1. Principals & Coordinators Spring 2012 Retreat
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
K-12 Curriculum & Instruction
K-12 Arts Education
A+ Schools Program

2. Blended Professional Development
Four Year Series of Summer Institutes
Content-Specific Regional Trainings
Online Modules
Content-Specific Webinars
READY Trainings
Resource Materials
Summer 2011
Audience
LEA Curriculum Leaders
Train-the-Trainer Model
Content area sessions
Facilitated team (LEA) planning time
Focus
Philosophy & Organization of the new Arts Education Essential Standards
Arts Education Crosswalks Tools
Arts Education Unpacking Tools
2012 Arts Education RESA Trainings
LEA Arts Education Curriculum Leaders
Focus on Connections
21st Century Skills
History & Culture
ELA Common Core State Standards
Information & Technology
Mixed Proficiency Levels
Larger Units of Instruction
Summer 2012
Train the Trainer Model
Connecting to Serve all Learners

3. West Stokes High School Stokes County Summer Institute 2
July 12-13, 2012
West Stokes High School
Stokes County
Summer Institute 2
July 10-11, 2012
Maiden High School
Catawba County Schools
Summer Institute 5
July 19-20, 2012
South Central High School
Pitt County
This is a map with the SI schedule.
6 of the 30 LEAs and Charters with A+ Schools did not send an Arts Education Representative as part of the 2011 leadership team. Deadlines for the 2012 Summer leadership team are approaching. It is important that your Arts Educators receive content-specific training in addition to the various trainings they may receive in other areas, including the Common Core.
Teams are registered through the Race to the Top Coordinator in your LEA. Ask to find out who is representing Arts Education and what kind of local professional development in Arts Education has been offered.
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
2012 Common Core and Essential Standards Summer Institutes
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

4. Curriculum Alignment Standard How I teach this standard
How this standard is reflected in student work
How this standard is assessed:
formative
benchmark
summative
Differentiation
Connections

5. Aligning Activities Music Standard
3.ML.1.1 Apply elemental changes, including changes to dynamics, tempo, timbre, or texture, when singing or playing music.
Music Activities
YES = Use dynamic changes when playing instruments
NO = memorize definitions of terms related to dynamics (piano, forte, etc.)
Apply = Carry out or use a procedure in a given situation.

6. S66: Comprehensive Arts Education
(arts as core, academic subjects)
Arts Integration
(arts as a catalyst for learning across the curriculum)
Arts Exposure
(exposure to arts experiences)
The S66 Task Force recognizes a Comprehensive Arts Education as:
• Arts Education (arts as core, academic subjects)
• Arts Integration (arts as a catalyst for learning across the curriculum)
• Arts Exposure (exposure to arts experiences)
The first component, Arts Education, relates to the arts as core, academic subjects and the importance of school-based instruction to
develop proficiency in the arts. Arts Education is a collective term referring to a comprehensive and sequential education in four separate
and distinct disciplines: dance, music, theatre arts, and visual arts. Arts Education is defined in North Carolina in the Basic Education Program
(115-C-81), and the arts are also defined as core, academic subjects in the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). K-12
Arts Education is delivered during the regular school day by licensed arts educators using the NC Standard Course of Study, as specified in
the Arts Education Essential Standards. (Some arts educators teach in Pre-K settings.)
The second component, Arts Integration, refers to using the arts as a catalyst for learning across the curriculum and in all areas of learning. In addition to offering a rigorous course of study in their distinct disciplines (dance, music, theatre arts, and visual arts), the arts are a powerful tool for learning throughout the curriculum. When teachers create curriculum that successfully integrates arts content and concepts with that from other subject areas, students are fully engaged in a multisensory learning experience through the application of multiple intelligences. North Carolina's A+ Schools Program is a nationally recognized, research-based, whole-school reform model that successfully utilizes arts education (instruction in all four arts disciplines) and arts integration to teach a balanced curriculum.
The third component relates to the importance of Arts Exposure in providing real world context to students. By experiencing the arts,
either as a creator, participant, or audience member, students learn about themselves and the complex world around them. In-school programming by professional artists reinforces the arts curriculum, while showcasing career paths. Artists also provide an inspirational model of the discipline, skill, and perseverance required to achieve excellence. Off-site student visits to art museums, theatres, or other arts venues demonstrate that the world outside school provides countless opportunities for discovery and active learning, encouraging students to become life-long learners engaged in their communities. The interface between the arts sector and a school is an essential component of a comprehensive arts education and sustains a community culture of well-rounded citizens who value creativity.
This training also helps to address a Comprehensive Arts Education, as identified by the S66 Task Force.

