Professional Development Opportunity for Teaching Artists Interested in PK-12
Gretchen Berg, Teaching Artist and Director of Ovations Offstage, presenting a workshop at the Statewide Arts Ed conference
This summer, the New England Summit on Arts Education will take place on the University of Southern Maine Portland campus, July 29-31. The Summit is designed to provide an outstanding collaborative opportunity for educators to dig deep into teaching, learning, and assessment in arts education including student-centered classrooms and proficiency.
The Summit is offered through the Maine Arts Assessment Initiative which was established in 2010 and has been responding to the needs of arts education ever since. The overall focus of the MAAI has been to create an environment in Maine where quality assessment in arts education is an integral part of the work all arts educators do to improve teaching and learning, and student achievement in the arts.
During the past three summers MAAI has offered opportunities to PreK-12 visual and performing arts teachers who make a commitment to take on a leadership role beyond the summer work. This year we are broadening the work to include others who make a commitment to educating young people in the arts. Teaching artists are invited to attend the Summit as part of a team or as an individual.
The Summit offers the following:
- Scholarships for a limited number of Maine teaching artists to participate in the three-day summit
- Sessions to build knowledge on arts teaching and learning, including assessment
- Provide a mentor who will be available beyond the Summit
- Networking opportunities with other Teaching Artists and school personnel from Maine and beyond
- Hosting of 5-10 minute showcases for Summit participants
- Three or four days of professional development (See Teaching Artist Leader Opportunity information below)
For detailed information about the New England Summit on Arts Education click here.
Teaching Artists Scholarships Available
The Maine Arts Commission is offering scholarships for a limited number of Teaching Artists to apply to participate in the New England Summit on Arts Education. The application deadline for scholarships is June 9, 2014.
To be eligible for a New England Summit on Arts Education Teaching Artist Scholarship, an artist cannot be employed by a school district as an arts educator.
As a scholarship recipient, teaching artists are required to:
- Participate in online conversations using a wiki where the teaching artists will share information, ask questions, learn from each other, and establish an online community.
- Complete a plan (i.e., a marketing packet) that includes a lesson/unit and description of their work that can be used to promote themselves with administrators, and/or teachers. These plans may be included in the MAAI Resource Bank, an online repository of learning units that will be available to all educators.
- Attend a one-day professional development day in October to present their ideas and plans to invited “critical friends” for review and feedback.
Once the final plan is submitted and approved the teaching artist will be added to the Maine Arts Commission Teaching Artist Roster and receive a stipend.
Please click here for the scholarship application located near the bottom of the page.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: June 9, 2014
If you have any questions please email the Maine Arts Commission Director of Arts Education Argy Nestor at argy.nestor@maine.gov or call 207.287.2713.
The Maine Arts Assessment Initiative is guided by the State of Maine Learning Results legislation Chapter 125 for the visual and performing arts which includes these four disciplines: dance, music, theatre, and visual arts.
In 2015, Arts Learning Grant applicants will be encouraged and given extra consideration if partnering with a Teaching Artist who is listed on the Roster.
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