NCDPI Update NC Art Education Association November 3, 2012 Asheville, NC

1. NCDPI UpdateNC Art Education AssociationNovember 3, 2012Asheville, NC

2. Welcome, Slater! Slater Mapp Arts Education Consultant (Theatre Arts and Visual Arts) slater.mapp@dpi.nc.gov 919-807-3758

3. In today’s globally competitive world, innovative thinking and creativity are essential for all school children. High quality, standards-based instruction in the arts develops these skills and effectively engages, retains, and prepares future-ready students for graduation and success in an entrepreneurial economy. Dance, music, theatre arts, and visual arts, taught by licensed arts educators and integrated throughout the curriculum, are critical to North Carolina’s 21st century education. Vision for Arts Education

4. NC Arts Education Wiki http://ances.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/ http://ances.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Curriculum+Workshops+2012-13

5. NCDPI Arts Education Listserv join-artsed@lists.dpi.state.nc.us

6. Purpose • To provide information on policy and legislation impacting arts education • To provide information and resources to the NCAEA on the Visual Arts NC Essential Standards

7. Setting the Stage

8. Arts Education Policy Thumbs’ Up/Thumbs’ Down : • The State Board of Education has a policy requiring a Standard Course of Study in the Arts. • The first goal of the State Board of Education includes the arts. • Students must complete one unit of credit in arts education to graduate from NC schools. • The arts are core, academic subject areas.

9. GUIDING MISSION “The guiding mission of the North Carolina State Board of Education is that every public school student will graduate from high school, globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the 21st Century.”

10. Policy and Legislation • Basic Education Program (§ 115C-81) The NC Standard Course of Study Common Core State Standards NC Essential Standards

11. NC Legislation

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

13. Comprehensive Arts Education

14. H758: Arts Education Commission • Duties • 3 Meetings (February – April 2012) • Final Report (May 1, 2012) • 5 Findings/Recommendations • 3 Legislative Proposals in Report

15. H758: Arts Education Commission • Importance of Arts Education • Comprehensive Arts Education Task Force (Legislative Proposal 1) • Arts Education Graduation Requirement (Legislative Proposal 2) • Professional Development and Education in Arts Integration • Locally Driven Comprehensive Arts Education (Legislative Proposal 3)

16. S724: An Act to Implement Various Education Reforms Arts Integration • Requires that pre-service elementary teachers and lateral entry teachers are prepared to “integrate arts education across the curriculum”. • Outgrowth of H758 Arts Education Commission • Wide-scale education legislation • Signed into law June 26, 2012

17. S724: An Act to Implement Various Education Reforms • Supported by: • Existing Teacher Ed Requirements (Policy) • NC Teacher Evaluation (Policy) • Previous Legislation • National Reports NC Legislation and Policy and the Preparation of Elementary Teachers to Integrate the Arts

18. http://aplus-schools.ncdcr.gov/ Michelle Burrows | Director A+ Schools Programmichelle.burrows@ncdcr.gov tel: 919.807.6503

19. Standards Overview

20. Standards Thumbs’ Up/Thumbs’ Down: • All of the new standards must be implemented no later than Fall 2012. • All of the new standards were built around the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy and filtered through the P21 Framework. • The term North Carolina Standard Course of Study refers to both the Common Core State Standards and the North Carolina Essential Standards.

21. NC Standard Course of Study • Common Core State Standards • English Language Arts (and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects) • Mathematics • NC Essential Standards • Arts Education • Career and Technical Education • English Language Development* • Guidance* • Healthful Living (Health & Physical Education) • Information and Technology* • Science • Social Studies • World Languages

22. Essential Standards Guiding Question What do students need to know, understand, and be able to do to ensure their success in the future, whether it be the next class, post-secondary, or the world of work?

