In This Edition:
- Next Week: Arts Education Town Hall - Navigating Our New NCDPI Website
- Featured Resource - Arts Ed Course Manual
- NCDPI Master Course Code List Release for 2022-23
- NO FEAR: The Extraordinary Life & Talent of Nina Simone
- FREE APPlause Educator’s Series Workshop with Ellis Paul
- Fourth Annual Fight the Bite Campaign Art Contest
- NC Scholastics Dates Announced
- Teaching Artist Tuesdays are BACK!
- Job Openings
- Archived Building Back Stronger Webinars Totaling 7 Hours!
The Division of Academic Standards moved content area Google Sites to a new online home on the NC Department of Public Instruction website. Arts Education resources, like SEL Standards Mapping Documents, archived professional development, and the course manual, will still be accessible via the Arts Education webpage, but are in all new locations! Join us for a brief town hall meeting where we can give a tour of the new Arts Ed Pages, give you time to explore, and have a Q & A session.
February 17
10 am
Register HERE
This session will be recorded and archived on our YouTube Playlist.
 Featured Resource: Arts Ed Course Manual
Thinking About Next Year's Courses?
The Arts Education Team at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has compiled all relevant information pertaining to courses in K-12 Dance, Music, Theatre Arts, and Visual Arts into this document to provide clarity around the unique proficiency-based Standard Course of Study in the Arts. Though broken down into discrete sections, the information contained in each section is often repeated and cross-referenced with information from an additional section; i.e. in order to properly understand the course coding structure, an understanding of proficiency levels and the suggested course progression is also necessary.
The content is presented in four sections:
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Course Codes - This section provides an explanation of the coding structure including the unique honors structure of Arts Education courses, Specialization Courses, and how proficiency levels are used. Additional NCDPI Course Coding resources include links to introductory course coding webinars.
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Arts Education Licensure - This section provides the NC School Board of Education Policy and testing information for teacher licenses in the areas of Dance, Music, Theatre Arts and Visual Arts. Further information on in-field licensure can also be found.
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Suggested Course Progression - An in-depth look at how students enter and progress through Arts Ed courses is provided. Discussion of placement examinations, skipping levels, credit by demonstrated mastery (CDM) as well as recommendations for student profiles, concentrations in the arts, and example schedules are also provided.
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Arts Education Graduation Requirement - An overview of the upcoming requirement along with a precursory timeline are provided.
In addition to the foundational information in each section, FAQs are provided from archived questions from the field.
Visit the manual at: bit.ly/NCArtsEdCourseManual
An updated master list of course codes available in PowerSchool has been posted with course offerings for the 2022-2023 school year. There are 91 new course codes along with 470 codes that will be disabled.
A copy of the NCDPI Master Course Code List is posted at https://www.dpi.nc.gov/educators/home-base/powerschool-sis/nc-sis-resources#courses.
The course codes in PowerSchool for the 2022-2023 School Year will be available in the system on November 24, 2022.
In the attached spreadsheet, course codes with a “Course Code Release Year” of 2022-23 will reflect new course offerings. They are also listed in the tab “New Course Codes.” Note, there will also be several course code name and added value changes at the end of the year. These changes can be found in the Master List under the "Name Changes EOY" and “Added Value Changes EOY” tabs.
As per state policy, GRAD-009 and GS 116-11 (10a), there will be no half credit (0.5 credit) courses on the Course Code Master List beginning with the 2022-2023 school year. For student transfers, 0.5 credits will be allowed.
Therefore, National Academy Foundation (NAF) courses receiving half credit in 2021-2022 and prior must be paired with another half credit NAF course beginning in 2022-2023. The generic NAF course codes introduced in 2022-2023 will be whole credit course codes.
Please see the attached document for guidance on assigning NAF course codes for the 2022-2023 school year.
This document has also been posted to the DIRADMIN Moodle under Publications and Handbooks.
If you have any questions or concerns please email brandon.young@dpi.nc.gov.
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 Thurs. Feb. 17 (6-7:15 pm) via Zoom
“I’ll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.”
