Quarterly A+ Webinar Michelle Mazan Burrows, Director, A+ Schools Program and Brenda Wheat Whiteman, A+ Arts Education Specialist, NCDPI March 7 th, pm

Questions/Answers Follow-up –Presenters online at conclusion of webinar – /phone –Archived Webinar HOUSEKEEPING

Poll Question1 – What is your role? Administrator, Teacher, Special Area Teacher, A+ Fellow, A+ Friend Poll Question 2 – From where are you viewing this webinar? Eastern NC, Central NC, Western NC, A+ School in another State, Other Poll Question 3 – What does your school need the most this summer? Time to plan integrated lessons, Work on collaboration, Team and climate building, Thinking about enriched assessment, Reflection and self-assessment, All of the above Let’s take a poll! WHO’S HERE?

 A+ Schools Program Updates & Resources  A+ School Tasks and Assessment  A+ Summer Professional Development  DPI Support for A+ Schools  Spotlight on Arts Integration with Douglas ES TODAY’S AGENDA

A+ NETWORK UPDATES

NEW FACES Secretary Susan W. Kluttz Chief Deputy Secretary Karin Cochran Arts Education Consultant (Theatre Arts and Visual Arts)

 Helping schools with needs assessments, goal setting, mission development and planning  Re-connecting with less engaged schools  Cultivating new A+ Schools  Increasing networking across A+ Network  Continuing to support CC&ES connections: whole staff PD, demo teaching, one-on-one coaching and lesson analysis  Fundraising and development of strategic partnerships  Data collection and analysis  Participating in national conversation on arts education WHAT HAVE WE BEEN UP TO? Growing the A+ Garden: Cultivation and Strategic Partnerships

VIP VISITORS!! OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA A+ SCHOOLS LEADERSHIP

A+ NETWORK EVENT Central/Eastern A+ Schools Tuesday, April 16 th 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. RN Harris Elementary Durham Western Schools Thursday, April 18 th 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Claxton Elementary Asheville Spring Regional A+ Principal and Coordinators Meeting A+ covers lunch and hotel at state rate for long distance travelers, and will also cover the substitute cost (Max $95) for up to three attendees Registration Forms will go out by and are due back by March 30 th

2 nd Annual Gerry D. Howell A+ Educator of the Year Award Application Available on A+ Website ~ Deadline April 15 th 2012 Award Recipient Christina Garay Lohry from Benton Heights Elementary School of the Arts.

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A+ FORUM Hosted by Columbus County Schools

Crayola Champion Creatively Alive Children Grants landing/ccac-grant-program.aspx Power2Give! SPOTLIGHT ON GRANTS

Up to 20 grants to help educators develop Creative Leadership teams and identify innovative, promising practices that inspire other educators to increase arts-infused education. The school will receive $2,500 and $1,000 worth of Crayola products Due June 2013, Awarded in October, 2013 Principal must be a national NAESP member. Nonmember principals can join now at Applications should focus on developing a Creative Leadership Team and increasing arts-infused education Grants should emphasize creative leadership and capacity building grants are less about a project and more about embedding a long-term commitment to arts-infused education and building creative teaching capacity. CRAYOLA CHAMPION CREATIVELY ALIVE CHILDREN GRANTS

February Educational Leadership Magazine ASCD ations/educational- leadership/feb13/vol70/nu m05/toc.aspx wsletters/education- update/jan13/vol55/num01/Ten- Reasons-Arts-Education- Matters.aspx

 WINNING RECOGNITION AND AWARDS  PRESENTING A+ PRACTICE  HOSTING A+ VISITORS  CONNECTING A+ AND THE NEW STANDARDS  ATTENDING NETWORK EVENTS  WRITING GRANTS  DEVELOPING NEW PARTNERSHIPS  UPDATING WEBSITES AND HANGING BANNERS  PLANNING FOR SUMMER A+ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT  MAKING LEARNING ENGAGING, ARTFUL,STANDARDS- BASED, RELEVENT AND FUN WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO?

HAVE YOU CONNECTED/RE-CONNECTED WITH YOUR LOCAL ARTS COUNCIL? HAVE YOU MADE SURE THAT YOUR CENTRAL OFFICE/SUPERINTENDENT KNOWS WHAT A+ IS AND THAT YOU ARE AN A+ SCHOOL? HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR WEBSITE FOR THE CURRENT A+ LOGO AND LINK? A+ HISTORY AT YOUR SCHOOL? WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN A+ SCHOOL? HAVE YOU BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE 3 V’S? HOW ARE YOU DOING ON YOUR SCHOOL TASKS

Criteria for Levels of Engagement Ongoing A+ Professional Development Teacher Engagement Principal Leadership Distinguished A+ School

SCHOOL VISION How present is A+ in your school mission and vision? Developing: We are trying to figure out how A+ connects with what we already do. Proficient: A+ is a part of our mission and vision. Accomplished: A+ is a prominent and important part of our mission, vision and school improvement plan. Distinguished: A+ is woven seamlessly into the day to day business of educating our students.

