New Transformative SEL and Arts Guidance from the Oregon Department of Education

The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) is excited to announce the upcoming release of new resources to support K-12 education programs across the state. Integrating Transformative SEL and the Arts highlights areas where the arts are especially suited to support students’ transformative social and emotional growth by reinforcing connections and helps support coherence, consistent language use, and alignment between Oregon’s Transformative Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Standards and the Oregon Arts Standards.  

ODE is inviting administrators, educators, teaching artists, arts organizations, and all school staff, families, and community members interested in arts education to join us on May 15th to learn more about this guidance. Click on the link below to register!

Wednesday, May 15th 4-5 pm 

If you are unable to join us, the webinar will also be recorded. You can find recordings of previous sessions on the Arts Education Resources site.  

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Webinar will be held virtually via Zoom and include live captioning; please complete the Zoom registration indicating that translation is requested by May 4th to request ASL services.

Register Now! Well-Rounded Access Program (WRAP) Team Public Update: May 8, 2024

The WRAP team will be hosting a mid-grant update to share progress and news, as well as gather feedback on the work happening through this grant.  During this time, we will:

• Share information about the existing and new courses that are supported by WRAP funds
• Share updates from the OSU STEM Research Center evaluation team on grant progress with mid-point measures
• Gather questions and feedback on connections for implementation of WRAP courses in Oregon schools and districts

Register in advance to participate in the virtual meeting:

Wednesday May 8, 2024 3-4 pm

Celebrating Oregon's Arts Educators!

This school year amongst a multitude of challenges, teachers like you are still creating what our students want and need - meaningful arts experiences in our public schools. Even though you may not always see the impact of your work with students immediately, know that you are changing the lives of so many young people for the better, and that we value the deep and meaningful work that you do. Thank you arts educators!

If you have a celebration or recognition to share about your colleagues in arts ed, we would love to feature these stories in this newsletter. Please reach out to shannon.johnson@ode.oregon.gov with any celebrations you’d like to share!

May 2024 Arts Educator Recognition: Julianna Gibbons, South Salem HS

The Melba Day Sparks Henning Award is given each year as a career achievement award to adults who have extraordinary service with Oregon Thespians or Oregon high school theatre who have made exceptional contributions to the growth of theatre and theatre education in Oregon. This year's Oregon Thespians' Melba Day Sparks Henning Hall of Fame Award goes to Julianna Gibbons, South Salem High School, Thespian Troupe 577!

From her nomination form:

"Gibby has been a huge part of Oregon Thespians for years. She has been an active in supporting our chapter in several ways and was instrumental in helping the festival find a permanent home in Salem. Gibby has also been responsible for sending out several new teachers into the world, myself included, and does so much to make sure that we go out into the world prepare for the daunting task ahead of us. She doesn't ever stop supporting either, constantly offering help when it is asked of her, no matter how crazy her own schedule and life is at the time. She's been an amazing friend and mentor for years and Oregon Thespians is incredibly lucky to have her."

Congratulations to Julianna on this amazing achievement, and gratitude for your service to Oregon students and theatre education in Oregon!

Photo by Kyle Head on Unsplash

PAM Poster Project 2024 (link corrected)

With generous support from the PGE Foundation, the Portland Art Museum has created a set of posters featuring works across the permanent collections. Posters are available free of charge to educators in Oregon and Washington. Hang them in classrooms, hallways, and libraries or take them out for specific activities and lessons. Our goal is to provide educators and students with artworks you can study and enjoy wherever you are.

Spanish-language PDFs developed with the support and collaboration of AB Cultural Drivers, LLC.

PAM is proud to partner with Relay Resources to package and mail posters to you. Please allow 2 – 3 weeks for delivery.

Request Printed Posters Here

(This announcement is reposted to correct a link error in last month's newsletter)

WESTAF TourWest Grants

TourWest is a competitive grant program funded by the National Endowment for the Arts to provide subsidies to arts and community organizations in the 13-state WESTAF region and jurisdictions, including Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa for the presentation of touring performers and literary artists. 

WESTAF’s TourWest Grant provides flexible funding for presenters/presenting organizations within the WESTAF region to support their regional touring program. WESTAF also encourages the inclusion of community/educational outreach as part of an organization’s presentation of touring artists. 

Application Deadline: May 31, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. MDT See site for details.

Arts, Care & Connection K-5 Pilot Lessons!  

Arts for Learning Northwest is collaborating with Oregon teaching artists on the development of a series of four arts courses designed for K-5 students called Arts, Care & Connection, with integrated social emotional learning content in the areas of dance, visual arts, theater, and music. This lesson is part of a pilot project, and will be shared in its final version in an Oregon Open Learning Lesson Collection. Oregon teachers are encouraged to provide feedback on the form included in the lesson resources, to inform the development of this project. 

Check out this featured resource for an example of the Arts, Care & Connection content included in the Oregon Arts Group!

Folklore Dance with Luciana | Arts, Care & Connection

The Oregon Open Learning Hub is a digital resource repository and collaboration space for educators, administrators, and other educational partners to curate, create, and remix open educational resources (OER). The Hub is a portal to over 50,000 openly licensed resources available on OER Commons, searchable by grade level, subject, and standard. 

Want to learn more about OER and the Oregon Open Learning Hub? Asynchronous learning options include the OER Professional Learning Group on the Hub and the User Guide for Oregon Open Learning.