7. Arts Education Arts education taught by licensed specialists
Regular arts instruction and other arts education opportunities
Ongoing professional development in Arts Education
Vertical alignment of the arts education curriculum

8. Two-Way Integration
How does the graphic represent the idea of making connections between learning in the arts classroom and learning in other areas?
What does two-way integration mean in your school? What does it mean for arts educators? For teachers of non-arts subjects?
When we help students see and make connections across the curriculum, we are adding variety and color to our lessons, making them more interesting and more meaningful. We help students to see how learning in the arts is connected to learning in other areas. At the same time, we want to keep our primary focus on the arts education content. Working with other educators allows students to see connections across the curriculum. The primary focus in social studies will be on social studies concepts – culture, history, geography – but hopefully will also help students to see how the arts are connected to these concepts.

9. 4th Grade History & Culture
Visual Art
Social Studies
4.CX.1.1 Understand how the visual arts have affected, and are reflected in, the culture, history, and traditions of North Carolina.
4.C.1.1: Explain how the settlement of people from various cultures affected the development of regions in North Carolina (languages, foods, and traditions).
4.C.1.2: Explain how the artistic expression of various groups represents the cultural heritage of North Carolina.

10. 4th Grade Visual Art
Pottery in NC
Places: Seagrove, Catawba Valley, Old Time Pottery
Types and Purposes: Earthenware, Stoneware, Creamware
Artists: Cherokee and Catawba tribes, Aust, Adam. Craig
Resources and techniques: NC clay, glazes,pit firing, burnishing
Tools: paddle,, kickwheel, kiln

11. 4th Grade Social Studies
Dance
Clogging, Shag
Chuck Davis
Pow Wow, Carolina Ballet, etc.
Music
Bluegrass, Beach Music, Opera
James Taylor, Thelonious Monk, John Brown
Meymandi Concert Hall (NC Symphony)
Theatre Arts
Unto These Hills, Appalachian Storytelling
Andy Griffith
Screen Gems Studio, National Black Theater Festival
Visual Arts
Pottery, Quilting, Blown Glass, etc.
Bob Timberlake, Romare Bearden
NC Museum of Art, Seagrove

12. NCDPI Alignment and Support

13. Data Collection & Analysis
100% of Schools have completed the A+ School Profile!!
A+ database to organize data
Demographic Information
Testing data
Comprehensive Arts Education
A+ Essentials
Data will be useful as we begin preparing for the upcoming retreats and summer professional development

14. Monitoring & Collaboration
Schools Visits & A+ Trainings
Douglas
Bugg
Wendell
East Millbrook
RN Harris
Booker T Washington
Clarkton School of Discovery
Rochelle
Benton Heights
Community Charter
Black Mountain Primary
Saluda
STARS
Arts-Based Elementary
Collaborative Efforts
Team Meetings
Arts Education Coordinator’s Meetings
Comprehensive Arts Education Work

15. Arts Education Commission
Important Dates
Meeting Friday, March 30
Final report due by May 1, 2012
House Bill 758:
Implementation strategies for a Comprehensive Arts Education
Establish an arts education "report card“
Skills of creativity and innovation
Arts education assessment models
Arts education accountability incentives for schools
Permanent financing strategy for a Comprehensive Arts Education

16. Assessment & Professional Development
Materials
Reference Guides for Integrating Curriculum
Graphic Organizers
Professional Development
A+ Network Webinars
A+ Principal & Coordinator’s Retreats
A+ Fellows Retreats
A+ Fellows Webinar (April 19, 3:30 – 5:00)

17. Electronic Resources A+ Wiki Arts Education Wiki
Arts Education Wiki
All Content Areas Wiki Links

18. DPI Arts Contacts
Christie Lynch Ebert Arts Education Consultant & Liaison to the A+ Schools Program Brenda Wheat Whiteman A+ Arts Education Specialist