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The Star
The monthly Arts-In-Education Newsletter, The Star, features the
Top Ten AIE programs for the month as well detailing the many programs
taking place in each of your districts. It profiles one or more programs
and events and then informs you of meetings and more.
- June
2009 - Read about the depth and breadth of this year’s Arts-in-Education
and Exploratory Enrichment programming, the top 10 programs schools
experienced this year along with honorable mentions. Learn about the
benefits of music to boosting literacy, how to make the arts count.
Read about some of the excellent programs such as Grammy winner Chrisette
Michele performing at Central Islip, Alephonsion Deng talking about
the Lost Boys of Sudan and our new Suffolk County Poet Laureate, accountant
and teaching artist Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan.
- May
2009 - Read about the state of the arts in regard to federal funding
as well as about the person the White House appointed for the newly
created Cultural Post. Learn about residency arts programs around
the country as well as some of the wonderful ones our Suffolk Schools
are engaging with.
- April
2009 - Hear what Daniel Pink, Author of “ Whole new Mind:
Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future” is currently saying
about the brain and arts-based experiences. Read about this year’s
LI Media Arts Show and the winners of the video Best in Show. Also,
Karl Paulnakc writes that “Music is a basic need of human survival.”
- March
2009 - Provisions for arts education in public schools seem to
be in place, writes Fran Smith in the current issue of Edutopia, which
is
dedicated to “Art and Soul: Why Arts Education Must Be Saved.”
Read summaries of several of the articles in this month’s issue
of the Star.
- February
2009 - A lot of advocacy work is being done throughout NYS to
support arts education and arts-in-education. See the statewide unified
advocacy statement we’ve been instrumental in formulating. Also
see excerpts from the Jan/Feb 2009 Principal, the magazine from the
National Association of Elementary School Principals on arts education
and the whole child. Also read articles on Museums Teach to the Test
and The Arts and the Early Learner.
- January
2009 - Learn about part one of the seminar addressing the needs
of the special education student in the arts classrooms for arts educators
– and part two will continue on March 17 or 20 (one for visual
arts educators; one for music educators). Look at the world of art
as seen by Middle Country students who saw exhibits from the World
Children’s Museum. Read about the “Battle Cry of the Arts
Moms” in supporting arts education in the schools.
- December
2008 - Thanks to all of you using the online Contract Requests
and Evaluations. Read about the school-wide residency “A Human
Lighthouse Shines In Commack.” And let us know about your district’s
programs and residencies that impact student achievement like this
program. Share the online survey with your arts staff to determine
the need for Arts Leadership Development that the AIE office is organizing.
- November
2008 - Read about the meaningful and successful residency, “Author!
Author!” completed at North Babylon. We are looking forward
to hearing about your successful programs in future newsletters. There
are updates from the statewide NYS BOCES Arts-in-Education Network
and their work with the Regents to further the causes of arts education
and arts-in-education. Read about NYS Council on the Arts Cultural
Blueprint details on the economic impact of the arts in NYS.
- October
2008 - October is Arts & Humanities month. Be sure to celebrate
the good work you, your teachers and your students accomplish in and
through the Arts! This month’s newsletter reviews a study by
the Rand Corporation on “Cultivating Art Lovers: It Starts in
Schools.” There is an article referring to Americans for The
Arts on where the presidential candidates stand on the arts and arts
education. Several Diversity and Unity programs took place in September.
Read about them here.
- September
2008 - Info on the new policy regarding artists, Top Ten programs
from June 2008, news regarding partnerships, professional development
opportunities and some late June and summer happenings are in this
issue. Also, the NYS Council on the Arts Technical Assistance Program
has grown! Check out the info on planning for a Strategic Foundation
Building retreat.
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