Select a Program = = = = = = = = = = = = 1. What Is Art? - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. Responding to the Arts - - - - - - - - - - - - 3. Historical References in the Arts - - - - - - - - - - - - 4. Creating a Multi-Arts Performance Piece - - - - - - - - - - - - 5. Designing a Multi-Arts Curriculum Unit - - - - - - - - - - - - 6. The Role of Assessment in Curriculum Design - - - - - - - - - - - - 7. Three Schools, Three Approaches - - - - - - - - - - - - 8. Building on New Ideas

		Getting Ready (10 minutes) The following information will help you focus and organize your professional development session. Learning Objectives Examine how different schools expand the role of the arts, based on their culture, priorities, and personnel. Discover different ways that teachers collaborate to use the arts in their classrooms. Guiding Questions These are questions for your group to consider as you work through the session: How can meaningful arts education change teaching practice? What are various ways educators can collaborate to increase the presence of the arts in their classrooms? Materials and Resources Videotape or broadcast of Program 7 — Three Schools, Three Approaches Handout: Ridgeway Elementary School (PDF) Handout: Drew Model School (PDF) Handout: Kingsbury Elementary School (PDF) Reading: Roles of Arts Specialists and Classroom Teachers (PDF) Reading: Comprehensive Arts Education (PDF) Opening Steps Facilitator: Ask participants to review their understanding of the arts by discussing these questions: What are the arts? What do different art forms have in common with one another? What is arts education? How are the arts different from and similar to non-arts subjects?

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