent research team to gather data about our programs and their effect on teachers and students
The Arts and Literacy
2001-2004 Exploring the Arts and Literacy Connection (AEMDD)
Project inquiry
How can classroom teachers and teaching artists work collaboratively in inquiry-based partnerships to develop a learning environment that will nurture creativity and curiosity across disciplines?
Results (click here—connect to Dana Publication, Third Space. Rob’s articles in Champions of Change and Critical Links)
2010-2014 Common Core and the Arts (AEMDD)
Project inquiry
How do children learn to work and think like artists? And, what are the authentic connections between the Common Core State Standards and learning in the arts?
Results This study in the final stages of analysis. Watch this space for information on findings.
2014-2018 Bridges: Bridging the Achievement Gap through Puppetry (PDAE)
Project inquiry
How can we use ArtsConnection’s practitioner inquiry process to build educators’ capacity to teach for transfer across sequential puppetry and English Language Arts (ELA) curricula in order to help students meet the rigorous demands of the National Core Arts Standards (NCAS) and the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)?
Watch this space for new information that will be shared throughout the process
DELLTA: Developing English Language Literacy through the Arts
2005-2008 DELLTA/Elementary Schools Residency Model (AEMDD)
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2006-2010 DELLTA/Middle Schools Residency Model (AEMDD)
Project inquiry in both elementary and middle schools
What is the nature of teaching and learning in dance and theater; and, in what ways do they influence second language acquisition in English language learners?
Results (link to Rob’s Connections report, VSA article, TESOL article, Dance Journal article, NDEO Report)
2011-2014 DELLTA PD Model (PDAE)
Project inquiry
Given positive results among students in ArtsConnection’s AEMDD projects have consistently been highest in classrooms where partnership between teaching artists and classroom teachers were strongest, how can the practitioner research processes ArtsConnection has developed or adapted be used to facilitate partnerships among arts, ESL and classroom teachers?
Results: connect to Video Study materials, DELLTA video section, NYSESLAT results
2014-2018 Digital DELLTA (AEMDD) (new for middle schools)
Project inquiry
What knowledge and support are necessary to help middle school ELLs as they learn to make artistic choices, reflect on their learning process and learn to represent it to an audience through digital portfolios?
Watch this space for new information that will be shared throughout the process
Planning and Assessment in Arts Education
2005-2008 The Art of Teaching: Promoting the Professional Growth of Arts Specialists (PDAE)
Project inquiry
How can a professional learning community build the capacities of arts specialists to design and implement sequential arts curricula that support students to achieve national arts-standards?
2008-2011 Artful Learning Communities: Assessing Learning in the Arts (PDAE)
Project inquiry
How does engaging communities of arts specialists (K-8) in action research develop their formative assessment practice and support students to work and like artists?
Results link to Joanna’s NAEA article and ALC website
2011-2014 Artful Learning Communities II: Assessing Learning, Transforming Practice, Promoting Achievement (PDAE)
Project inquiry
How does engaging communities of arts specialists (K-12) in action research help develop their formative assessment practice and support students to work and like artists?
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