Prodigy. Pianist. Songwriter. Singer. Activist. NINA SIMONE. Join Carolina K-12 on Thurs., Feb. 17 (6 - 7 pm) as we explore this EXTRAORDINARY musician and civil rights activist. And because we couldn't love PreK-12 teachers more, we’ll be mailing a FREE COPY of the lovely new children’s book “Nina” by Traci N. Todd to the teachers in attendance!
Acclaimed North Carolina Central University professor & musician Dr. Lenora Helm Hammonds will discuss Nina’s early life in North Carolina, the trajectory of her career, and her courageous involvement in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s that earned her the title of “Singer of the Black Revolution” – but also cost her deeply. One of North Carolina’s most incredible figures past or present, Nina Simone deserves a top spot in every North Carolina classroom! This program is FREE and open to all interested. A lesson plan will be provided to attending educators and CEUs are available.
FREE REGISTRATION for this virtual event is at bit.ly/CK12Nina
 
February 17 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
This one-hour workshop for educators will explore using music and songwriting in the classroom.
Ellis Paul is an award-winning singer-songwriter who has been a key figure in contemporary folk music for over 20 years, with more than 19 albums in his catalog. The first of his two children’s albums, The Dragonfly Races, was one of NPR’s top ten picks for 2008.
This live virtual workshop is available for any educator interested in music and storytelling through songwriting with their students. The workshop compliments Paul’s virtual APPlause! Series performance, The Hero in You, held online from Jan. 26 through Feb. 23, 2022.
Registrants will be sent music and materials provided by Paul, along with a certificate of completion for the workshop.
This event is FREE, but does require registration HERE
The NC Division of Public Health, Communicable Disease Branch is excited to announce the Fourth Annual “Fight the Bite!” campaign. We want you to help us educate North Carolinians about the prevention of vector-borne diseases by ‘fighting the bite!’ Ticks and mosquitoes cause a great deal of illness in North Carolina, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Lyme disease, and La Crosse Encephalitis. We invite all K-12 students across the state to create and submit an educational poster that may be used in this statewide campaign. We hope your participation will be both fun, and a valuable learning experience.
If you are a parent or teacher of a participating student, please help them follow the instructions in the letter below to create their poster and submit it on time. Students should design their posters with a clear message about how they plan to “Fight the Bite!” and prevent tick- and mosquito-borne illnesses.
For any questions call (919)546-1623 or email alexis.barbarin@dhhs.nc.gov
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NC High School A Cappella Competition presented by UNC Greensboro College of Visual and Performing Arts
- Feb 11 at 6:30 for high schools
NC Show Choir Competition presented by UNC Greensboro College of Visual and Performing Arts
- March 18 for middle schools. March 19 for high schools (registration is still open)
Saint Mary's School Art Showcase presented by UNC Greensboro College of Visual and Performing Arts
- State Finals May 14 (registration is still open)
All events will be in the UNC Greensboro Auditorium.
Visit NCScholastic.org for more information
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 #TeachingArtistTuesdays is Back!
📆 February 15 | 4-5:30pm
Topic: Protecting Your Art Business: What You Don’t Know That You Don’t Know
Join NCCU and the North Carolina Arts Council for an introduction to legal principles and best practices for teaching artists. Discussion topics will focus on contracts, intellectual property rights, legal resources, and more. Panelists will include representatives from @ncculawschool and @triangleartworks.
For more information about the Teaching Artist Tuesdays series, please contact Lenora Helm Hammonds at lhelm@nccu.edu. If you would like to request accommodations for various accessibility needs for Teaching Artist Tuesdays, please contact the NCCU Office of Student Accessibility Services (SAS) by phone at (919)-530-6325 or by email at sas@nccu.edu.
Register at https://bit.ly/34s9VcM
As we are all faced with the challenges of rebuilding arts education programs, we have put together a professional development series for District Arts Education Leaders this year targeting key populations and topics for building strong arts education programs. Even though this series is tailored for Arts Education leaders, any educator interested in the topics may attend:
 Building Standards Based Units Using Backwards Design
Join two imaginary NC Arts Ed teachers as they unpack how to backward-design units of learning rooted in the NC Standard Course of Study, including rubrics that align to the measurable objectives and to the classroom activities leading to student success. This session is an Arts Education application of Tim Westerberg’s five-step framework outlined in Developing Well-Designed Standards-Based Units (ASCD’s Educational Leadership, July 2021). This recording is an excerpt from a longer meeting for District Arts Education Leaders.
