Deanne Hupfield, Fancy Shawl Dancer. CNAL/RCAA Conference 2015.
Do you work in the arts? Have you ever considered becoming a teacher?
Artist in the Community Education (ACE) teacher candidates draw on their professional arts experiences to teach students at all levels.
http://educ.queensu.ca/ace
Kingston, ON - On September 24th, the Canadian Network for Arts & Learning (CNAL) will welcome members and guests for the launch of its first Networking Hub at Queen’s University in Kingston, with a professional development and networking event hosted by the UNESCO Chair in Arts & Learning.
The 'Changing Education Through the Arts' (CETA) program provides arts-integrated professional learning opportunities to elementary and middle school teachers in selected school districts across the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Learn more about the CETA program and the recent selected findings from the John F. Kennedy Center's Arts in Education Research Study in this downloadable article:
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/how-to/arts-integration/~/media/ArtsEdge/LessonPrintables/articles/arts-integration/KC-AE-Selected_Findings_CETA.pdf
Music education for children in England is to receive an £18m boost in funding, the Department for Education says.
The extra money will be allocated to music education, including to the national network of 123 music education hubs established in 2012.
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-28420197
WOOD BUFFALO, ALTA – First Nations, Métis, and Inuit (FNMI) students in Northern Alberta’s Wood Buffalo region logged test results above provincial averages for students of all backgrounds following enrollment in a breakthrough program, The Royal Conservatory of Music announced today.
Learn more here:
http://www.rcmusic.ca/aboriginal-students-test-scores-soar
"I’m not saying that any 'one' form of arts education is better than the other – they all hold value and power. But if combined together, in a meaningful and purposeful way, we can create an extremely powerful experience for students that can be life changing."
Read more here:
http://blog.artsusa.org/2014/07/22/the-value-of-community-based-arts-education/
"My point is that the arts are capable of truly linking people across time, space and history in ways that are essential as humanity grapples with the collective shoulders that humanity now stands on."
Read about Doug's experience with culture and sustainability here:
http://worldviewsconsulting.org/2/post/2014/06/remembering-and-invoking-the-muses.html
Ed Hand speaks with Dr. Peter Simon of the Royal Conservatory of Music about a new study done for the Conservatory that shows a direct connection between music study and cognitive growth.
Ottawa, April 10, 2014 – The 2014 winner of the Canada Council John Hobday Award in Arts Management is Chris Lorway, Executive Director of Soundstreams in Toronto. The $10,000 prize, made possible through a generous endowment from The Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation, is awarded annually to established and mid-career arts managers for professional development or mentorship.
Very interesting article posted on the New York Times:
“We treat arts classroom space the way we treat janitorial space — it’s just expendable. And it shouldn’t be,” Mr. Stringer said in an interview on Sunday, noting that instruction in the arts is associated with higher student grades and rates of college enrollment. “This is not a toolshed or a closet; this is where the next great artist or musician is going to happen.”