Arts Education Coordinators NCDPI and NCDCR Update October 3, 2013 Meredith College, Raleigh

Christie Lynch Ebert Section Chief, K-12 Programs Arts Education (Dance and Music) and NCDPI Liaison to the A+ Schools Program Presenter

Introductions

Celebrating NC’s Accomplishments –READY AnimationREADY Animation

NC Public Schools and You

Vision for Arts Education 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.

Comprehensive Arts Education

State of the Arts: North Carolina

ClassesStudentsClassesStudentsClassesStudentsClassesStudents 82516, ,3401,13513,1572,75047, % 5.03% 3.1% 3.23% DANCE Participation in NC Schools ( )

ELEMENTARYMIDDLEHIGHTOTAL ClassesStudentsClassesStudentsClassesStudentsClassesStudents DANCE 82516, ,3401,13513,1572,75047, % 5.03% 3.1% 3.23% MUSIC 31,243643,9738,955194,2399,321100,27549,519938, % 56.37% 23.72% 64.19% THEATRE ARTS 95019,5401,38829,5792,62534,4484,96383, % 8.58% 8.15% 5.72% VISUAL ARTS 28,880599,1667,108147,5337,76395,02640,448776, % 42.82% 22.49% 52.4% FOLK ARTS (K-12) 00531, , % 0.37% 0.12% COMMUNITY COLLEGE ARTS % 0.11% 0.03% SUBTOTALS 61,8981,279,35618,294389,91820,979243,86397,8681,847, % % 57.69% % TOTAL STUDENTS IN NC SCHOOLS Average Daily Membership 694, , ,749 1,462,134

Enrollment in Arts Education Courses, K-12 Dance3.2% Music64.2% Theatre Arts5.7% Visual Arts52.4% All Arts126.4%

Licensed Arts Educators in NC DanceMusicTheatre Arts Visual Arts Total , , , data = apprx licensed teachers

Pit Stop What does Comprehensive Arts Education look like in your school system or charter school? What components are going well? What components could be strengthened?

NC Arts Education Wiki

NCDPI Arts Education Listserv

State Updates

Educator Effectiveness Visit to learn morewww.ncpublicschools.org/effectiveness-model More Info: Jennifer DeNeal dpi.nc.gov More Info: Jennifer DeNeal dpi.nc.gov

5 Rating Categories Teachers Demonstrate Leadership Establish Environment Know Content Facilitate Learning Reflect on Practice Contribute to Academic Success 3 Rating Categories Not Demonstrated Developing Proficient Accomplished Distinguished Does Not Meet Expected Growth Meets Expected Growth Exceeds Expected Growth NC Educator Evaluation System Overview of Standard 6

6 Contribute to Academic Success 6 End of Grade (EOG) or End of Course (EOC) tests 6 NC Final Exams 6 Career Technical Education Assessment 6 K-2 Literacy 6 Analysis of Student Work Grade 3 6 Analysis of Student Work Process Overview of Standard 6

In Need of Improvement Effective Highly Effective Standards 1-5 In the year Standard 6 Three-year rolling average years ago 1 year ago Current year ++ / 3 ) ) Demonstrate Leadership Establish Environment Know Content Facilitate Learning Reflect on Practice Any rating lower than proficient And/Or Does Not Meet Expected Growth Proficient or Higher on Standards 1-5 And Meets or Exceeds Expected Growth Accomplished or Higher on Standards 1-5 And Exceeds Expected Growth Overview of Standard 6 Analysis of Student Work Process

In the proposed ASW process, teachers: Describe teaching context and choose five Objectives Compile a Timelapse Artifact for each Objective Complete and upload an Evidence Collection Submit the Evidence Collection for “blind” review Receive a category rating for Standard 6 EVIDENCE COLLECTION EVIDENCE COLLECTION TA 1 TA 2 TA 3 TA 4 TA 5 2 Work Samples 2 Work Samples 2 Work Samples 2 Work Samples 2 Work Samples Analysis of Student Work Process

Spring 2014 Pilot planned with educators from: Original Pilot Areas Arts Education Healthful Living World Languages Advanced Placement International Baccalaureate Analysis of Student Work Process MemoMemo Concerning Standard 6 to Superintendents from Rebecca Garland (September 17, 2013)

Proposed ASW Timeline ASW Process Year 1 Implementation: ASW Process Refinement Application Window Online Platform Development Initial Pilot Training Official Pilot Launch Content-Specific Training Reviewer Training Evaluation Window Pilot Wrap-up Fall 2013Spring 2014 Analysis of Student Work Process

Recent Developments September 17, 2013 Memo to SuperintendentsMemo October SBE Meeting 21 st Century Professionals Information Item –TCP-3 Analysis of Student Work Process –TCP –larger pilot for Spring 2014 to include original areas + AP/IB Visit: ncpublicschools.org and click on “State Board of Education”ncpublicschools.org

Resources Pilot Application: –October 12-November 1, 2013 –(Teacher and Reviewer roles) Updated materials from SI 2013SI 2013 TimeLapse Artifact Activity Stay tuned to the listserv for updates as the process evolves

Questions Jennifer DeNeal Race to the Top Project Coordinator for Educator Effectiveness North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Have a question about educator effectiveness?

