Arts Education Webinar Series
The Maine Arts Assessment Initiative (MAAI) has provided two webinar series, one during the 2011-12 school year, and a second during the 2013-14 school year. The seven webinars were designed to engage teachers and administrators alike and hosted by MAAI leadership team members Catherine Ring and Rob Westerberg. Catherine is a visual art educator and presently the Director of the New England Institute for Teacher Education. Rob is a music educator from York High School. Both are co-founders of the MAAI. Each program addressed the key components of the initiiative and important topics facing educators. These webinars were recorded and have an accompanying "meeting plan" that school leaders can use or adapt to facilitate faculty meetings, conversations, or study groups looking at quality practices in arts assessment.
Links to the archived webinars, "meeting plans", and resources are posted below. The most recent ones from the 2013-14 school year appear first and the 2011-12 school year below. They are in chronological order from each of those school years.
2013-14 School Year archives
March 5, 2014
Outreach and Arts Education Leadership
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Meeting Plan for Outreach and Arts Education Leadership - PDF | MS Word
April 8, 2014
Common Core and the Arts
Discussing the challenges and opportunities of incorporating the Common Core
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Common Core and the Arts Resources (slideshow) - PDF
Meeting plan for Common Core and the Arts - PDF | MS Word
May 7, 2014
LD 1422 Proficiency
Digging deeper into the new expectations for Maine’s schools and Arts classroom
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Meeting plan for LD 1422 Proficiency - PDF | MS Word
May 20, 2014
Maine Music Education Rountable
The roundtable format will intentionally make this conversational in nature, leading to what will no doubt be a rich dialogue around current topics in Music Education.
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Meeting plan for Maine Music Education Roundtable - PDF | MS Word
June 11, 2014
Resouce Bank
Arts Assessment Resources: the team who created them and a sneak peak of some of the resources
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Meeting plan for The Resource Bank - PDF | MS Word
2011-12 School Year archives
September 7, 2011
Why Arts Assessment? The Maine Arts Education Assessment Initiative Overview.
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Meeting Plan for Why Arts Assessment? - PDF | MS Word
November 2, 2011
Building an Online Arts Education Community with You.
- Creating an online network of support for ongoing work
- Providing tools to use for assessment and integration into teaching
- Providing resources on arts assessment
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Meeting Plan for Building an Online Arts Education Community with You - PDF | MS Word
December 7, 2011
Standards Based Assessment in the Arts.
- Development within National Standards work
- Connection to Maine Learning Results
- Exploring Standards-Based Assessments in the Arts
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Meeting Plan for Standards-Based Assessment in the Arts - PDF | MS Word
February 1, 2012
Leadership and the Arts
- The Role of Teachers
- The Role of Administrators
- The Role of the greater Community
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Meeting Plan for Leadership and the Arts - PDF | MS Word
March 14, 2012
An Elementary Discussion: How in the World Can I Possibly Do This?
- Addressing the unique needs of elementary arts educators
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Meeting Plan for An Elementary Discussion - PDF | MS Word
Additional materials:
- Assessment Terminology (PDF)
- Individual Action Plan (PDF)
- Self Assessment (PDF)
April 4, 2012
The Maine Arts Assessment Initiative: What We've Learned!
- Sharing the lessons learned over the last year and a half.
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Meeting Plan for What We've Learned - PDF | MS Word
Additional Materials:
May 23, 2012
Back to the Future: Arts Teachers Lead the Way
- Commissioner of Education, Stephen Bowen, talks about his perspectives on arts education in Maine and the connections we share with the Maine Department of Education Strategic Plan
- The next steps, phase 2 of the Maine Arts Assessment Initiative: We've launched the next phase!
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Meeting Plan for Back to the Future - PDF | MS Word
Additional Materials:
Crosswalk: Maine Arts Assessment and Maine DOE Strategic Plan - PDF | MS Word
Program Contact Information
For information about any of the Maine Arts Commission’s arts education funding opportunities or programs, please contact Martha Piscuskas, Interim Director of Arts Education at vog.eniam@saksucsip.ahtram or 207/287-2713.