NC Arts Education Leaders Webinar

1. NC Arts Education Leaders Webinar Christie Lynch Ebert, Arts Education Consultant and A+ Liaison, NCDPI Brenda Wheat Whiteman, A+ Arts Education Specialist, NCDPI September 21, 2011 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.

2. TIPS • Chat box/Question box • Participants will be muted during the webinar unless presenting • Please use the chat box or question box • Questions/Answers • Monitored and answered in question box and/or at the end of webinar • Follow-up • Presenters online at conclusion of webinar • Email/phone • Presentation posted on Website

3. Presenters Christie Lynch Ebert Arts Education Consultant and A+ Liaison christie.lynchebert@dpi.nc.gov 919-807-3856 Brenda Wheat Whiteman A+ Arts Education Specialist brenda.whiteman@dpi.nc.gov 919-807-3820

4. Let’s Take a Poll!

5. Where are you located?

6. What is your role?

7. NCDPI Summer Institutes

8. AGENDA • CCSS and NCES distinctions • Blended PD Plan • Resources • Sharing Local Plans • DPI Update • Next Steps • Questions

9. NC Standard Course of Study • Common Core State Standards • English Language Arts • Mathematics • North Carolina Essential Standards • Arts Education • English Language Development* • Guidance (September 2011) • Healthful Living (Health and Physical Education) • Information and Technology* • Science • Social Studies • World Languages

10. CCSS and NCES • Similarities • Fewer, clearer, higher • Alignment with other standards, research, 21st century skills • Focused on improving student achievement (student outcomes) • Differences • Format • Taxonomies • RBT (NCES) • Other (CCSS) • Specific to NC (NCES) • Optional adoption from national movement (CCSS)

11. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE

12. Annual PD Cycle

13. Arts Education Essential Standards PD Plan 2011-12 K-12 • Dance • Music • Theatre Arts • Visual Arts

14. Arts Education Essential Standards PD Plan 2011-12 • Quarterly webinars • 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. + 15 minutes for questions • Arts Education Coordinators Meetings • September 21 • December 7 • February 8 • May 9 • Raleigh: • September 30, 2011 • Winston-Salem: March 23, 2012

15. Arts Education Essential Standards PD Plan 2011-12 • Arts Education Professional Associations • Dance • Music • Theatre Arts • Visual Arts • IHE training • October 7 - Raleigh • October 10 - Wilmington • October 13 – Boone • A+ Schools Program • Ongoing support and alignment • Continued collaboration between NCDPI/NCDCR

16. Arts Education Essential Standards PD Plan 2011-12 • RESA Trainings

17. Arts Education Essential Standards PD Plan 2011-12 • Summer Institutes 2012 • Dates TBD

18. CCSS and NCES Resources • Accountability and Curriculum Reform Effort (ACRE) website: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/ • Standards (all areas) • Instructional tools (all areas)

19. Instructional Tools • Available Summer 2011: • Crosswalks • Unpacking the Standards In development: • Graphic Organizers • Formative Assessment Strategies • ArtsFolio/Student Profile • Learning Progressions/Learning Maps • Terminologies • Future Tools

20. CCSS/NCES Resources • Summer 2011 NCDPI Institute Materials • Facilitator’s Guide • http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/resources/facilitator-guide.pdf • Content Sessions • http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/profdev/institute/ • Wiki sites • All areas: http://www.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/ • Arts Education: http://ances.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/

21. CCSS and NCES Resources • Online learning modules • http://center.ncsu.edu/nc • The Call for Change* • Understanding the Standards* • Developing Local Curricula • Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy • NC FALCON* • NC Professional Teaching Standards and Teacher Evaluation System*

22. Local Professional Development Plans

23. Structures for Collaboration

24. Sharing Local Plans • Raise hand to be recognized and assume presenter status • Name School System or Charter School • State approximate number of arts teachers • Provide summary of local plan

25. Sharing Local Plans • Spotlight on Wake County • Collaborative plan • Wiki site • 5 online learning modules • Other resources http://arts-education-wake.wikispaces.com/Essential+Standards+-+Arts+Ed.+K-12

26. Sharing Local Plans • Spotlight on Winston-Salem/ Forsyth Schools • Mini-seminar with Central Office coordinator with breakout in content-specific groups to compare old and new standards and report findings • Two additional sessions with continued breakouts and focus on local curricula development • Sharing of plans

27. Sharing Local Plans • Volunteers from the audience???

28. Sharing Local Plans • Raise hand to be recognized and assume presenter status • Name School System or Charter School • State approximate number of arts teachers • Provide summary of local plan

29. Implementing the Standards

30. NCDPI Updates

31. S66: Comprehensive Arts Education Components • Arts Education • (arts as core, academic subjects) • Arts Integration • (arts as a catalyst for learning across the curriculum) • Arts Exposure • (exposure to arts experiences)

32. H758: Establish Arts Education Commission • Signed into law by the Governor on June 24, 2011. • Visit the NC General Assembly website (http://www.ncga.state.nc.us) - search H758.   • Report. – The Commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the 2012 Regular Session of the 2011 NCGA no later than May 1, 2012. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H758

33. H758: Establish Arts Education Commission • Duties: • (1) Review, prioritize, and recommend implementation strategies for the recommendations of the Comprehensive Arts Education Plan (K-12). • (2) Recommend the content and process to establish an arts education "report card" which shall be presented yearly by the Department of Public Instruction to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee.

34. H758: Establish Arts Education Commission • Duties: (continued) • (3) Recommend ways to assess and promote opportunities for students to learn the skills of creativity and innovation in public schools. • (4) Work with the Department of Public Instruction in the creation of arts education assessment models • (arts education and arts integration)

35. H758: Establish Arts Education Commission • Duties: (continued) • (5) Recommend the establishment of arts education accountability incentives for schools under the Accountability and Curriculum Reform Effort (ACRE). • (arts education, arts integration, concentrations in the arts) • (6) Study and recommend a permanent financing strategy to provide for comprehensive arts education in grades K-12.

36. Arts Education Website http://arts.ncwiseowl.org • Updated with information on an ongoing basis • Listserv: > Resources > NCDPI Arts Education Listserv Updates

37. Next Steps Continue to participate in webinars, RESA training, Arts Education Coordinator Meetings, and Summer Institutes Use the Wiki space to network and share resources Provide input and feedback into the development of instructional tools and support Let us know your needs!

38. Questions and Closing Questions??? Thank you for joining us! This Webinar presentation will be posted on the Arts Education wiki site. If you have feedback about the virtual meeting format, please let us know. Please feel free to log off when you are ready, or, stay and ask questions…

39. NCDPI Contact Information Christie Lynch Ebert christie.lynchebert@dpi.nc.gov Ph: 919-807-3856 Brenda Wheat Whiteman brenda.whiteman@dpi.nc.gov Ph: 919-807-3820