In This Edition:
- Featured Resource: Comprehensive Arts Education Guide UPDATE
- Arts In Our Schools Month - Applications are Open to be Featured at NCDPI!
- Utilizing the Literacy Instructional Standards in Arts Education Webinar
- FREE Webinar: Mess Around - How Synths Can Save the World
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- Calling K-8 Rural Music Educators: NEW PLC FOR K-8 RURAL GENERAL MUSIC TEACHERS
- Music Scholarships and Grants
- UNC-CH - Stoic Tragedy and the Sources of Human Ethics
- NCTAN World of Origami Event
- Character Education FREE Workshop
- Governor's School Open Choral Instructor Positions
- ASU Theatre In Our Schools Day of Professional Learning
- US DOE Call for Art
Now Includes Responsibilities of the District Arts Education Leader (DAEL) Regarding Comprehensive Arts Education
The Arts Education Team at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has compiled all relevant information pertaining to Comprehensive Arts Education in K-12 Dance, Music, Theatre Arts, and Visual Arts into this document to provide clarity around the unique framework for North Carolina Arts Education.
The content is presented in four sections:
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What is Comprehensive Arts Education? - An overview of the legislation and task force findings which support Comprehensive Arts Education in North Carolina for reference.
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Arts Education - This section guides access to the resources necessary to provide instruction of an arts discipline according to the Standard Course of Study to develop the student as an artist.
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Arts Integration - This section provides guidance on how to provide instruction designed to show students how non arts content connects to arts content in both areas.
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Arts Exposure - This section provides information on how to curate experiences for students which are authentic and also aligned to the Standard Course of Study. Arts Exposure gives students the opportunity to experience the arts as presented by professionals on a stage, in a gallery, or through a teaching artist in residence. A brief discussion on funding these experiences is included.
In addition to the foundational information in each section, FAQs are provided from archived questions from the field.
CLICK HERE to access this resource
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 NCDPI would like to continue our beloved tradition where school groups share their favorite music, dance, theatre, spoken word, and art with NCDPI staff, friends, and family. To celebrate this year, we want to showcase the best and brightest of our student artists in-person at the NCDPI Education Building in Raleigh.
Performance slots are T, W, Th of March at 11:30 am
Please try to keep these things in mind
- 15-20 minute performance length
- Please begin your performance with an introduction including a brief bio of the featured students. In addition, we love to hear what standards you are focusing on in this submission! VISUAL ART GALLERIES should also submit a video introduction along with their gallery (instructions below):
- VISUAL ART galleries can be submitted in a virtual gallery. These should be in a single Google Slide Deck per school. On each slide should be a student's artwork, their name, and their grade level. You can share the link in the appropriate box below. (If you do not have access to Google Slides, please contact us for another solution!)
- Virtual Performances are welcome from those ensembles unable to travel. Contact us for further instructions.
- The performance should reflect the NC Arts Education Essential Standards. Highlighting the standards in the performance also makes a huge impact!
- We love seeing performances which represent the diversity and linguistic heritage of your students
- Feel free to bring along your administrators so we can thank them for supporting Arts Education!
- We will plan to livestream your performance at 11:30am on the appointed day. In order to do so, we need a NCDPI Media Release Form from every student in the ensemble submitted one week before your performance.
- Please let us know directly if any students in your ensemble are NOT allowed to be videotaped or photographed. This will help us as we plan our promotional material, and the best way to feature your group to our online audiences on your performance day.
APPLY HERE
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis but are limited and scheduled on a first-come-first-served basis.
Questions?
Reach out to Brandon and Sayward!
Need Literacy CEUs?
On October 7, 2021, the North Carolina State Board of Education approved the Literacy Instruction Standards (LIS) as outlined in Section V of SB 387: Excellent Public Schools Act of 2021. The LIS serve as a framework for the development and alignment of curriculum and instruction for all public schools. These standards are defined as a level of quality and equity to be used consistently within core literacy instruction statewide. While the NC Standard Course of Study (NCSCOS) sets student expectations, the LIS and their associated instructional practices set expectations for teaching literacy. The LIS are organized by grade-band and can be used to ensure that all teachers across North Carolina have a common understanding and delivery of literacy instruction.
While the LIS have been developed by grade bands, they should be used in tandem with appropriate grade-level texts of increasing complexity in order for students to fully meet the demands of the NCSCOS. This session will specifically address Literacy within both the elementary and secondary classrooms in Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts.
This webinar will be the beginning of a PD series specifically designed to address Literacy Processes Inherent to Arts Education - All for Literacy Credit!
Register HERE
The Inclusive Vision for Music Education (IVfME) Committee presents the second in a series of webinars exploring current topics and issues regarding diversity, equity, inclusion, and access in the music education space.
Please join us on Saturday, February 18 from 10am-noon EST for this FREE session
featuring LaFrae Sci.
Participants will be eligible to receive a certificate for CEU credit hours. NCMEA membership is NOT required, so please share widely!
Advance registration is required.
