Title: Teacher Action Research InstituteSan Leandro Unified School District Year 1
1every child, every school, every day
2Whats the real product of Arts Learning?
3Equitable Access to Success in School
Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies
Learning in and Through the Arts
A Well Rounded Education
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6Assessment in and Through the ArtsAlameda
County Office of Educations Teacher Action
Research Institute
7Research Questions
- What and how are students learning in the arts?
(Studio Habits of Mind) - How can arts integrate with, develop and deepen
student learning in other subjects? (Teaching for
Understanding) - How can we know what students are learning so
that we can be more responsive and responsible
for better student outcomes? - (Making Learning Visible)
84th Grade Classroom Teacher Comment
- I was given opportunities to observe, analyze
and communicate what I do in art in the language
of CRT, SDAIE, SHOM, and TfU so that my 4th grade
teacher partner and I could analyze, plan and
collaborate together to discuss curriculum,
create activities and project, analyze and
reflect on our own and our students work and
plan for the future.
9Creating a fuller learning profile of every child
- Arts Teachers use the Studio Habits of Mind to
see, name and assess how and what students are
learning in arts classrooms - Arts Teachers share profiles of students learning
in the arts with classroom teachers to co-develop
appropriate arts integrated curriculum building
on students strengths, assets and learning needs - Arts Teachers and 4th grade classroom teachers
engage in ongoing shared accountability for
students outcomes in the arts and across the
curriculum
10- Teacher Action Research helps arts and
non-arts teachers focus together on creative ways
to engage students performing at below basic
according to standard measures, and develop a
reflective practice
11Looking at What Students Do, Say and MakeOngoing
and Authentic Assessment
- Students demonstrate and develop their
understanding through creations and performances
that make learning visible for just in time
revisions in instruction
12On Line Tool Supports Reflection, Coaching, and
Public Accountability
13Changes in Teachers Practice
14Principals Observations of Changes in Teacher
Practice
- More art happening in 4th in a way that expands
to ELA curriculum. More energized and interested
in working with students. - She is using more of the academic language that
gets children to talk about their
meta-cognition. - It is great to see art and classroom teachers
collaborate in a structured way around culturally
responsive practices. - I am very excited that equity as well as
differentiation was embedded in the TARI
training. - Students are very excited and motivated to begin
working. Adjustments to the level of expertise
was always offered in creating tasks for all
students. The training promoted equitable lesson
presentations and global participation.
15Connecting California Through County Offices and
Regional Arts Learning Leadership
- CCSESA Arts Learning Initiative
- Professional Community of Learners
16Our Challenge
- To use only standardized achievement tests is
like casting a net into the sea -- a net that is
intentionally designed to let the most
interesting fish get away. Then, to describe the
ones that are caught strictly in terms of their
weight and length is to radically reduce what we
know about them. To further conclude that all the
contents of the sea consist of fish like those in
the net compounds the error further. We need more
kinds of fish. We need to know more about those
we catch. We need new nets. - William T. Randall