This program is available to ARTS SPECIALISTS and TEACHING ARTISTS who are trained and/or experienced in arts integration. You will explore methods for documenting student work that help you sustain your arts programs with compelling evidence concerning the value of arts education for all students. Whether or not you are focused on using the arts for arts sake, or as a tool to increase learning in non-arts subjects, this program will help you design culminating activities that include criteria that may be measured both quantitatively and qualitatively. Come learn how assessment can be a positive experience for you and your students!

Presenters: 

• Deb Brzoska, Kennedy Center Teaching Artist

• Nancy Brown, Technology Specialist

• Diana F. Green, Arts Curriculum Specialist

Includes: 

• 3 day training retreat November 19-21, 2009

• 4-H Center, Columbiana

• 3 Follow Up Webinars January 21, March 4 and May 6, 2010

• Paid Artist Residencies for Teaching Artists: TBA January - June 2010

• 2 day Workshop July 14 -15, 2010 Montgomery

All participants receive full fellowships! Housing and meals included. This program is supported in part by grants from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Alabama State Council on the Arts. Selected Arts Specialists are eligible to apply for substitute fees to cover their classes while they attend the retreat and workshop. Selected Teaching Artists will receive a small stipend for training. Awardees must sign a contract to participate in the ENTIRE program.

Alabama Alliance for Arts Education

Artist Only Applications

410 No. Hull St.

Montgomery, AL 36104

To request an application send an email to Jared Kelley (jaredkelley@bellsouth.net) or Donna Russell (aaae@bellsouth.net)