23. Essential Standards Filters

24. Intent of the Essential Standards • Communicate at a basic level in each of the four arts disciplines • Communicate proficiently in at least one art form

25. COMPONENTS:NC Visual Arts Essential Standards • Strands (3) • [ES] - Essential Standards (6) • [COs] - Clarifying Objectives (2-5 per ES) • Learning Sequence: • K-8 Grade Levels • HS Proficiency Levels • Organized to embed multiple entry points

26. Organizational Strands

27. Crosswalks What is new/different? 21st Century Skills Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy History & Culture High School Sequencing • Overview and Organization • Comparison with previous state standards • Alignment with current National Standards

30. Unpacking Tools

31. Unpacking Tools

32. SI 2012http://ances.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Arts+Education+Content+Sessions+2012

33. Summer Institute 3 July 12-13, 2012 West Stokes High School Stokes County Summer Institute 5 July 19-20, 2012 JH Rose High School Pitt County Summer Institute 2 July 10-11, 2012 Maiden High School Catawba County Schools Summer Institute 1 June 21-22, 2012 Enka High School Buncombe County Summer Institute 4 July 17-18, 2012 Croatan High School Carteret County Summer Institute 6 July 24-25, 2012 SanLee Middle School Lee County

34. 4 Questions of a PLC (DuFour) • What do we want students to learn? (SI 2011) • How will we know if they have learned it?(SI 2012 – Data Literacy) • How will we respond when they don’t learn it? (SI 2012 – Connecting to Serve All Students) • How will we respond when they already know it?(SI 2012 – Connecting to Serve All Students)

35. The Big Picture How I teach this standard Differentiation Standard How this standard is assessed:formativebenchmarksummative How this standard is reflected in student work Connections

36. Focus Questions • How does arts education prepare students to be future ready? • How do the arts connect to other content areas? • What are the implications for meeting the needs of all learners as related to arts education?

37. Teacher Evaluation Process Teachers recognize the interconnectedness of content areas/disciplines Standard III, Element C “Teachers understand how the content they teach relates to other disciplines in order to deepen understanding and content learning for students.” http://ances.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Agenda+-+Day+1 (Section J)

38. Connections Thumbs’ Up/Thumbs’ Down : • Each arts education discipline has a strand related to making connections with other areas. • All educators are expected to make connections and integrate instruction to facilitate student learning. • Many disciplines outside of the arts have objectives which connect to the arts. • Students who make connections are more likely to develop conceptual understanding and apply their learning in different settings.

39. Connections

40. CCSS and the Arts • Shared responsibility • CCSS supplement, but do not replace discipline standards • Art is text Resources: • Coleman article and blog • College Board Research • AEP Book • Other Resources

41. Meeting the Needs of All Learners Focus Question 3: What are the implications for meeting the needs of all learners as related to arts education?

42. Assessment Focus: Types of Data, Formative and Summative Assessment, Team Initiated Problem Solving

44. Summative Helps determine how much learning has taken place Occurs at the end of an instructional unit Graded Product Evaluative feedback Periodic Assessments in Summary Formative • Promotes student learning • Occurs during instruction • Not graded • Process • Descriptive feedback • Continuous

45. Assessment in Arts Education • Formative Assessment Examples • NC FALCON • Assessment Examples • Arts Education Wiki (Instructional Tools) • Measures of Student Learning • in development • Local Resources and Initiatives • Arts Education Wiki (Building Local Capacity)

46. Educator Effectiveness • No MSL’s this 2012-13 school year • Where can I find out more information about educator effectiveness? • Please visit the new educator effectiveness website at: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/educatoreffectiveness • For responses to your questions, please email: educatoreffectiveness@dpi.nc.gov

47. Proficiency: Arts Education

48. What does it mean to be proficient? “well advanced in an art, occupation, or branch of knowledge” http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proficient • proficient, adept, skilled, skillful, expertmean having great knowledge and experience in a trade or profession

49. Proficiency • implies a thorough competence derived from training and practice • implies knowledge as well as technical skill

50. Sequencing