What information is needed to help bolster the confidence and skills of new teaching artists and arts specialists as they begin an AIE career?

The New York Alliance for Arts Education with support from the Dana Foundation has developed a Toolkit designed to present the most up-to-date compendium of information for both practitioners and advocates of Arts Education/Arts in Education. We will distribute the Toolkit and ask for feedback from teaching artists and certified arts teachers who have been in the classroom from one to four years.  The Toolkit is a response to numerous requests for information regarding a wide assortment of topics including: planning, implementation and assessment, funding, advocacy, productive partnerships, and the ages and stages of learning.

Participants will be asked to provide their thoughts on the resources, information, and professional development opportunities that would provide the support they need as they continue to work in the classroom for many years to come. Critical questions will be solicited from the group and break out groups will discuss burning issues that arise from the discussion.

Friday 11:00-12:30

Conference Strand: Core Knowledge

Educators: will have a better understanding of the resources that exist that can help develop their skills as they begin to work in schools.

Artists: will have a better understanding of the resources that exist that can help develop their skills as they begin to work in schools.

Organizational Administrators: will have a better understanding of how they can support and assist the professional growth of the teaching artists/arts specialists they work with.

Educational Administrators: will have a better understanding of how they can support and assist the professional growth of the teaching artists/arts specialists they work with.

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Carol Fineberg’s interest in the arts as a productive force in cognitive and aesthetic development resulted in her doctoral dissertation, The Arts and Cognition, which was included in the first compendium of juried research published by Arizona State University and the NEA (Schools, Communities and the Arts, 1993).  Since then, Carol has edited Planning an Arts-Centered School for Dana Press and Creating Islands of Excellence: The Arts as Partner in School Reform for Heinemann Publishers. A graduate of Smith College and NYU, Carol has achieved national recognition as an independent evaluator of arts and arts-in-education programs.

Amy Williams is a lifelong resident of Troy. Previous to her directorship at NYSAAE she was vice president for programs at The Arts Center of the Capital Region. There she oversaw the development of a wide range of award-winning arts programs, such as a nationally-recognized arts-in-education program serving 16 public school districts in 12 counties and a trail-blazing school-based residency program that brings artists and scientists together to teach science to middle school students. She holds an MFA from Syracuse University and a BS from Skidmore College.