Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:40 am (PDT)
From Teacher MagazinePublished: September 16, 2009
Advice for New High School TeachersBy Kenneth J. Bernstein
Congratulations. And commiserations. Whether the task upon which you now embark will be a great exploration or a Mission Impossible is not entirely within your control. Because teaching, especially of the adolescents you will encounter within the high school classroom, is a series of overlapping relationships in which you are only one of the players.Perhaps it is arrogant of me to offer advice. After all, my perspective is shaped by my personal experience. I am probably a very different person than are you. How then can I presume to offer advice to someone I have never met, whose school may have very different characteristics than mine, and, most of all, who brings to her classroom a different life experience than that which I bring to mine? That question contains the seeds of its own answer, and is key to the advice I offer.High school students are often very much in search of identity. That includes how they relate to other people. They need points of reference. They need situations they can trust, particularly as they are challenged to grow, emotionally as well as intellectually.I hope you are passionate about your subject. Yes, you may have been given classes that focus on something that would not be your first choice. Yet if you cannot find something exciting about it, how will you engage your students? Why should they exert themselves?To continue reading: http://www.teachermagazine.org/tm/articles/2009/09/16/tln_bernstein_new_teachers.html?tkn=SYVFXr4CsBV1um84ElnEcaGfoUOcB92NJxFU
Friday, September 18, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
From the Association of Teaching Artists
In response to your concerns, discussions with Teaching Artists, and with input from beginning, mid-career, and experienced Teaching Artists, ATA announces a new ATA survey on http://www.teachingartists.com/
Teaching Artists and Their WorkAn ATA Survey:
What are Meaningful, Supportive, and Sustainable Employment Environments for the Work of a Teaching Artist?
ATA's focus in this survey is Teaching Artists' experiential knowledge. We ask you to share your knowledge, your stories, and what your experience has taught you.
Please complete the survey http://www.teachingartists.com/ and help us to distribute the survey as widely as possible, to as many Teaching Artists as possible. ATA's focus in this survey is Teaching Artists' experiential knowledge. We ask you to share your knowledge, your stories, and what your experience has taught you.
Thank you,
Dale
Dale Davis
Executive Director
The Association of Teaching Artists
Teaching Artists and Their WorkAn ATA Survey:
What are Meaningful, Supportive, and Sustainable Employment Environments for the Work of a Teaching Artist?
ATA's focus in this survey is Teaching Artists' experiential knowledge. We ask you to share your knowledge, your stories, and what your experience has taught you.
Please complete the survey http://www.teachingartists.com/ and help us to distribute the survey as widely as possible, to as many Teaching Artists as possible. ATA's focus in this survey is Teaching Artists' experiential knowledge. We ask you to share your knowledge, your stories, and what your experience has taught you.
Thank you,
Dale
Dale Davis
Executive Director
The Association of Teaching Artists
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Free Program for Young Artists
The Center for Black Literature in association with Rush Philanthropic, the National Conference of Artists and Theatre for the Free People present:
Black Artist as Activist Youth Arts Program.
As a component of this program, The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College (CUNY) will offer FREE arts workshops to youth ages 16 – 25 which focus on issues of social justice and peace. The writing, performance, and visual art workshops will be presented at various locations throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan starting Fall 2009. Registration is available online at www.theatreforthefreepeople.com
Black Artist as Activist Youth Arts Program.
As a component of this program, The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College (CUNY) will offer FREE arts workshops to youth ages 16 – 25 which focus on issues of social justice and peace. The writing, performance, and visual art workshops will be presented at various locations throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan starting Fall 2009. Registration is available online at www.theatreforthefreepeople.com
Welcome Back TAs!
Welcome back to school! (particularly to the TAs that begin this week) Most programs will be starting in October this year, all the more time to get lesson plan ideas, fingerprinted, plenty of sanitizer gel, etc...
We're very excited to start the year off, resrouce blog included. If you have resources you'd like to share, email them over.
Here's to the Best Year Ever.
We're very excited to start the year off, resrouce blog included. If you have resources you'd like to share, email them over.
Here's to the Best Year Ever.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Webposium for Teaching Artists- Make it Happen, People!
The Dana Foundation is pleased to invite you to a free Webposium for Teaching Artists
Friday, June 19, 2009
1:00-2:30PM (EST)
Join us online for a discussion about the evolving issues in the Teaching Artist profession. The event will be streamed live and viewers will be able to join in the Q and A at the end of the session.
Artists in Classrooms:
What Is the Role of the Teaching Artist?
What is the role of the teaching artist in public education? How can schools maximize a partnership with an outside artist? What is the artist role in the classroom, in the art room, in the school? How can artists help build a culture in a school where creativity, innovation, and imagination are at the core of teaching and learning?
Panelists include:
Nick Rabkin,
Lead Researcher, Teaching Artist Research Project, NORC at the University of Chicago
Lisa Fitzhugh,
Founder, Former Executive Director, Arts Corps
Sarah Johnson,
Director, Weill Music Institute, Carnegie Hall
Naho Shioya,
Teaching Artist
Moderator:
Russell Granet,
Founder, Arts Education Resource
Register Now!
Registration ends June 18th at 5 p.m.
The Dana Foundation is a private, philanthropic organization with principle interests in brain science, immunology and arts education. For more information about the Dana Foundation, please click here
Friday, June 19, 2009
1:00-2:30PM (EST)
Join us online for a discussion about the evolving issues in the Teaching Artist profession. The event will be streamed live and viewers will be able to join in the Q and A at the end of the session.
Artists in Classrooms:
What Is the Role of the Teaching Artist?
What is the role of the teaching artist in public education? How can schools maximize a partnership with an outside artist? What is the artist role in the classroom, in the art room, in the school? How can artists help build a culture in a school where creativity, innovation, and imagination are at the core of teaching and learning?
Panelists include:
Nick Rabkin,
Lead Researcher, Teaching Artist Research Project, NORC at the University of Chicago
Lisa Fitzhugh,
Founder, Former Executive Director, Arts Corps
Sarah Johnson,
Director, Weill Music Institute, Carnegie Hall
Naho Shioya,
Teaching Artist
Moderator:
Russell Granet,
Founder, Arts Education Resource
Register Now!
Registration ends June 18th at 5 p.m.
The Dana Foundation is a private, philanthropic organization with principle interests in brain science, immunology and arts education. For more information about the Dana Foundation, please click here
Free Video Production Workshop
MIX NYC is offering a free video production workshop for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, & questioning (LGBTQ) youth & young adults called “A Different Take.” This free program will teach people all aspects of digital video production including scriptwriting, directing, shooting, sound track design, & editing. This is an intensive workshop that requires a substantial commitment over 2 and half months to produce a 5-minute video.
www.mixnyc.org
(Thanks for the link, Billy!)
www.mixnyc.org
(Thanks for the link, Billy!)
Monday, June 1, 2009
The Digital Open
From Billy:
Welcome to The Digital Open!
What can you make with technology that will change the world—or even just make life a little easier or more fun?
The Digital Open is an online technology community and competition for youth around the world, age 17 and under.
Ready to join us? Sign up and start exploring!
The top project in each category will earn a fantastic prize pack and be featured on Boing Boing Video! Collaboration is encouraged! Remember, the future is yours to make! We want to hear your ideas, inventions and plans for changing the world through technology.
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