This workshop will showcase a successful partnership between a long-standing arts-integration program and an institution of higher education that exposes disadvantaged students to college and prepares future teachers for arts-based learning environments.

In the fall of 2006, teachers at Mt. Morris Central created a partnership with SUNY Geneseo pre-service teachers to introduce novice educators to the world of arts and curriculum integration. Through immersion in an arts residency, pre-service teachers realize the possibilities and benefits of an integrated arts program and practice curriculum integration skills. As a participant in this workshop, you will see the process used in this partnership and practice these skills in small group activities.

Wednesday 3:30-5:00

Conference Strand: Education/Policy Reform

Educators: will view and participate in a workshop that immerses them in arts integration.

Artists: will learn how to expand the field of arts integration by providing workshops partnering successful residency/arts integration programs with educators.

Organizational Administrators: will learn new ways to interface with higher-education institutions in their communities to serve K-12 students and to expand the awareness of AIE in their area.

Educational Administrators: will gain new strategies for developing university partnerships in their areas to increase student motivation and community participation.

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Tracy Peterson is currently an adjunct instructor in the Education Department at SUNY Geneseo. She is on a one-year sabbatical from Mt. Morris Central Schools where she has taught middle and high school for 11 years. Tracy has spent the last 10 years as part of an arts residency partnership with Glenn McClure.