 Supporting Neurodiverse Students in Arts Education
All students deserve to have access to high-quality arts instruction, which includes ensuring that our Exceptional Children are able to participate in Visual Art, Dance, Theatre, and Music programs. This will be especially important with the implementation of the Arts Ed Graduation Requirement which every child will need to complete. Ensuring that all students are included in arts education requires that we prepare our Arts Educators and equip them with the tools necessary to support the needs of their students. This two-part webinar series will help District Arts Education Leaders understand why meeting the needs of these students is important, how creating sensory-friendly gallery and performance environments meets the needs of neurodiverse community members, and how teachers in the field are supporting neurodiverse students in all four arts areas. Leave the series with an understanding of how to make a plan with your local Arts Educators to meet the unique needs of their neurodiverse students, resources for further learning, and funding streams to tap into for professional development of Arts Educators in this area. These sessions will be recorded and archived in the PD Catalog.
Please Note: Even though this session will be geared toward District Arts Education Leaders, anyone who works with Exceptional Children or Arts Education (including teachers) is more than welcome to attend.
Part I - Arts Education for ALL Students
Part II: Classroom Applications
 Meeting the Needs of English Learners in Arts Education
No matter how you say it, “Art” reaches across languages and geography. All students deserve to have access to high-quality arts instruction, which includes ensuring that our English Learners are able to participate in Visual Art, Dance, Theatre, and Music programs. The language for learning these subjects is typically in English, and therefore it is imperative to equip Arts Education teachers with resources and the tools necessary to meet the needs of their English Learners. The four key language uses of Narrate, Argue, Inform, and Explain are the instructional language used by those teachers regardless of content, and can be leveraged by educators to make choices about prioritizing and coordinating content and language integration. The NCDPI ESL/Title III and Arts Education Teams have prepared a series for both District ESL and Arts Education Leaders to understand why utilizing the WIDA Framework in Arts Education is important, hear how arts teachers are meeting the needs of ELs in the field, and explore a new NCDPI resource with concrete examples of supporting English Learners all four arts areas. Leave the series excited to set up an ESL-Arts Education Collaboration to meet the unique needs of their English Learners, resources for further learning, and funding streams to tap into for professional development of Arts Educators in this area. These sessions will be recorded and archived in the PD Catalog.
Please Note: Even though this session will be geared toward District Arts Education Leaders, anyone who works with English Learners or Arts Education (including teachers) is more than welcome to attend.
Part I - Arts Education for ALL English Learners
Part II: Classroom Applications for English Learners
Resources
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Quick Reference Guides for the North Carolina Standard Course of Study
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NC Arts Education Site - The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Webpages are intended to be a resource for arts educators, administrators, institutions of higher education, and other interested parties. It contains links to standards, instructional tools, professional development, and other resources related to implementing the North Carolina Arts Education Essential Standards. Arts Education leaders are encouraged to browse, reference, download, share, discuss, and adapt resources.
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NC Arts Education Listserv- Sign up to receive detailed information and updates. Subscribe by visiting: https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/NCSBE/subscriber/new. Enter your email address and then select Arts Education and any other listservs for which you would like to subscribe.
- North Carolina Arts Council
- A+ Schools of North Carolina
- NC Museum of History
North Carolina's Vision for Comprehensive Arts Education
In today's globally competitive world, innovative thinking and creativity are essential for all school children. High quality, standards-based instruction in the arts develops these skills and effectively engages, retains, and prepares future-ready students for graduation and success in an entrepreneurial economy. Dance, music, theatre arts, and visual arts, taught by licensed arts educators and integrated throughout the curriculum, are critical to North Carolina's 21st century education. (Senate Bill 66: Comprehensive Arts Education Task Force, 2010)
NCDPI Arts Education - NCDPI Arts Education Google Site
@ArtsEdNC - NCDPI Arts Education Twitter
Contact Us!
Sayward Grindley: K-12 Dance and Visual Arts Consultant
Brandon Roeder: K-12 Music and Theatre Arts Consultant
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