Pit Stop Will teachers participate in the pilot for Standard 6 in your District or charter school? How is HomeBase working in your district or charter school? What questions do you have?

RESAS and Summer Institutes 2013

North Carolina Summer Institutes Learning Path WHAT Focus: Internalizing a new SCOS HOW Focus: Planning how instruction needs to change IMPROVING PRACTICE Essential Standards Focus: Reflecting, adjusting and improving after year one of implementation Summer Institutes

Focus: Artistic Literacy and Proficiency in the Arts

What is Literacy?

21 st Century Literacy “Adolescents entering the adult world in the 21st century will read and write more than at any other time in human history. They will need advanced levels of literacy to perform their jobs, run their households, act as citizens, and conduct their personal lives. They will need literacy to cope with the flood of information they will find everywhere they turn. They will need literacy to feed their imaginations so they can create the world of the future.” (IRA: Adolescent Literacy: A Position Statement)

P21 Framework for 21 st Century Skills P21 website: Image Citation 11

Artistic Literacy What is artistic literacy?

Artistic literacy is the knowledge and understanding required to participate authentically in the arts. –Fluency in the language(s) of the arts is the ability to create, perform/produce/present, respond, and connect through symbolic and metaphoric forms that are unique to the arts. –It is embodied in specific philosophical foundations and lifelong goals that enable an artistically literate person to transfer arts knowledge, skills, and capacities to other subjects, settings, and contexts. (January 2013 – National Coalition for Core Arts Standards Framework)

Literacy in the Essential Standards DANCEMUSICTHEATRE ARTSVISUAL ARTS Creation and Performance (CP) Musical Literacy (ML)Communication(C)Visual Literacy (V) Dance Movement Skills (DM) Musical Response (MR) Analysis (A)Contextual Relevancy (CX) Responding (R)Contextual Relevancy (CR) Aesthetics (AE) Critical Response (CR) Connecting (C)Culture (CU)

Artistically Literate Citizens CommunicationCreative Personal RealizationCulture, History, and ConnectionsMeans to Well BeingCommunity Engagement (January 2013 – National Coalition for Core Arts Standards Framework)

Proficiency: Arts Education

Sequencing

High School Proficiency Levels BeginningIntermediateProficient*Advanced* Standards are for students with no or limited K-8 progression in the arts education discipline (dance, music, theatre arts, or visual arts). Standards are for students who have had a complete K-8 progression or who have achieved beginning level standards in the discipline at the high school level. Standards are for students who have achieved intermediate level standards in the discipline at the high school level. Standards are for students who have achieved proficient level standards in the discipline at the high school level.

High School Sequencing

High School Options Electives Requirements (Future-Ready Core) – 6 Electives requirements (NC Scholars) Interest or specializations 4-unit Concentrations

Pit Stop What practices are currently being used to assess proficiency and place students appropriately in your district or charter school? How could these practices be improved?

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects

Shared Expectation “The Standards insist that instruction in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language be a shared responsibility within the school.....” From the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, pg. 4

CCSS Standards Supplement Content Standards The intent of the standards is to supplement, not replace discipline- specific standards. (CCSS Introduction, Page 3)

Definition of Technical Subjects “A course devoted to a practical study, such as engineering, technology, design, business, or other work-force-related subject; a technical aspect of a wider field of study, such as art or music." From Appendix A of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, (pg. 43)

CCSS Integrated Model “Although the Standards are divided into Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language strands for conceptual clarity, the processes of communication are closely connected, as reflected throughout this document.” Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects, Introduction, pg. 4

Research and Media Skills Students need the ability to: gather, comprehend, evaluate, synthesize, and report on information and ideas conduct original research in order to answer questions or solve problems analyze and create print and non- print texts in media forms old and new “The need to conduct research and to produce and consume media is embedded into every aspect of today’s curriculum.” (Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects, Introduction, pg. 4)

1.Building knowledge through content- rich nonfiction and informational text 2.Reading, writing, and speaking grounded in evidence from text 3.Regular practice with complex text and its shared vocabulary ELA/Literacy: 3 shifts

ART IS TEXT!!!!!!!!

