November Newsletter
November has arrived! We have many events happening throughout the month - read on to learn more.
In this month's Spotlight Story, there is information about the new ARTech grant. We will be hiring two arts educators (certified in dance, speech/drama/debate, music, or visual art) to assist with the grant. These educators would be expected to help design curriculum, train teaching artists, and oversee work in the field. If this is something you would be interested in, please consider applying. More information is available below.
Good Reads
‘Let’s do it well while we can:’ School Music Programs Adjust to COVID-19
Pandemic Takes a Swipe at Fine Arts Education, But Might Just Prove How Much It's Worth
Plugging into Creativity
The fine arts virtual meetings will be held on the second Thursday of every month at 4 p.m. on Zoom. The November 12th meeting will include a short presentation from Regina Kenton, director of the ARTech Grant, and time for discipline-specific discussions. The meetings will be recorded and available on the OSDE Fine Arts website, though the break out room portion of the meetings is not able to be recorded. All Oklahoma PK-12 arts educators are welcome to join the conversation!
In order to increase security for our virtual meetings we are implementing passwords for participants. When you log onto Zoom use the following login information. Please do not share this information publicly through social media or other spaces. You may forward this email to colleagues if they do not receive the newsletter.
OSDE C&I Encore Team is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Fine Arts Monthly Meeting
Time: Nov 12, 2020 04:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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To further enhance security, the meeting will be locked at 4:05. After 4:05, no one will be allowed to enter the meeting.
The Oklahoma ARTech Grant was awarded to OSDE in September. The purpose of the five year grant is to restore and sustain arts education into schools currently without arts programs by creating partnerships and investments that leverage the collective experience, wisdom, and resources of our communities. The grant director, Regina Kenton, is looking for a team of arts specialists with teaching experience. Arts specialists will work as liaisons with teaching artists and our partners, Oklahoma Arts Council, University of Central Oklahoma, OU’s Center for Educational Development and Research and the Osage and Chickasaw nations. The arts specialists will also conduct teacher training and coaching, evaluate arts curriculum and course design, and create sustainable networks with communities to keep arts education active beyond the life of the grant. See more details in the job description.
Read more about the ARTech grant
SketchUp is a drawing software that is ideal for computer labs. Best of all, SketchUp facilitates a grant program that provides FREE licenses to all Oklahoma public schools. Educators can use this software with various grade levels and content areas to create 3D models of anything. Please email Karen Leonard to apply for this grant to install SketchUp on your school/district computers and labs.
Teachers Learning Creatively (TLC) is a new workshop series for Oklahoma educators through the 2020-21 school year via Zoom! Each session will be have its own registration with its own concepts and topics designed for elementary and secondary educators. You can find out more information at http://www.okaplus.org/tlc-workshops/
Two workshops will be offered on Saturday, November 14, from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. via Zoom.
- Elementary: All the World's a Screen
- Secondary: Poetry Out Loud
Registration is open now! Please contact Audrey Charlson if you have any questions or concerns at 405-974-3788 / acharlson@uco.edu
We've just added a heap of new offerings to our Oklahoma Fall Arts Institute at Home workshop lineup! Whether you're looking to expand your teaching methods or get some much-needed self-care, there's a workshop for every artistic interest and skill level. And we're still busy adding courses!
Don't forget that Oklahoma PK-12 public school educators will receive a scholarship to cover the workshop cost!
Check out a list of our current offerings below! Visit oaiquartz.org for full workshop descriptions and registration link.
Getting the Most Out of Your Smartphone Camera
with Ben Long
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 • 3:00 – 4:00 PM
Trauma-Informed Teaching & the Arts
with Miko Lee
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 • 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Film Teachers: Energize Your Courses or Launch a New One
with Ben Stumpf
TUESDAYS, NOV. 10, NOV. 17, DEC. 1 AND DEC. 8 • 4:30 – 6:00 PM
Empathy: Using Monologue to Appreciate Other Points of View and Perspectives
with Samantha King
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 *check website for specific times
Visual Journals: Where the Image Meets the Word
with David Modler and Eric Scott
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Teaching Photography in the Online Classroom
with Ben Long
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 • 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Photography Critique
with Ben Long
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21 • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Photography: Techniques for Compelling Composition
with Ben Long
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Photography: Advanced Topics in Composition
with Ben Long
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Questions? Don't hesitate to reach out! And stay tuned to our social media @oaiquartz as we continue to roll out new classes!
 The entry deadline for this contest is February 14, 2021.
The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, a nonprofit organization that recognizes and encourages academic excellence in Oklahoma’s public schools, is seeking nominations for its 2021 Academic All-State Awards.
Scholarships totaling $100,000 will be presented at the foundation’s 35th annual Academic Awards Banquet on May 15, 2021, at the Cox Business Convention Center in Tulsa. In addition, the foundation will recognize five innovative public school educators who were selected in 2020 as Medal for Excellence winners but were unable to be honored last spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Academic Awards Banquet, which has been described as the “Academy Awards for public education in Oklahoma,” is typically attended by nearly 1,000 guests and is broadcast statewide on public television.
“The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence Academic Awards Program is the Oklahoma’s premiere awards program honoring academic achievement, innovation and leadership among students and educators in our public schools,” said Executive Director Emily Stratton. “By working together to give outstanding students and educators the recognition they deserve, we send a strong message to our state and to the nation that Oklahomans value academic excellence.”
Academic All-State Award nominations are being accepted through an online portal at www.ofe.org. The award honors 100 public high school seniors with a $1,000 merit-based scholarship. To qualify, students must meet at least one of the following requirements: a composite ACT score of at least 30; a combined SAT evidence-based reading & writing and math score of at least 1370; or be selected as a semi-finalist for a National Merit, National Achievement or National Hispanic Scholarship.
Given the unique circumstances surrounding ACT and SAT testing during the COVID-19 pandemic, an alternative nomination criterion will be available to students who were unable to take the ACT or SAT test in 2020. For those students, the principal must certify that the student was unable to take the test due to COVID-19 and that the student ranks in the top 4 percent (GPA cumulative) of their senior class. Students who took the ACT or SAT in 2020 but did not receive the minimum required score are not eligible for this alternative.
Eligibility for all Academic All-State nominations must be verified by the district superintendent or high school principal. Academic All-State nominations must be submitted by 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3.
The foundation will not be doing a selection process for Medal for Excellence Awards for educators this year so that it may honor the 2020 Medal winners, whose recognition was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Academic All-State Award recipients are chosen by an independent selection committee, chaired by retired Tulsa attorney Teresa B. Adwan, and comprised of business, education and civic leaders, as well as former Academic All-Staters and Medal for Excellence winners. Since 1987, the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence has awarded more than $5 million in academic awards and scholarships.
For more information, visit the foundation’s website at www.ofe.org or call (405) 236-0006.
A new gallery schedule will be developed soon. Stay tuned!
A virtual art gallery is available on the SDE Fine Arts website for students and families who would like to see pictures of their work in the OSDE (Oliver Hodge) Building.
November 6 - DEADLINE Governor's Arts Awards Applications
November 8 - Virtual Fine Arts Meeting
November 14 - OK A+ Workshops
Various Dates - OFAI At Home
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