Arts Integration
Professional Development
Professional Development
Missouri Alliance for Arts Education
Involvement of the arts in teaching and learning and promoting Arts Integration, as an instructional approach, continues to be priority work of the Missouri Alliance for Arts Education. Funded by a special grant from the Missouri Arts Council, and beginning in 2022-23 school year, MAAE will implement the Arts Centered Education (A.C.E.) program, directed toward promoting an arts integrated approach toward teaching and learning in Missouri's rural schools.
The project will enable selected schools to receive customized onsite professional development at no cost to the school. Learn more about the A.C.E. program here.
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MAAE also works to support the ongoing work of professional learning in arts integration through Missouri. There are three Missouri sites which regularly sponsor training sessions in arts integration.
Kansas City Area - KS/MO Kennedy Center Partners in Education
St. Louis area - COCA
Springfield area - Springfield Regional Arts Integration Conference
MAAE promotes and supports their efforts to provide ongoing learning and to recruit both arts and non-arts educators to learn more about this approach toward teaching and learning.
Involving the Arts in teaching and learning leads to:
Engaged learners
Deeper understanding
Greater retention of content
Positive classroom and building climate
Joy in teaching and learning
FREE Arts Integration training opportunities throughout the school year
(both in-person and virtual) Open to all!
ks.mo.2022 PD flyer FINAL.pdf
Springfield Arts Integration Conference
an annual arts integration professional learning event
Summer, 2023
8:00am-4:00pm
For more info visit: https://bit.ly/SRAIC
contact: Breana Kavavaugh
-Fine Arts/World Language Coordinator
Springfield Public Schools
bnkavanaugh@spsmail.org or
417-523-5532
Learn more about a wide variety of programming and arts integration learning available through COCA in St. Louis
COCA edu Arts Integration Professional Development Opportunities
contact Janelle Velten - COCAedu Program Mangaer
Arts Integration Specialist
314-561-4889
The Missouri Arts Integration Network is a collection of individuals with an interest in arts integration. We welcome arts and non-arts teachers from any subject or discipline at every level PreK-college. Our FREE one-hour monthly meetings via ZOOM provide a forum for connecting with other educators and hearing success stories from practitioners.
Access the registration link for each ZOOM meeting here.
Questions: email director@moaae.org
Arts Integration can benefit you and your students!
Don't Be Afraid!
Give it a try…even in a small way.
Give it a try…even in a small way.
MAAE is committed to helping Missouri teachers use Arts Integration as a strategy to improve student achievement and behavior. Helping educators learn best practices for effective implementation honors the expertise of all teachers involved and addresses both arts and non-arts standards to yield great benefits for all.
Do not fear that you will lose something by working collaboratively with others. Arts Integration can actually help meet your classroom goals, enriching your work in the arts with your students. Collaborative planning for arts integrated learning experiences honors the arts as a partner and reflecting standards in the arts and non-arts subject area(s) and providing opportunities for assessment of skill and understanding in both.
Our partners in Kansas City, St. Louis and Springfield offer professional development training and follow-up which to teacher interested in Arts Integration.
MAAE is here to help as well!