Arts Education and FutureReady Students

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Arts Education and Future-Ready Students

• September 21, 2007
• ARTS EDUCATION COORDINATORS OF NC

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State Board of Education Mission Adopted by the
North Carolina State Board of EducationAugust 3,
2006

• The guiding mission of the North Carolina State
  Board of Education is that every public school
  student will graduate from high school globally
  competitive for work and postsecondary education
  and prepared for life in the 21st century.

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State Board of Education Goals Adopted by the
North Carolina State Board of EducationAugust 3,
2006

• North Carolina public schools will produce
  globally competitive students.
• North Carolina public schools will be led by 21st
  century professionals.
• North Carolina public school students will be
  healthy and responsible.

• Leadership will guide innovation in the North
  Carolina public schools.
• North Carolina public schools will be governed
  and supported by 21st century systems.

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Overview

• This session will
• Raise awareness of the necessity for Global
  Understanding and 21st Century Skills
• Examine Arts Education in relation to
  Future-Ready Students

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Dr. June St. Clair Atkinson

• A special message on Future-Ready Students from
  the State Superintendent

• (video clip on DVD)

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Arts Education Standards why make connections?

• Dance (Standard 7) making connections between
  dance and other disciplines.
• Music (Standard 8) understanding the
  relationship between music, the other arts, and
  disciplines outside the arts.
• Theatre (Standard 6) comparing and integrating
  art forms by analyzing traditional theatre,
  dance, music, and visual arts, and new art
  forms.
• Visual Arts (Standard 6) making connections
  between visual arts and other disciplines.

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Why Make Connections?

• Students who receive a balanced curriculum and
  possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities to
  transfer and connect ideas and concepts across
  disciplines will be successful as measured by
  standardized tests and other indicators of
  student success.

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Balanced Curriculum

• Arts Education is an important part of a Balanced
  Curriculum for all students!

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If the World Were a Village A Book about the
Worlds PeopleBy David J. Smith/ Illustrations
by Shelagh Armstrong(Information updated every
few years)

• This book is about world-mindedness, which is
  an attitude or approach to life.
• The back of the book has several suggested
  activities, resources and extensions to foster
  world-mindedness in children.

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Global Resources

• If the World Were a Village
• NC in the World
• Peace Corps Adventures Across Cultures
• Google it!

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Think-Pair-Share

• Think about how 21st century skills and global
  preparedness can be addressed through arts
  education
• Share your thoughts with a partner your pair can
  then join with another pair to form a small
  group and then be prepared to share with the
  whole group.

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Resources 21st Century Skills

• http//www.ncpublicschools.org/
• Multiple resources for 21st century learning,
  future-ready students and State Board of
  Education
• http//www.21stcenturyskills.org/ - Center for
  21st Century Skills (includes link to NC Center
  for 21st Century Skills)

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Shift Happens (video)

• http//www.shifthappens.wikispaces.com
• Did You Know?
• This presentation originally started out as a
  PowerPoint presentation for a faculty meeting in
  August 2006 at Arapahoe High School in
  Centennial, Colorado, United States.
• The presentation "went viral" on the Web and, as
  of June 2007, had been seen by at least 5 million
  online viewers (not including the countless
  others who saw it at conferences, workshops,
  training institutes, etc.).

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Closure

• What questions do you have?
• Thank you for your time and attention and for all
  that you do for North Carolina school children
  and teachers every day!!!