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Professional Development in Arts Integration
MAAE is committed to supporting more widespread use Arts Integration as a strategy to improve student achievement. Helping educators learn best practices for effective implementation which honors the expertise of all teachers involved and addresses both arts and non-arts standards yields great benefits for all. Through MAAE's MAIN EVENT series, practitioners get support and inspiration from their peers. Our partners in Kansas City, St. Louis and Springfield deliver professional development training which ushers more teachers into this valuable work. Read on for more information.
Why Arts Integration?
This approach brings about more relevant, holistic learning for the student. Research shows that students are best served by a collaborative approach to teaching and learning.
Other benefits of Arts Integration:
improved student achievement
increased student retention
student confidence
improved communication skills
social-emotional benefits
improved attendance
building relationships
increased collaboration among teachers, administrators and community
improved school/classroom climate
and a renewed sense of joy in learning for both teachers and students.
In a post-COVID world ...
your school may be well-served to consider strengthening an involvement with Arts Integration, leveraging the power of the arts to
assist with learning gaps from interruptions to instruction
help rebuild school communities and
aid in helping students and staff in healing from trauma
The Missouri Arts Integration Network is an MAAE initiative inspired by the Arts Integration committee's work. These FREE MAIN EVENTS are one-hour monthly meetings feature arts integration practitioners sharing their work, and an opportunity for people interested in arts integration to connect. Participant certificates for continuing education available upon request.
(Check with your school district to see if these session meet local eligibility requirements.)HUBS for Professional Development
in Arts Integration in Missouri
in Arts Integration in Missouri
There are three regions in Missouri that have benefited from Kennedy Center Partnerships between arts organizations and educational institutions. Professional development workshops are offered annually in all three locations. For more information about offerings in each region, you may contact the coordinators listed below:
St. Louis - Janelle Velten - COCA.edu Program Manager and Arts Integration Specialist
jvelten@cocastl.org
Springfield - Breanna Kavanaugh - Fine Arts/World Language Coordinator for Springfield Public Schools
Bnkavanaugh@spsmail.org
Arts Integration To-Do List
Classroom teachers, Fine Arts Specialists, Secondary Specialists, Future Teachers
Join in MAAE's MAIN EVENTS.
Get connected. Get inspired.Enroll in a 2021 Summer Arts Integration PD Workshops. (Springfield, Kansas City, or St. Louis)
Start small! Implement a few strategies learned at Arts Integration workshops.
Take advantage of teacher follow-up connections during the school year.
Administrators
Observe at least a half-day at a 2021 Summer Arts Integration Workshop. (Springfield, Kansas City, St. Louis)
Work to secure funding for your teachers to attend 2021 Summer Arts Integration Workshops
Bring Teaching Artists into your school. (Missouri Arts Council Grants Available)
Host an Arts Integration Workshop for your school or area schools.
Ask your teachers that are using Arts Integration to present at administrative conferences.