Midwest Arts Integration Conference Sessions

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PRE-CONFERENCE ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE SESSION Laying a Foundation: Defining Arts Integration

• Asynchronous self-guided online module (takes approximately 60-90 minutes to complete)
• Led by Sean Layne, drama teaching artist from Virginia

**Required session for first-time conference attendees or those who have not previously attended this session in their communities.

Monday, July 11, 2022

• 11:00 am-1:00 pm – Concurrent Sessions
  • DEFINING ARTS INTEGRATION: THE WHAT AND WHY FOLLOW-UP
    • For all attendees
    • Live synchronous session
    • Led by Sean Layne, drama teaching artist from Virginia and Harlan Brownlee, dance teaching artist
      from Kansas City, Missouri
  • DRAWING TO WRITE: PORTRAITS FOR THE NON-ARTIST
    • For Teachers of Grades K-2
    • Live synchronous participatory workshop
    • Led by Kay Thomas, visual arts teaching artist from Texas
  • PLAY ON! DRAMA GAMES AND AUTHENTICITY-BASED SEL: AUTHENTIC FOUNDATIONS
    • For Teachers of Grades 2-5
    • Live synchronous participatory workshop
    • Led by Nakeisha Daniel, multidisciplinary theatre artist and educator from Charleston, SC
• 1:00-2:00 pm – Break
• 2:00-4:00 pm – Concurrent Sessions
  • THE ACTOR’S TOOLBOX: EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO FIND CALM, FOCUS, AND BALANCE
    • For Teachers of Grades K-8
    • Live synchronous participatory workshop
    • Led by Sean Layne, drama teaching artist from Virginia
  • CREATING COUPLETS: WORKING WITH WONDER
    • For Teachers of Grades 3-8
    • Live synchronous participatory workshop
    • Led by Glenis Redmond, poet and teaching artist from South Carolina
  • BARS! CONNECTING TO HISTORY THROUGH HIP HOP SONGWRITING
    • For Teachers of Grades 3-8
    • Live synchronous participatory workshop
    • Led by Bomani Armah, hip hop teaching artist from Maryland
• 4:30-5:30 pm – Keynote
  • A NEW DEFINITION OF ARTS INTEGRATION FOR THE THIRD DECADE OF THE 21st CENTURY
    • For all attendees
    • Live synchronous 60-minute session
    • David Dik, National Executive Director of Arts for Learning

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

• 11:00 am-1:00 pm – Concurrent Sessions
  • THE STORIES WE TELL: A MOVEMENT STUDY
    • For Teachers of Grades K-2
    • Live synchronous participatory workshop
    • Led by Valerie Branch, dance teaching artist from Maryland
  • I SEE A FEELING: EXAMINING SEL THROUGH ILLUSTRATIONS
    • For Teachers of Grades K-5
    • Live synchronous participatory workshop
    • Led by Melanie Rick, teaching artist from San Diego, CA
  • CHANGING THE STORY: EXPERIMENTS IN THEATER-MAKING THROUGH A TRAUMA-INFORMED LENS
    • For Teachers of Grades 5-8
    • Live synchronous participatory workshop
    • Led by ChelseaDee Harrison, theatre teaching artist from Washington, DC
• 1:00-2:00 pm – Break
• 2:00-4:00 pm – Concurrent Sessions
  • EYES, EMOTIONS, AND OBJECTS: PUPPETRY TECHNIQUES IN EARLY LEARNING SPACES
    • For Teachers of Grades PreK-2
    • Live synchronous participatory workshop
    • Led by Sam Jay Gold, puppetry teaching artist from New York
  • REACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS: BUILDING VOCABULARY IN SOCIAL STUDIES THROUGH CREATIVE MOVEMENT
    • For Teachers of Grades 2-5
    • Live synchronous participatory workshop
    • Led by Lorena Cervantes, dance teaching artist from Virginia
  • WHEN I SAY POETRY, YOU SAY ROCKS: INTRODUCTION TO POETRY SLAM WRITING AND PERFORMANCE
    • For Teachers of Grades 5-8
    • Live synchronous participatory workshop
    • Led by Regie Cabico, poetry teaching artist from the District of Columbia
• 4:30-5:30 pm – Keynote
  • CREATING CREATORS IN A 21ST-CENTURY WORLD
    • For all attendees
    • Live synchronous 60-minute session
    • Byron Sanders, President and CEO of Big Thought

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

• 11:00 am-1:00 pm – Concurrent Sessions
  • DANCE MAKING: FORCE, MOTION, AND ENERGY
    • For Teachers of Grades K–5
    • Live synchronous participatory workshop
    • Led by Kylie Murray and Sara Lavan, dance teaching artists from Local Motion Project
      in Alexandria, VA
  • RHYTHM WITHOUT THE BLUES: LEARNING TO READ SIMPLE RHYTHMS AND CONNECTING RHYTHM TO FRACTIONS
    • For Teachers of Grades 3-6
    • Live synchronous participatory workshop
    • Led by Beth Sussman, music teaching artist from Los Angeles
  • IMPROV THEATER STRATEGIES TO ENGAGE ALL STUDENTS IN ACADEMIC
    AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING
    • For Teachers of Grades 3-8
    • Live synchronous participatory workshop
    • Led by Jim Ansaldo, theatre teaching artist from Indiana
• 1:00-2:00 pm – Break
• 2:00-4:00 pm – Concurrent Sessions
  • WRITING SOUND: BUILDING FOUNDATIONAL READING SKILLS THROUGH MUSIC COMPOSITION
    • For Teachers of Grades K-2
    • Live synchronous participatory workshop
    • Led by Danny Clay, music teaching artist from San Francisco
  • QUILTED VOICES: USING STORY QUILTS AS EXPRESSIONS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
    • For Teachers of Grades 3-8
    • Live synchronous participatory workshop
    • Led by Marquetta Johnson, visual artist/quilter from Stone Mountain, Georgia
  • WEATHER ON THE MOVE
    • For Teachers of Grades 3-8
    • Live synchronous participatory workshop
    • Led by Harlan Brownlee, dance teaching artist from Kansas City, Missouri
• 4:30-5:30 pm – Keynote
  • BUILDING IDENTITY, BELONGING, AND AGENCY THROUGH ARTISTIC SEL
    • For all attendees
    • Live synchronous 60-minute session
    • Dr. Scott Edgar, Director of Practice and Research, ArtsEdSEL for The Center for Arts Education and
      Social Emotional Learning

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