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Description:
LaFrae Sci, Executive Director of Willie Mae Rock Camp in Brooklyn, NY will share insights and anecdotes from her experience as a professional imaginationist/composer and creator of the Willie Mae Future Sounds curriculum and how synths have played a role in engendering deep listening, building community and healing.
LaFrae Sci is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, educator, composer, and electro-acoustic adventurer. Bedrock to her artistry is the roots and the fruits of the blues from spirituals to afro-diasporic futuristic soundscapes that explore time travel, prayer, meditation, and the African American ecstatic tradition. To date, she has shared her intentional creativity in 38 countries. LaFrae is also the Executive Director/Dir of Artistic Programming at Willie Mae Future Sounds named after Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton. W.M.F.S. is a STEAM-based, year-round empowerment through music program that includes deep listening, Afro Diasporic futurism, critical thinking and leadership, including music technology through the lens of the blues tradition for girls and gender non-conforming youth in New York City.
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Next Webinar - March 18: Wind Band Music for School Bands by Latin American Composers with Dr. Rubén Darío Gómez
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Harmony can be defined as "the combination of separate but related parts in a way that uses their similarities to bring unity" - in music, in our communities, and in society. Music educators have the unique privilege to use their art to transcend boundaries and inspire harmony on all levels. At this year's conference, we will explore and celebrate the many ways outstanding educators are positively impacting students' lives through music.
NCMEA invites session proposals to be submitted for consideration for the 2023 NCMEA Professional Development Conference in Winston-Salem, NC on November 4-7, 2023. Conference participants come from all educational levels and include K-12 students and teachers, pre-service collegiates, and higher education faculty in the fields of general music, band, chorus, jazz, orchestra, guitar, piano, popular music, and music technology.
We invite proposals that cultivate a vision of music education that is inclusive, collaborative, and expansive, keeping in mind the ideals set forth by NCMEA’s strategic framework:
- Reflect diversity in our profession and represent the wide and changing spectrum of our population. This representation may include various cultures, abilities, economic backgrounds, and gender identities;
- Develop leadership to advocate for music education in the classroom, in school programs, and in the community and represent current trends in education policy at the local, state, and federal level;
- Provide opportunities for all students to create, perform, respond, and connect to various styles of music;
- Enhance music teaching through combining effective and dynamic new practices with proven strategies.
The deadline for submission is March 10, 2023 at 11:59pm EST.
 This spring, we are inviting you to a FREE, fun, easy, low-stress, high-reward *virtual* Professional Learning Community (PLC) for rural general music teachers! We are passionate about helping music teachers feel like they are doing their best work through improving professional knowledge and job satisfaction.
For this research project, we are recruiting elementary / middle school (K-8) music teachers in rural, public schools throughout North Carolina. The course is hosted by UNC-Wilmington’s Canvas learning management system, which is a secure server. Space is limited, with priority given to early responses.
This eight-week project begins on Monday, February 20 and ends on Friday, April 14. The weekly schedule is asynchronous, so you can participate on your own time. We expect participating in this project will take a maximum of 12.5 hours, for which you will earn 1 CEU (continuing Education Credit).
To begin, please follow this survey URL (below). Via this link, we ask you to provide some basic demographic information along with a list of challenges / issues you face as a K-8 general music teacher in a rural school.
https://forms.gle/u4wBSyN4aN6tT4bY6
Thank you,
Dr. Daniel Johnson johnsond@uncw.edu
Mrs. Laura Black laura_black@pender.k12.nc.us
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SCHOLARSHIPS
BARBARA BAIR SCHOLARSHIP - $2,000
Awarded to a graduating North Carolina high school senior who has been accepted by, and will be entering, a North Carolina college or university the following fall as a Music Education major. Deadline 3/1
BILL McCLOUD SCHOLARSHIP - $2,000
Awarded to a collegiate member of NCMEA who is a resident of North Carolina and who has successfully completed 3 years in a music education degree program in North Carolina, with a GPA of 3.0. Deadline 3/1
RUTH JEWELL SCHOLARSHIP - $2,000
Awarded to a Music Education major who is a resident of North Carolina attending a North Carolina college or university. Deadline 3/1
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NEW THIS YEAR!
HORTENSE N. REID-KERR SCHOLARSHIP - $2,000
The Hortense N. Reid-Kerr scholarship is awarded to a Music Education major of a racial or ethnic minority who is a resident of North Carolina attending a North Carolina college or university. Hortense N. Reid-Kerr was the first full-term President of NCMEA and the first minority president of NCMEA (1971-1973). Hortense Reid-Kerr graduated from Howard University, an HBCU in Washington D.C. During Ms. Reid-Kerr’s tenure at Howard University she developed several generations of music educators, and although it is not a requirement, students from HBCUs are encouraged to apply. The scholarship is a one-time award of $2,000.00 and will be paid in a lump sum to the recipient and the college or university at the beginning of the recipient’s senior year. Deadline 3/1
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GRANTS
MUSIC PROGRAM MATERIALS AND/OR PROJECT GRANT - up to $1,000
Offers music teachers an opportunity to develop special projects to increase the existing potential for a quality music education program by enhancing classroom resources. Deadline 3/1
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT - up to $3,200
Receive funding to organize a professional development opportunity for teachers in your area Deadline 3/1
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This program will conclude with a (public and free) dramatic reading of Seneca’s Medea on UNC’s campus in late March. In anticipation of the performance, we are hosting a two-session series at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, led and facilitated by UNC Professor Al Duncan. Among other things, the series will cover the social and intellectual context of the Greco-Roman tragedy and the philosophical ideals and practical ethics of the Stoics. We are hopeful that this presents a unique opportunity for building a social and intellectual community around the ancient world, and around the humanizing and invaluable role of the fine arts and philosophy. The sessions will take place on February 20th (4:30 pm) and March 6th (4:30 pm), and attendees will receive a free copy of a curated edition of Seneca’s tragedies.
