This hands-on workshop will explore the different ways in which students learn and how best to differentiate instruction in the arts.

The goal of differentiated instruction is not to develop new lessons, but rather to adapt already successful ones. The workshop will focus on content, process, and product in music, visual art, theater and dance. Key strategies include:
•           knowing your students
•           having a repertoire of teaching strategies
•           being able to identify a variety of instructional activities
•           identifying ways to assess or evaluate student progress.

This session will provide concrete examples of how to adapt what you are doing in the classroom to address the needs of diverse learners. Participants are encouraged to bring examples of challenges that they face in their classrooms to share and brainstorm in small groups.

Thursday 2:15-3:45

Conference Strand: Core Knowledge

Educators: Participants will walk away knowing how to adapt their current work while addressing the needs of diverse learners.

Artists: Participants will walk away knowing how to adapt their current work while addressing the needs of diverse learners.

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Russell Granet is the Director of Professional Development and Peer Exchange at the Center for Arts Education. He is currently an adjunct professor at the CUNY and teaches a course on special education and the arts for NYU’s Program in Educational Theatre.  An arts-education consultant for more than 15 years on the East and West Coast,  he has worked with both public and independent schools. He was a founding board member of the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable.  A graduate of Emerson College and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he holds an M.A. in Educational Theatre from NYU.

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.