SCHOOL VOICE If a visitor walked through your school community, who would be able to tell them about A+ and how it impacts your school? Teachers? Students? Parents? Community? Developing: We still aren’t really sure what A+ really is ourselves, how can we tell others? Proficient: Most of our teachers could probably share what A+ is. Accomplished: Everyone on our staff and many of our students and parents can talk about A+. Distinguished: Our entire school community, including our students, parents, partners, district folks and even our brand new teachers can all talk about the impact of A+ on our school community.

SCHOOL VISIBILITY How do visitors to your school, website, marketing materials, media releases and school events know that you are an A+ School? Developing: We are just starting to think about this because we have realized that we don’t talk much or show much about being an A+ School… Proficient: We have lots of student art on display and are working on updating our materials and making A+ more visible. Accomplished: We’ve updated our website and materials with the new logo and have our history as an A+ school on our website. Our halls are filled with the sights and sounds of arts integration and when you come to a school event, we always mention that we are an A+ School! Distinguished: Everywhere you look, you will see something that tells you that we are A+. It is such a part of everything we do, we want everyone to know we are part of the A+ Schools Network!

 Continuing the Conversation: Where is our school in its implementation of the A+ Essentials? Where do we need to grow and develop?  Vision, Voice and Visibility: What is our commitment as a member of the A+ Schools Network? Where do we need to do more work?  Summer Needs Assessment: What are our most pressing needs? What do we need this summer?  Plan: How will we continue to grow as an A+ School through the next 12 months? ALL A+ SCHOOLS SHOULD BE SELF ASSESSING

SUMMER A+ DEVELOPMENT  All schools should be considering at least a day of summer PD  Networking is a focus this summer  Don’t let funding be an obstacle (65% rule)  All PD is tailor-made to your staff’s needs  All PD is developed from the Common Core and Essential Standards and is supported and enhanced by our DPI partnership  On-going A+ PD is one of the 3 elements that researchers found as essential to success and sustainability

SUMMER DATES June 24 – 28 in Wilmington July 9 th – 11 th in Asheville July 15 th – 17 th in Triangle or Triad Area Middle School Focus July 29 th – August 2 nd in Charlotte August 6 th – 8 th in Triangle /Triad Area Advanced Focus August th in Elizabeth City

BOOK YOUR SUMMER DATES NOW DEADLINE FOR SUMMER BOOKING IS APRIL 15 TH

NCDPI Alignment and Support for A+ Schools NCDPI Updates

DPI Support for A+ Christie Lynch Ebert Arts Education Consultant and A+ Liaison Brenda Wheat Whiteman A+ Arts Education Specialist NC Department of Public Instruction Division of K-12 Curriculum and Instruction K-12 Programs Section Arts Education

A+ Wiki

Wiki Sites A+ Wiki – Arts Education Wiki –

SPOTLIGHT ON A+ ARTS INTEGRATION Carolyn Florence and Natalia Disney Douglas Creative Arts & Science Magnet Raleigh, NC in Wake County

Carolyn Florence 2 nd Grade Teacher at Douglas and Apprentice A+ Fellow

Natalia Disney Kindergarten Teacher at Douglas

PLEASE: With all submissions, please include name of teacher, name of school, details about what is happening in the photo/video and/or captions. Please make sure that you have a photo release on file for any student faces or voices that are in any of your submitted photos and videos. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE? Photos of:  Student artwork, especially that which demonstrates integrated connections  Individual students/pairs of students engaging with the arts: creating art, dancing, singing, playing instruments, on stage, etc.  Teachers collaborating or team-building  Smiling and engaged students and teachers  Things/people at your school that are uniquely A+ Videos of:  “A+ Is” or “We are an A+ School”…  Students engaging with the arts and/or Integrated lessons in progress  Events/activities at your school that are uniquely A+ AND  Integrated Lesson plans that target specific arts standards and specific non arts standards, accompanied by photos or video of students participating in the lesson and samples of student products (A+ Template lessons are particularly desirable)

MARK YOUR CALENDARS  April 15 th – Deadline for scheduling summer A+ Professional Development  April 15 th – Deadline for A+ Educator of the Year Applications  April 16 th, 10-3pm – Principals/Coordinators Spring Meeting, RN Harris Elementary, Durham  April 18 th, 10-3pm – Principals/Coordinators Spring Meeting, Claxton Elementary, Asheville  May 9 th, 4-5pm - A+ Network Webinar

WISHING YOU A RESTFUL SPRING BREAK!

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