ArtMusica

 

sponsored by A GRANT FROM THE CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

 

 partners: LYME  ACADEMY COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS, FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY, CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, FLORENCE GRISWOLD MUSEUM, and the NEW HAVEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

 

 

 

A new & unique professional development program for K-12 Connecticut Music and Visual Arts educators

A Connecticut Department of Higher Education Teacher Quality Partnership Grant

 

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE

2 weeks – July 7-18, 2008

 

REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR MUSIC PARTICIPANTS

 

Music on the campus of

Fairfield University

1073 North Benson Road

Fairfield, CT 06824

 

 

Art on the campus of

Lyme Academy College

of Fine Arts

84 Lyme Street,

Old Lyme, CT 06371

 

 

 

 

ArtMusica

Music Program

at

Fairfield University:

 

Fairfield University

Summer Institute Site

July 7- July 11

Five days (25 hours) of presentations, workshops related to Standards-based Arts curriculum enrichment and student assessment

 

July 13-July 18

Five days (30 hours) of music instruction in either Composition, Vocal Improvisation, or African Drumming

 

 

Music Content Component

July 13-July 18

 

Fairfield University will provide three experienced instructors to teach thirty (30) hours of studio engagement in each of three subject areas: Composition, Vocal Improvisation, and African Drumming.  Teacher-students may choose from among these three courses. 

            Fairfield University emphasizes teaching the arts as part of a liberal arts curriculum, with a strong emphasis on rigorous content, as well as teaching it as part of a teacher preparation program.  Syllabi are systematic and sequential and the chosen content is readily adaptable to students with varying levels of prior experience. The teaching method will involve introductory lectures; hands-on, in-class work; peer assessment; and time for individual exploration

 

Summer Standards-based Curriculum and Assessment in the Arts Component

July 7- July 11 at Fairfield University

 

This 25-hour institute will enable art and music teachers to learn to develop or refine arts curriculum to meet the needs of their school systems.  Participants will be guided through a process for creating arts curriculum – from researching exemplary models to developing a finished curriculum that includes quality assessment tools and benchmarked student work.

Teachers will develop quality arts curriculum by analyzing model arts guides from a diversity of school district reference groups such as Simsbury, East Hartford, Vernon, and Darien. Teachers will review the Connecticut Music and Arts Standards through the lens of the Three Artistic Processes:  Creating, Performing, and Responding.  They will practice writing clear objectives based on the Connecticut Standards with guidance from expert arts curriculum leaders.  Instruction on how to write quality arts assessment will precede teachers’ writing assessments for lessons or curriculum tailored to their own classroom or districts. 

Teachers will participate in a protocol to analyze benchmarked student work as a model of how to improve teaching and learning.  Participants will be shown ways to use resources such as the Opportunity to Learn and Ctcurriculum.org to improve instruction.  Small and large group activities will enable teachers to hear from Dr. Scott Shuler, one of the authors of the National Standards, and be mentored by Connecticut arts curriculum experts.

 

 

 

TO APPLY: DOWNLOAD AND FILL OUT THE ArtMusica REGISTRATION FORM,

AND MAIL

(Click here)

 

 

For more information, Contact:

 

Dr. Laura R. Nash

Assistant Professor

Department of Visual and Performing Arts, Music Program

107 North Benson Road

Fairfield, CT 06824-5195

 

lnash@mail.fairfield.edu

203-254-4000 x2638