Large group

Professional development for the full school staff can take the form that best meets the needs and professional learning objectives for the school. We suggest at least one session of professional learning for the entire staff to help those unfamiliar with arts integration become acquainted with the concept, and increase the likelihood of individuals from the school becoming a part of the current arts integration co-hort group or an arts integration practitioner of the future.

Cohort

Within the cohort group, professional learning often looks like:

• the local educator identifying local curricular content to be delivered 

• the teaching artist and local educator designing lessons within a unit of study from the local curriculum, which reflect Missouri Learning Standards

• the teaching artist facilitating any need for additional learning or experience as it relates to a given art form included in the unit of study.

• the teaching artist modeling lessons utilizing an arts integrated approach in delivering instruction

• the local educator and teaching artist co-teaching a given lesson from the unit of study

• the teaching artist providing coaching services for the local educator in regard to delivery of instruction

Program Evaluation 

We want to ensure that the program meets the stated objectives for the school, and collect evidence for our funders about the efficacy of the program.

Elements of the program evaluation will be determined for each school based on their objectives. It may include items such as:

• examining teacher and student attitudes

• student engagement

• content assessment

• retention of content knowledge

• building climate data