Argy Nestor - Maine Department of Education Workshop
This year's workshop attendees will enjoy the additional expertise of Argy Nestor who joins us from the Maine Department of Education.
All Arts Educators have the opportunity to revise curriculum and programming using the recently revised Maine Learning Results. In October 2007, after a three-year process, the revised standards were approved by the state board of education. Argy Nestor, the Visual and Performing Arts Specialist from the Maine Department of Education, will describe the revisions and the implications they have for teaching and learning. Aligning local curriculum with the Maine Learning Results is taking place this year and arts education programs are strengthened through the process. This segment of the artME workshops is designed for classroom arts educators, Kindergarten through grades 12, as well as artist educators who work in schools or wish to align their work with the Maine Learning Results.
Argy will also share information on the Department arts education website, newsletter, blog, available resources and upcoming professional development opportunities. She looks forward to meeting and greeting arts teachers and welcomes your participation.
Argy Nestor- Biography
Argy Nestor has served in the position of Visual and Performing Arts Specialist at the Maine Department of Education since August 2006. Prior to joining the MDOE she was a visual arts educator for 30 years. Argy believes that the Arts are the key to a 21st century education. In 1995 Argy was named Maine Teacher of the Year; in 2000 she was selected to participate in the Japanese Fulbright Memorial Fund program, and in 2005 was named Outstanding Middle Level Educator by the Maine Association for Middle Level Education.