Imagine To form a mental image of concept Investigat e To observe or study through exploration or examinatio n Construct To make or form by combining or arranging parts or elements Reflect To think deeply or carefully about Creative Practices

Summary: CCSS and the Arts Shared responsibility CCSS supplement, but do not replace discipline standards Creative practices referenced throughout the CCSS for ELA and Math Art is text Resources: – Coleman article and blog – College Board Research – Online Learning Module – Wiki – RESA 2013 – Other Resources

Pit Stop What are the implications for Artistic Literacy, Proficiency, and alignment practices with the CCSS with Arts Education in your district or charter school?

Legislative Updates

G.S. 115C-296: Arts Integration Requires that pre- service elementary teachers are prepared to “integrate the arts across the curriculum”. Outgrowth of H758 Arts Education Commission Wide-scale education legislation –S724 (June 2012) –H23 (March 2013) –S168 (July 2013)

NC Pre-service Arts Integration Initiative

NC Pre-Service Arts Integration Initiative Goals: Support the preparation of pre-service educators to deliver a balanced education. Identify models and practices to prepare pre-service educators to integrate the arts. Foster collaborations to create access to a comprehensive arts education in our state. (Collaboration with NCDPI, NCAC, and ASU)

Committee Diverse, state-level Representation from: – IHEs (Education and Arts Education) –Arts Educators –Administrators (principal, superintendent) –Community Partners

Committee Goals Review reported data from IHEs on how they currently prepare educators to integrate the arts. Identify models and/or practices that help move forward this statewide conversation.

Timeline Summer 2013: –IHE Institutes: introduce work and gather feedback for committee. Fall 2013: –Committee reviews data and highlights best practices/models. Fall RESAs 2013: –introduce work and gather feedback for committee. Spring RESAs 2014: –Share findings and continue discussion/models via statewide network..

Facilitators Rachel A. McBroom, Ph.D. NC Dept. of Public Instruction Director, Educator Preparation Christy Chenausky Appalachian State University Director of Arts Education and Outreach (Ext. 109) Banu Valladares NC Arts Council Arts in Education Director Christie Lynch Ebert NC Dept. of Public Instruction Section Chief, K-12 Programs and NCDPI Liaison to the A+ Schools Program Slater Mapp NC Dept. of Public Instruction Arts Education Consultant

H127: Credit for HS Graduation requires that students complete one credit in arts education for graduation – Beginning 2016 – SBE to establish Criteria and report funding requirements Passed House – referred to Senate rules – Must pass Senate and be signed by Governor to become law

National Updates

National Standards National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) Wiki: September 30 – October 21, 2013: draft review (HS standards)

National Standards Media Arts Dance Music Theatre Arts Visual Arts

What are Media Arts? Moving Image – Cinema/Video/Animation – narrative, non-narrative, environmental, experimental Imaging Design – digital process-based imagery, code enhanced (e.g. the image has code embedded in it for interactive and adaptive purposes) Sound Design – digital process-based aural synthesis and engineering Interactive Design – web, game, sensory-tech, creative code Multimedia and Intermedia – additive and hybridizing mixtures Virtual Design – 3D, 4D, 5D (spatial, animated, non-linear, interactive) environments, structures and experiences The Inclusion of Media Arts in Next Generation Arts Standards

Pit Stop What is one take away you have from this information? What questions do you still have?

Professional Development and Resources

Race to the Top Quarterly Webinars Wednesdays, 3:30- 4:30 p.m. September 25 th December 11 th March 12 th May 14 th

RESA Training (Spring 2014) Region 1, April 16 th Region 2, March 19 th Region 3, February 20 th Region 4, February 19th Region 5, February 17 th Region 6, February 13 th Region 7, April 9 th Region 8, April 10th

ArtsEdSearch the nation’s first online research and policy clearinghouse focused entirely on student and educator outcomes associated with arts learning in and out of school.

Preparing Students for the Next AmericaPreparing Students for the Next America: The Benefits of an Arts Education

Title I and the Arts Under ESEA, States and LEAs have flexibility to support the arts using Title I funds May be used for: –Consulting and contracting –Arts Materials –Professional Development

K-8 Standards Quick Reference Guides for the NC Standard Course of Study

NCDPI Arts Education Christie Lynch Ebert Section Chief, K-12 Program Areas Arts Education (Dance and Music) and NCDPI Liaison to the A+ Schools Program Slater Mapp Arts Education Consultant (Theatre Arts and Visual Arts) Brenda Wheat Whiteman A+ Arts Education Specialist

“The digital tools used during the course of this training have been helpful to some educators across the state. However, due to the rapidly changing digital environment, NCDPI does not represent nor endorse that these tools are the exclusive digital tools for the purposes outlined during the training.”