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. // The more my daughter worked with the artists, the more I saw her open up and accept something new. She got to experience diversity and think about life in a bigger way. // Parent of Student, First District Elementary School // (My resonating moment was) when a previously non-verbal student began to use verbal communication! // Special Education Teacher, Union City Elementary School // To see students blossom - self-conscious students took risks to problem solve or brainstorm. The "poplular" kids came forward to encourage a shy student to participate or "create" a moment. It was the reverse of what I see in the classroom. // 6th Grade Teacher, Second District Elementary School

**Art in Action** is an Arts in Education program of ArtsErie. It is a four-year program that infuses the arts with classroom curriculum in order to improve instruction and student achievement in math and reading. **Art in Action** is funded by a U.S. Department of Education Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination Grant (AEMDD). Learn more...

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2 Credit Fall Graduate Course
Clarifying the Role of Assessment in the Arts Infused Classroom is being offered for two graduate credits. Held in Room 200 of Butterfield Hall at Edinboro University Wednesdays from 4 - 7 pm from September 25 through November 20, 2013.

**ArtsErie's 2013 Arts in Education Learning Lab**
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2012-2013 Art in Action Handbook Now Available!
Click here to view the most up to date version of the Art in Action Handbook and to learn more about the residency program.

Teachers and Teaching Artists Create a Traveling Drum Wall
Created by the teachers and artists in the Art in Action Fall 2012 graduate class in commemoration of the 150 year anniversary of the Civil War, the drum wall will soon be available to travel to classrooms for interactive arts integrated lessons.

Each panel was designed by a different group in the graduate class and inspired by a variety of themes associated with the war such as slavery, the Gettysburg Address, the logistics and geography of the battles, and the impact and casualties of the war.

Included as it travels from school to school will be a growing notebook of lesson plans that incorporate the drum wall in unique and engaging ways.

For more information and to submit your lesson plan to the traveling drum wall kit, contact melinda@artserie.org.

 * [[image:CreatureCarnival.jpg width="371" height="325"]] || ==See what teachers and teaching artists learned and created during the Fall 2012 Art in Action graduate course!==

//**Art in Action**//, in partnership with Edinboro University of PA, offered a 3-credit graduate course for 35+ teaching artists and facilty, staff and administrators from our three partner elementary schools - Union City, Second District and Cambridge Springs. Instructors Dr. Rosemary Omniewski, Camille Dempsey, Cory Wilkerson and Dr. Jan Hyatt and course participants studied recent research and best practices in Art Education. Click here for more information.


 * Be sure to visit teachers' and teaching artists' wiki pages to see lesson plans, videos, photographs and other fun stuff. ** ||

2012 Learning Lab inspires artful learning...

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For three days, more than 50 teachers, teaching artists, administrators, artists, representatives from art in education programs and state and federal departments of education came together to explore methods of arts integrated and arts infused instruction. And, for many, the experience was transformational. One classroom teacher responded, "It was wonderful to be around so many creative people and to exchange ideas on different ways of incorporating art into the classroom."

The 2012 Art in Action Learning Lab, August 12-14, included presentations and sessions by teaching artists, teachers and art specialists who are involved in ArtsErie's Art in Action program. To see a copy of the conference schedule and the Cover It Live transcripts, visit the 2012 Art in Action Learning Lab wiki page.

Thank you, presenters and attendees, for your continued support of Art in Action and for //**Making an Impact**// through the arts. ||

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