Professional Development
MAAE can help connect you with professional learning to meet your needs!
Statewide Arts Education Organizations
testimonialsContent-specific mentors: Through our alliance of statewide arts education organizations, we can help your new fine arts teachers in theatre, visual arts, music and dance be successful. new teacher survey/mentor request form
Professional development in the arts: Our database of free and low-cost content-specific professional development opportunities is updated on an ongoing basis. https://bit.ly/PD4artsed
Arts Integration Training: Reap the benefits of involving the arts in instruction that leads to increased student engagement and increases retention of learning. We offer:
Low-cost (or no cost) Introduction to arts integration professional development sessions
Customized coaching for selected teachers from your school
Connections to other arts integration training sponsored by COCA, the KS/MO Partnership in Education, Focus 5, and the Springfield Arts Integration Conference.
Connecting Arts Teachers: The Alliance helps arts educators connect with professional arts organizations in the state, reducing isolation and connecting them to best practices. MAAE also sponsors scheduled sessions of three FREE professional learning networks:
Fine Arts Missouri Educators (FAME) - problem-solving/discussion group for fine arts educators
Inclusion Diversity and Equity in the Arts - (IDEA) addressing diversity and arts curricular issues
Missouri Arts Integration Network (MAIN) - open to any educator, in any subject or grade level
MAAE Professional Learning Communities
F.A.M.E. (Fine Arts Missouri Educators) - Leadership Group
The FAME Leadership Group is open to all arts educators, but is particularly geared toward arts educators who take on leadership roles in their setting. The group meets monthly via ZOOM to discuss current issues of interest to Missouri's arts educators. https://www.moaae.org/home/arts-ed-in-mo/fame-leadershipgroup
The FAME Leadership Group is open to all arts educators, but is particularly geared toward arts educators who take on leadership roles in their setting. The group meets monthly via ZOOM to discuss current issues of interest to Missouri's arts educators. https://www.moaae.org/home/arts-ed-in-mo/fame-leadershipgroup
M.A.I.N. Events all on Mondays at 4pm
This free professional learning community welcomes all arts integration practitioners. (any subject, any age/grade level)
https://www.moaae.org/arts-integration/main-missouri-arts-integration-network
The IDEA network is open to all. A project of the MAAE's RIDE committee, this informal gathering meets quarterly via ZOOM and is designed to be a safe space for open communication about issues connected with racism, inclusion, diversity and equity for arts educators. A roundtable forum, this can be a place where people can share concerns, ask questions and seek answers or solutions to help bring greater equity for all.
Arts Integration Partners
COCA
contact Janelle Velten - COCAedu Program Mangaer
Arts Integration Specialist
jvelten@cocastl.org or
314-561-4889
The KS/MO Kennedy Center Partners in Education
https://www.ksmopartnersineducation.org/upcoming-events
contact: Aaron Money - Fine Arts Director
Liberty Public Schools
aaron.money@lps53.org or 816-736-5660
Springfield Arts Integration Conference
contact: Breana Kavanaugh -Fine Arts/World Language Coordinator
Springfield Public Schools
bnkavanaugh@spsmail.org or 417-523-5532
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Gathering Professional Learning Resources from Arts Ed Partners
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Statewide Arts Education Organizations - Professional Development
Content-specific professional development designed to meet the needs of constituents is undertaken by our allied statewide arts education organizations.
MAAE is proud to provide financial support for these efforts through the support of the Missouri Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, Francis Family Foundation and other donors, and to promote high quality professional development in arts education.
Missouri Music Educators Association -
Mentoring Conference - Fall - Margaritaville - Tan-Tar-A Resort and Conference Center - Osage Beach, MO
State Conference - Winter - Margaritaville - Tan-Tar-A Resort and Conference Center - Osage Beach, MO.
Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri -
STAM Fall conference Margaritaville - Tan-Tar-A Osage Beach.
Missouri Thespians
Leadership Conference - Fall - Capitol Plaza Hotel - Jefferson City, MO
State Conference - Winter, 2022 - Union Station - St. Louis, MO / Winter 2023 - Kansas City, MO
Missouri Art Educators Association
FALL Conference - October - Knob Noster State Park, Knob Noster, MO
SPRING Conference - March/April - 2022 - Renaissance Hotel - St. Louis, MO
Missouri Dance Organization -
Annual Conference, June - 2022 Columbia, MO
MDO also offers virtual professional development events.
Missouri - American String Teachers Association -
String sessions offered as a part of the Missouri Music Educators Conference - January.
Missouri Association of Jazz Educators -
Jazz sessions offered as a part of the Missouri Music Educators Conference - January.
Missouri Bandmasters Association -
State Conference - June, Margaritaville - Tan-Tar-A Resort and Conference Center - Osage Beach, MO
Missouri Choral Directors Association Conference -
July - University Plaza Hotel and Conference Center, Springfield, MO
RECENT SUCCESSES
Maria A. Ellis
FREE WORKSHOP
A Blueprint for Equity and Diversity in the arts classroom -
August 3, 2021 @ 7pm via ZOOM with Maria A. Ellis
Video Recording available now.
About the Presenter: Maria A. Ellis is a passionate educator and conductor. She is the owner of Girl Conductor, a company that creates diverse music education resources, and currently serves as the Director of The Sheldon’s City of Music All-Star Chorus and The St. Louis Children’s Choirs Virtual Chorus. Maria is an active clinician, adjudicator and presenter throughout the United States and abroad. She holds a B.M. in Music Education emphasis on Voice (K-12 Certified) Degree from the University of Missouri- St. Louis. She has served as the Arts and Administrative Fellow for The St. Louis Symphony and has served as the Community Engagement Manager for The St. Louis Children’s Choirs. Maria is the host of Bach and Beyoncé on Classic 107.3 The Voice for the Arts in St. Louis and she is the Repertoire and Resource Chair of Inclusivity for the Missouri Choral Directors Association. Maria is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association, National Association of Music Educators, Missouri Alliance for Arts Education, where she is chair of the RIDE (Race, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity) Committee and holds Level 3 Certification from the CME Institute for Choral Teacher Education.