You can learn more and RSVP here: go.unc.edu/tragedy.
NCTAN: The World of Origami, Intersections of Japanese culture, history, people, religion, society, and beyond
Saturday, February 11 @ 1:00 - 3:00 PM, Virtual on Zoom
Facilitated and led by Dr. Yumiko Ono, Instructor of World Languages at Western Carolina University, and Ms. Nanaka Okamura, Japan Outreach Initiative Coordinator at Western Carolina University, "The World of Origami" is a chance to touch, feel, and contemplate what "origami" is through the real experience of folding. Participants will deal with three sizes of relatively bigger origami papers and fold them to experience transforming a piece of paper.
For this workshop, participants will be shipped origami paper directly to their address that is provided when registering. Please use one's institutional email address, as free supplies is provided to K-12 teachers.
You can register here: https://unc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvcu-gpjwpHdBOCPCFIARt-OJ56NmZnbhi
Leading with Character: Nurturing the Climate and Culture of Your School
Date: April 20, 2023
Time: 9am-3pm
Location: Person Early College
Register Here
Join Person Early College, a State and National school of character, and NCDPI for a FREE Workshop to:
- Learn how to use the 11 Principles of Effective Character Education as a tool to evaluate your school, district and/or community climate.
- Understand how State and National Schools of Character have implemented effective initiatives and practices and develop a "plan of action" for your school
If you need funding for a substitute to attend the workshop please contact Justyn Burgess at Justyn.Burgess@dpi.nc.gov
Deadline To Register: April 14, 2023
GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES - CHORAL INSTRUCTORS NEEDED
Are you interested in working with exceptionally talented, intellectually engaged high school students in a thriving learning community this summer? If so, come join us at the NC Governor’s School.
NC Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) has openings in a variety of positions, ranging from Instructors to support staff to Teacher Assistant/Counselors (TACS). The summer session will be from June 12-July 15 for staff (June 18-July 15 for students) and will be at two campuses: Meredith College and Winston-Salem State University.
Being on staff at NC Governor’s School will allow you to play a role in a life-changing summer for these amazing students. It’s an opportunity to work with students in an environment where creativity and curiosity are valued and learning takes place without the pressures of grades or tests.
NCDPI will be reviewing applications and conducting interviews through an on-going process.
Position availability, job descriptions, and application are available Governor’s School Employment Information.
For General Information on NC Governor’s School, please visit the NC Governor's School website.
If you have questions, please contact Rodney Allen at ncgovschool@dpi.nc.gov.
ASU HOSTS THEATRE WORKSHOPS FOR STUDENTS AND CEU's FOR TEACHERS
March 4th 2023! Registration open! Space is limited so act swiftly!
In celebration of Theatre In Our Schools (TIOS) Month, Appalachian State University's Department of Theatre and Dance is offering a day of theatre workshops in Boone, NC on Saturday March 4th 2023 for high school students and teachers. The numerous workshop sessions are for a variety of interests and ability levels, and are taught by professionals with graduate level training in theatre. You do not have to be a "theatre person" to attend. Teachers may arrange for professional development or continuing education credits with prior approval from their local educational agencies. Save the date and reserve a bus! The $10 fee per person includes the workshops and admission to the production "A Fable For Now." For more information, visit https://i19128.wixsite.com/asutios or email the event coordinator Gordon Hensley at hensleyg@appstate.edu
US DOE Call for Art
The U.S. Department of Education is issuing a “call” across the United States and its territories for student performing artists who are currently enrolled in institutions of elementary, secondary, or post-secondary education or accredited trade schools, who exemplify resilience, diversity, and excellence and are interested in showcasing their talent, virtually or in-person, at internal and external Department-hosted events.
The Department is seeking student performances such as, but not limited to, bands/marching bands, color guards, soloists, choirs, dancers, poets/spoken word artists, and theatrical performers.
We are reaching out to you, as a supporter of the arts, to assist the Department in sharing this information with your state arts directors, arts educators, students, and anyone else you think may be interested.
Responses to this call are voluntary and will provide the Department with a repository of student talent that may be matched to specific events that amplify the mission and initiatives of the Department.
Please utilize this link for additional information that includes Frequently Asked Questions, submission instructions, and other related guidance.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete your submission and/or answer any related questions, please email studentart@ed.gov.
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)
Learn More about Comprehensive Arts Education
NCDPI Arts Education - NCDPI Arts Education Website
@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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