Conferences Net-works amp Resources

1

Kudos 1

Newsletter Survey 2

Share News 2

Arts Around WI 2

Arts Standards 3

Disciplinary Literacy Arts Sessions

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SLOs in the Arts

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State Superintendent Updates

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Statewide Conferences

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DPI Sites 4

Events 4

Google Communities 4

Fine Arts amp Creativity

V O L U M E V I S S U E 2

Julie A Palkowski PhD

Fine Arts and Creativity

Education Consultant

Email Address -

juliepalkowskidpiwigov

Office Phone Number -

608-261-7494

Office Address -

125 South Webster St

PO Box 7841

Madison WI 53707-7841

Website -

httpdpiwigovfine-arts

C O N T A C T I N F O R M A T I O N

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E

Conferences Networks amp Resources There are many oppor-

tunities to support our

professional growth as

arts educators A few

include visiting the many

websites that are of-

fered through the Wisconsin Department

of Public Instruction Fine Arts and Crea-

tivity Education sites You may also net-

work with other educators through the

WI DPI Arts Educator Google Sites For

face to face opportunities there are ses-

sions being planned throughout the

school year Check the online PD Calen-

dar to see what is being set up for 2016-

17 through this office If your school dis-

trict is interested in hosting a fine arts

education session please contact me di-

rectly to discuss some ideas

Other opportunities for professional de-

velopment are also available through our

incredible arts educator organizations

The conferences mentioned below are

statewide professional development

events focused on arts education

Please consider these opportunities to

build your skills knowledge and net-

works Here is a letter to share with your

school administration advocating for

these opportunities for staff

Alliance for Wisconsin Theatre Educa-

tion ndash Milwaukee September 30 2016 Wisconsin School Music Conference ndash

Madison October 26-29 2016

Wisconsin Art Education Association

Conference ndash La Crosse October 20-21 2016 Thank you again for your work in arts education -Julie

Kudos

O C T O B E R 2 0 1 6

Congratulations to Sandburg Elementary in Madison Chiho Feindler VH1 Director of Grantees and Compli-ance announced the school is getting 36 string instru-ments along with $35000 in grant money and dona-tions This support is a collaboration between VH1 Save the Music Foundation and Madison based Mu-sicnotescom Article

Congratulations to Chris Gleason band director and instrumental music teacher at Patrick Marsh Middle School in the Sun Prairie Area School District for being honored as Wisconsinrsquos 2017 Middle School Teacher of the Year Press Release Video

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F I N E A R T S amp C R E A T I V I T Y E D U C A T I O N

Do you have an instructional strategy creative assessment method or engaging classroom resources to share Submit ideas to

Kudos - news of honors events and special arts awards

From the Field - classroom strategy sharing

Creative Classrooms - innovative strategiesresource

Share News

Arts Around Wisconsin mdash Highlights

State of Education mdash Alex Lohmiller

of Deerfield HS

Arts Integration

Conference mdash Cello Mashup

Cardinal Stritch University

National Arts Education Week Event

Milwaukee mdash Riverside HS

Jazz Ensemble

State of Education Event mdash Beloit Memorial

Jazz Orchestra

FFA ConventionmdashMadison mdash Jazz Ensemble

Turn Around Arts Eventmdash Milwaukee Drummers

FFA Convention mdash Madison Performers

Newsletter Survey Feedback

Sandburg ES mdash Madison VH1 Save the Music

WI State Fair Art Exhibit mdash Wauwatosa East HS

WI State Fair Art Exhibit mdash Whitnall MS

WI State Fair Art Exhibit mdash Milwaukee High School

of the Arts

Wisconsin Center for the Blind and

Visually Impaired mdash Janesville Music Concert

Thank you for reading and using the DPI Fine Arts and Creativity Education Newsletter Please share

your feedback using the survey link below about the newsletter its contents and the future offerings

you would like to see Please input your feedback by October 19 2016 Newsletter Feedback Survey

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Education sites Annenberg Learner ArtsEdge Multimedia Art of Education (AOE) BadgerLink BBC Learning Zone Education Closet From the Top MAM Teacher Resources PBS Arts Teaching Channel Teaching Today Watch Know Learn Wisconsin Biographies Wisconsin Media Lab

Student Learning ObjectivesmdashArts

Visit past newsletter issues 2012-13 7 amp 8 to learn

more about DL and ldquoInformational Textrdquo Also visit WI DPI Text Types which includes informational text such as

