Rural communities face specific challenges when working to deliver arts education to students. Learn from several experts who have created tailored approaches for rural communities. Presented in partnership with the California Alliance for Arts Education.
Come and join us in a new community of practice!
All are welcome: teachers, administrators, teaching artists, arts organizations, and arts allies serving the young people in Santa Clara County. Through the Artspiration Community of Practice, we will engage with each other around specific topics impacting our lives to improve teaching and learning in a virtual world.
Topics include ways to include new CA Arts Standards and Framework; social emotional learning and the arts; unpacking racism through the arts; arts and the Black Lives Movement; and, indigenous ways of knowledge and learning. We see the arts as a tool for healing, connecting to self and community, increasing student engagement, and nurturing creativity. The Arts are essential!
For more information and the flyer, click on the image above or go to https://bre.is/hWZBanKX.
To REGISTER, please click here, or the use the following link, https://bre.is/rMgfGc7R.
Presented by CCSESA Statewide Arts Initiative in partnership with Create CA
Please join us for a five-part Leadership Series focused on the book
The Art of Everything: Leading for “We” in the Age of “Me” written by Dr. Gary Waddell
The Art of Everything Leadership Conversations is intended for both aspiring and experienced leaders to come together in conversation and community around the key leadership concepts in the book. We encourage you to invite leaders to join us in this important opportunity.
Come join us and patriciate this interactive series focused on key elements of artful leadership.
SESSION 1 – January 15, 2021
SESSION 2 – February 19, 2021
SESSION 3 – March 19, 2021
SESSION 4 – April 16, 2021
SESSION 5 – May 21, 2021
$30 for all five sessions
Presenter & Featured Guests for Session #1:
Dr. Gary Waddell is an educator, leader, author, and presenter.
Join us for this FREE event!
Participants will:
- Gain greater understanding of the rural context by engaging with national experts, Dr. Lisa Donovan, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Clayton W. Lord, Americans for the Arts, and California expert, Peggy Burt, Mindful Strategies;
- Learn a mapping process from Americans for the Arts based on a metaphorical frame of Emerald City to uncover key components to consider when expanding arts education in rural communities;
- Consider perspectives from next generation leaders; and
- Walk away with a process and a custom map to begin shaping strategies.
Enhancing student achievement though the arts
Because the safety of our staff and educators is of utmost importance, the ArtsLift Conference has been rescheduled to March 31, 2021.
Join us on March 31, 2021, for an innovative arts conference with 20 available sessions in art making, spoken word, theater, dance, and music to provide classroom teachers the skills and confidence to integrate arts practices into their classrooms.
CCSESA Statewide Arts Initiative in partnership with the Center for Distance and Online Learning (cdol) at the Los Angeles County Office of Education, is proud to present and host a FREE webinar on English Language Learners and the Arts on September 22, 2021 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
This interactive webinar will share best practices, strategies, and systemic supports to emphasize how the Arts are a vibrant and critical means to nurture English Language Learners’ academic success.
California Arts Standards Introduction Professional Learning – Fall 2021
The California Arts Standards Introduction professional learning is designed for arts educators, multiple subject teachers, school and district administrators, and teaching artists to deepen their understanding of the 2019 California Arts Standards for Public Schools and explore strategies for implementation. This professional learning is offered by Fresno, Humboldt, Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, and Tulare County Offices of Education as part of the collective work of CCSESA Statewide Arts Initiative Creativity at the Core Module 22. This 2-hour professional learning will be offered virtually two times this fall.
REGISTER HERE – select ONE professional learning session to attend.
Arts Instruction and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) – Fall 2021
The California Arts Standards and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) professional learning is designed for arts educators, multiple subject teachers, school and district administrators, and teaching artists to deepen their understanding of the connections between the 2019 California Arts Standards for Public Schools and UDL in addition to strategies for implementation. This professional learning is offered by Butte, Fresno, Humboldt, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, and Tulare County Offices of Education as part of the collective work of CCSESA Statewide Arts Initiative Creativity at the Core Module 20. This 2-hour professional learning will be offered virtually three times this fall.
REGISTER HERE – select ONE professional learning session to attend.
Media Arts is the newest artform recognized in the California Arts Standards. There are Media Arts standards for PK through grade 12. But where is a teacher to start? In this series, teachers will gain confidence and skills to integrate media arts into their classroom. With outstanding partners from PBS Learning Media, Soundtrap by Spotify, and Las Fotos Project, teachers will learn about media arts, develop skills, see connections to standards (ELD, ELA, SEL, and more) and apply them in meaningful ways that can be used in the classroom tomorrow.
This course is supported with TEAL online modules that are available 24/7. This series highlights the CCSESA Creativity at the Core Module 23 and is made possible through a partnership with CCSESA Statewide Arts Initiative.
Register for the series HERE.
Interactive flyer with links is available HERE and/or PDF version HERE.
Session Three: Media Arts 2.0: KQED & PBS SOCAL – October 7, 2021
Session Four: Media Arts 2.0: Soundtrap – November 4, 2021
All online sessions are from 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Demystifying the Framework
The State Board of Education (SBE) adopted the California Arts Education Framework for Public Schools, Transitional Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (Arts Framework) on July 8, 2020. The Arts Framework supports the California Arts Standards for Public Schools, Prekindergarten Through Grade Twelve, (Arts Standards), which were adopted by the SBE in January 2019.
Please join Louisa Higgins, RCOE Arts Administrator and Peggy Burt, Arts Consultant, as they share their study and learnings about the framework. They will demystify the pertinent information contained in this lengthy and informative document through a presentation that is experiential and will leave participants with a thorough and practical working knowledge of the Arts Framework.
View/Download flyer, CLICK HERE.
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Details/Registration $40 – CLICK HERE
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Details/Registration $50 – CLICK HERE
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Details/Registration $50 – CLICK HERE
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Details/Registration $50 – CLICK HERE
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