Wednesday, January 23
2:20pm-3:20pm
2:20 – 2:30pm Welcome & Check-in
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Participants arrived and reviewed the agenda for the
meeting.
2:30 – 2:40pm Defining
Arts Integration for AAA: Review
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As a full group, participants reviewed the drafted arts
integration definition for AAA.
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Initial definition:
At Arts & Academics Academy (AAA), Arts Integration is a
key strategy to support student learning, engagement and achievement. AAA is
committed to providing time and resources to support arts integrated learning
opportunities for all students.
At AAA,
Arts Integration is instruction connecting two or more content areas through a
creative process. Students demonstrate an assessable understanding of
curriculum objectives and standards in both disciplines, as well as higher
thinking skills that help prepare them for college and career.
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Teachers requested a clarification that the integration must
include the arts and a change in the phrases “key strategy” and “assessable
understanding of curriculum objectives and standards”
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It was recommended that the new definition could apply to
any integration between two arts forms.
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SAM staff agreed to revise and return next week with updated
statement that can become the working definition of AAA. After the pilot
project, participants can return to this definition and see if additional
changes need to be made.
2:40 – 3pm Focus Group Plan
Review
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As a full group, participants reviewed the proposed focus
group plan.
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The goal of the pilot is to test out different modes of
integration at AAA to see how each method works within the school and ideally
identify best practices that can be applied in the future.
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Based on the proposal, teachers selected one of three
integration methods to use.
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Drama & dance classes are already integrating through a
music theater class. This will be included in the pilot.
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US Literature will look at model 2 and integrate spoken word
poetry and visual arts through love poems
o Integration
ideas: slam poetry/spoken word
o Interpretive
dance based on poems?
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Math will develop a new lesson that integrates art
o Interested
in connecting to geometry/trigonometry, functions, and/or algebra
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10th language arts is looking at nonfiction reading
(including exploring Basqiat images)
o Potentially
wants to explore bringing a teaching artist?
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Intro to visual arts
o Looking
at Kara walker- how silhouettes can tell stories
o Use of
video “Rainbow round my shoulder”
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Humanities
o Bring
teaching artist to integrate marimba
o Bridge
connections between music & culture
o Connect
w/drumline teacher
3
– 3:20pm Conclusions/
next steps
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SAM will bring related suggestions or materials to next
meeting
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Teachers will plan in small groups to use time most
efficiently
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SAM will demo VTS integration lesson
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