2_16_11+Dance+Residency+Meeting+-+Second+District+Elementary+School,+Meadville,+PA

=Residency Meeting with teachers and teaching artists=


 * Second District Elementary School, Meadville, PA**
 * 2/16/11**

Jan Hyatt - Dewey – an experience is never an experience until it is reflected upon - 3 residencies / 25 sessions per artists
 * In attendance:**
 * 2011 (4th Quarter) Second District Teachers in Art in Action ||  || Content Area/Grade Level Taught ||
 * Chris McGinnity ||  || Music Teacher ||
 * Julie Williams ||  || Health & Phys. Ed. Teacher ||
 * Mike Marley ||  || Visual Art Teacher ||
 * Annette Smith ||  || Visual Art Teacher ||
 * Cindy Karns ||  || Visual Art Teacher ||
 * Arryn Cumpston ||  || Library ||
 * Donna Triggiani ||  || Guidance Counselor ||
 * Christine Merchbaker ||  || 6th Grade Teacher ||
 * Diane Sienicki ||  || 6th Grade Teacher ||
 * Shea Grimaldi ||  || Learning Support for 5th & 6th grade ||
 * Julie Clements ||  || 5th Grade Teacehr ||
 * Regina Korn ||  || 5th Grade Teacher ||
 * Jan Hyatt ||  || Dance Specialist ||
 * Holly Nowak ||  ||   ||
 * Melinda Meyer ||  ||   ||
 * Camille Dempsey ||  || Visual Arts Specialist ||
 * Tracie Yorke ||  || Dance Teaching Artist ||
 * Saihou O. Njie ||  || Teaching Artist ||
 * Laura Zill ||  || Teaching Artist ||

Suzanne (Director of Curriculum) also popped into the meeting - Director of Curriculum

Laura – writer - philosophy – making connections, a bridge, metaphor/similie - art is a discipline - poetry @ writing with movement & line - sound in writing - connect to Sehu through movement

Sehu - allow things to happen, accept things when they happen - spontaneity – when you loosen up you gain more, when you tighten up you lose a lot - talked about Gambia, West Africa - Dancing, music all around - Rooster, birds – its all music (in the morning) and voices yards away, here it is all silent

Tracie (sp?) - Why do people do what they do? - What connect people through movement & dance - Disvaluing of the body – the mind/body split - Help children to have a physical understanding of the world – in a time where notions of time & space have changed (with technology) - Use cellphones in art, - Hip hop, rage – acknowledge modern forms of dance, but also understand other forms to connect to others around us - Know the standards, outcome and can write a lesson plan - CMU educational technology - Program – dance forms, animated choreography (documentation) - What kind of documentation? Montage? Change time? - “dance is a 21st century skills” – we need dancing economists and dancing teachers - dance and media literacy education - mentioned Dance Forms (animated movement program)

Jan - rhythm transcends all disciplines - the orchestra of rhythm that exists in the human body

Jan/Camille: - Areas teachers are working on with students? - curricular areas? - general areas?

Teacher Needs: - We need to feel joy here... - Joy expands critical thinking. - Universe has well being. When we are quiet we let go of resistance. - Release worry and enjoy the process of learning. - Take risks (and being vulnerable) - Teachers are team teaching. - Accept the present and expand in the future... - Finding the joy - "worm spit" - fluency - math facts - poetry - engagement (are that way in the computer lab) – want to make basic learning that engaging - critical thinking, main idea, answering questions being asked, don’t see how things relate - translating the whole body movement experience into the mind, so that they can utilize the skill when they are testing

- students don't do well on noticing and seeing the connections between things. - arts skills that would translate into PSSA skills - the ability of students to find stillness - students skills in writing, sentence structure - students skills in geometry - students staying on a topic - critical thinking skills - staying with a main idea - answering the questions that are being asked - categorizing and contexts - need for inquiry - need more whole body learners - to be more physical/interative - they are interested in the world of video games (can this be tapped into?) - they need their imaginations in writing prompts - students look disconnected, - students need to see possibilities - some students don't see the point - students don't interact with the learning - more student ownership, - work ethic

Camille: - Technology is another way to engage digital natives and address digital citizenship. - Perhaps a need for Visual and Sensory Literacy here? - Peter Benson - Most children report that teachers do not ask them questions about their passions/talents (or SPARKS): []

Teacher quotes: “Joy in the school replaces dogma” – a teacher “Quiet in the classroom allows us to reset.” “Experience the joy of learning math facts, vs...." “When we release worry we allow the learning to occur, dedication will happen naturally.”  “We accept the present, we are expanding infinitely into the future.”  "A school based in love, your eyes & being, is the basis of what is needed."  “You don’t have to teach a Canadian goose how to use his internal navigation system… you have to get him pointed in the right direction and let him fly!”  "Big ideas rarely happen overnight. They usually evolve from curious minds."

One teacher shared one of Jan Brett's Children's book and talked about how artistic they are...

Seyhou – we are in a critical moment in time… we see these same things everywhere we go… its time for a revolution - the old way is no longer the way, we need to find a new way

Art Teacher: "The fear that I have is that I have fear.” “My children teach me when I am not releasing the old way, very effectively”  “These children are guides, they are much wiser internally than we are”

Tamara Clark – principal School does “vertical co-plan” How is school doing with AYP (annual yearly progress)? Issues 1. Literacy 2. Pencil to paper 3. Conventions 4. Inferences

5th grade topics science – planets, electricity

Big IDEAS explored: Meaning Making Communication Critical Thinking Speaking/Writing/Listening

Looked at SAS for Communication Standards: Language is used to communicate and to deepen understanding. Information to gain or expand knowledge to can be acquired through a variety of courses.

INQUIRY QUESTION How can arts integration facilitate meaning making by developing sensory intelligence, enhancing communication skills in their various forms, and challenging students through critical thinking and literacy?

DanceForms (software) was shown to document movement

Camille will add SAS (Standards Aligned Systems link on the wiki) Camille will post names that were in attendance.