Disciplinary Literacy - Arts The Tip Sheet provides DL Arts Examples

See the calendar at the Fine Arts Profes-

sional Development site Contact Julie Palkowski if your district is interested in dis-

cussing face-to-face or networking options

Disciplinary Literacy is comprised of six tools

to investigate each content area Check the videos

showcasing each tool with classroom ideas For ad-

ditional information click on the Tip Sheet DL Arts

Rubrics and newsletter issues 2012-13 7 amp 8

Resources and online materials

Fine Arts and Creativity newsletter issues

2013 Issue 3 Issue 4 SLO in the Arts - Tip Sheet

Wisconsin DPI SLO Site

SLO Template

Template and Critical Friends Document

The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) and SEADAE launched

the standards in June 2014 Wisconsin has not adopted these standards at this time However please review the standards in the areas of art dance media arts music and theatre

visit httpwwwnationalartsstandardsorg The current Wisconsin Academic Learning Standards are online at Art

and Design Education Dance Education Music Education Theatre Education Districts are free to consider the new standards in their work if they choose Check the April newsletter for more information

Model Cornerstone Assessments for the National Core Arts Standards in each of the arts areas have been drafted Check the samples online - Dance Media Arts Music Theatre Visual Arts

Arts Standards

F I N E A R T S amp C R E A T I V I T Y E D U C A T I O N

Check the updated resources available online through the WI DPI Fine Arts and Cre-ativity Education site - Student Learning Objectives in the Arts Examples to sup-port your work in constructing your Student Learning Objective are provided online along with the SLO Template for you to use For additional rubrics and examples go to the Tip Sheet

USING DL Arts in your SLO For fine arts educators considering a disciplinary literacy student learning objective you may wish to check the rubrics created These offer some assessment ideas in the areas of reading writing listening thinking speak-ing and performing in the arts Videos for each of the DL tools highlights what each looks like in the arts DL SLOs in the Arts Rubric Examples

WORDS Images Auditory Cues

Wisconsin arts SLO examples

and rubrics for Art

Choir

Dance

Instrumental Music

General Music

Theatre

Disciplinary Literacy SLO Rubric Share your SLO and get feedback from

others Click this box to learn more

Julie A Palkowski PhD

Fine Arts and Creativity

Education Consultant

Email Address -

juliepalkowskidpiwigov

Office Phone Number -

608-261-7494

Office Address -

125 South Webster Street

PO Box 7841

Madison WI 53707-7841

Website -

httpdpiwigovfine-arts

Fine Arts Professional Development Site -

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction updates are

provided online Highlights recently posted include DPI Site - latest news and links

Agenda 2017 Every Child a Graduate College and Ca-

reer Ready

DPI ConnectEd - arts articles

Fine Arts and Creativity Education

Fine Arts Pedagogy Teacher Licensure - fine arts

Wisconsin Academic Standards posters

Art and Design

Dance

DPI Fine Arts Sites

Follow Us Contact Information

F I N E A R T S amp C R E A T I V I T Y E D U C A T I O N

Music

Theatre

WI DPI Fine Arts Professional Development Calen-

dar

Milwaukee Art Museum events and educator re-

sources

UW-Madison Arts amp Humanities Events

UW-Parkside Professional Development Courses

Register online For questions contact Marti Sopher cacllccharternet 608-772-0794

UW-Stevens Point Dance Productions

VSA Wisconsin Events

WCME Center Events Professional Development

Events

Wisconsin Arts BoardmdashWisconsin Folk site for

events and artist lists

Wisconsin Teachers of Local Culture

Woodson Art Museum Teacher Resource Guide

Wausau

State Superintendent News

Past Newsletter Issues

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Google Communities

Statewide Conferences 2016

The conferences mentioned below are statewide profession-al development events focused on arts education Please

consider these opportunities to build your skills knowledge

and networks Here is a letter to share with your school administration advocating for these opportunities for staff

Alliance for Wisconsin Theatre Education ndash

Milwaukee September 30 2016 Wisconsin School Music Conference ndash

Madison October 26-29 2016

Wisconsin Art Education Association Conference ndash

La Crosse October 20-21 2016

Arts Education in Wisconsin

Creativity Education and Research

Inclusive Arts Education

Music Education and Research

WIFACE - arts education diigo links

Twitter - WisDPIArtsEd

WI DPI Arts Education Google

Communities - Click to join

WI DPI Art Educators

WI DPI Dance Educators

WI DPI Media Arts Educators

WI DPI Music Educators