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Arts Integration Workshops Laying a Foundation: Defining Arts Integration *This workshop was developed by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Many professional development programs, including the Kennedy Center's, are based on a philosophy and practice of teaching called arts integration. So, what is arts integration? This session unpacks the Kennedy Center's definition and gives you the opportunity to uncover the characteristics of quality integration. In addition, the session includes participation in an arts-integrated lesson and examines how arts-integrated instruction aligns with current learning principles and best practice. Audience: Administrators, arts educators, and teachers of all grade levels. Length: 3 hours or 8 hours *Effective as a stand alone workshop or a companion to the above workshop. What does arts integration look like in practice? How does it impact lesson design, instruction, and student learning? This workshop investigates these questions through metaphor, hands on activities, and discussion. Participants experience two lessons combining one art form (drama) and one other curricular area (language arts or social studies) to uncover how best practice in arts integration affects teaching and learning. Group discussion further sharpens the definition of curricular integration by examining the role of standards and strategies for meeting them. Delving Deeper into Arts Integration Workshop participants revisit an example of integration vs. hitching then are guided through a step-by-step process of how thoughtful arts integration is developed. With a focus on the integration planning process (single lesson and unit planning), participants examine the impact of standards, big ideas, and natural connections on integrated lesson design. Other frameworks for integration and connecting an integrated lesson/unit through essential questions are also introduced. Participants also explore effective teacher/teacher and teacher/artist planning strategies to facilitate on going integrated lesson and unit development. Connecting Curriculum through Big Ideas
Focus your curriculum, discover
natural cross-curricular connections, and improve student learning
with big ideas and essential questions. Participants will discuss
the rationale behind big ideas and essential questions, their impact
on student learning, and how they are used in the classroom. Then
participants will examine the standards to uncover the big ideas in
their disciplines and share connections between academic areas. Big
ideas will then form the foundation of Essential Questions through a
simple 4-step process.
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