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Leah Olson posted an update in the group
Maine Arts Education Leaders 3 months, 1 week agoSo much to think about arts education…..especially after today involving MAAI Phase III planning. All the best in one room! So thankful to be involved with a bunch of like minded, driven, creative, thoughtful and SMART people….quite inspiring! The journey, habits of mind, collaboration. standards and talk of what is the best for student learning…[Read more]
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Leah Olson posted a new activity comment 3 months, 1 week ago
In reply to: Leah Olson posted an update in the group Maine Arts Education Leaders I just went to a 3 day training in Customized Learning! What are your thoughts about gaining proficiency anywhere – anytime? ViewMy approach is that If I provide different ways of reaching proficiency in a standard, then, most students will achieve it. I’m designing some ”mini assessments” that could help build students achieve proficiency gradually. This will take a long time though! One thought is to have blind scoring done by art teachers other than myself to provide…[Read more]
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Leah Olson posted an update in the group
Maine Arts Education Leaders 4 months, 1 week agoI just went to a 3 day training in Customized Learning! What are your thoughts about gaining proficiency anywhere – anytime?
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Leah Olson replied to the discussion topic VPA-Literate in the group
Maine Arts Education Leaders 5 months, 3 weeks agoView group discussionHere is a link I found helpful for grades 7 – 12!
Scholastic Art will help teachers in grades 7–12 meet the English Language Arts Common
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Leah Olson replied to the discussion topic VPA-Literate in the group
Maine Arts Education Leaders 5 months, 4 weeks agoView group discussionGreat question Jen! Reading about the arts? Writing about the arts? Sure! The arts help with the ability to communicate in a variety of ways. Project based learning recognizes the notion that literacy can be […]
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Leah Olson replied to the discussion topic The Arts and Proficiency Based Graduation in the group
Maine Arts Education Leaders 7 months, 3 weeks agoView group discussionShannon – I see that you have to copy and paste the link into your browser to see the Drawing Scope and Sequence. I have one for Painting, 3-D, Printmaking and 2-D also if you are interested! I am certainly […]
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Leah Olson replied to the discussion topic The Arts and Proficiency Based Graduation in the group
Maine Arts Education Leaders 7 months, 3 weeks agoView group discussionShannon – I have always been a fan of benchmarks in the curriculum. The art curriculum is so big and our talents – many and discrepancies of how long a student may have art are great. So I think that benchmarks […]
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Leah Olson replied to the discussion topic The Arts and Proficiency Based Graduation in the group
Maine Arts Education Leaders 8 months agoView group discussionI really like this link: http://emsc33.nysed.gov/guides/arts/partIII1.pdf
I was exploring on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/LoWoa09 ) on what Standards Based Assessment looks like in the Arts. Portfolios are […] -
Leah Olson replied to the discussion topic The Arts and Proficiency Based Graduation in the group
Maine Arts Education Leaders 8 months agoView group discussionWhat if there was a knowledge based diagnostic test in the arts and a creativity process evaluation that acted as a diagnostic assessment? Creativity is a process and the skill level of individuals depends on the […]
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Leah Olson replied to the discussion topic Teachers Becoming Teacher Leaders in the group
Maine Arts Education Leaders 10 months, 4 weeks agoView group discussionSpeaking of learning…I just learned to place my comments with the group discussion! With technology, I’m always learning something new!
So true Bill! This year however, I felt/feel like a spring chicken! […]
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Leah Olson posted an update in the group
Maine Arts Education Leaders 11 months agoThank you Lisa – absolutely true on so many levels. Education is evolving through sharing ideas. Technology is a tool that is helping us with this. But first, let me introduce myself! Hi everybody! I’m Leah Olson, VA teacher at Hampden Academy. I just completed my first year of teaching high school and my first year as a “teacher leader…[Read more]
In an ideal world……………I have noticed many students struggling with doing more than required……….so…what do we require?…….the minimum?……middle?……..Who determines the needs are met?…..and when?……and how is that person determined to have met a standard? (sports official?)
My approach is that If I provide different ways of reaching proficiency in a standard, then, most students will achieve it. I’m designing some ”mini assessments” that could help build students achieve proficiency gradually. This will take a long time though! One thought is to have blind scoring done by art teachers other than myself to provide…[Read more]