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Professional Development Workshops for Teachers October 20-21, 2011
VSA Montana and the Montana Arts Council offered professional development workshops for teachers October 20-21 at the MEA-MFT conference in Missoula. The Custer County Art and Heritage Center offered two workshops in Miles City.
Jordan Pehler, education director at the Custer County Art and Heritage Center (CCAHC) in Miles City, is teaching a ceramic workshop for teachers on hand building, glazing and Raku firing Thursday October 20th 1:00 – 4:30; it will be repeated on Friday October 21st 8:30 – noon. Both workshops are at the CCAHC in Miles City. You can contact Jordan or Kevin Layton at 406-324-0635 or ccartc@midrivers.com for more information.
The following workshops will be offered at the 2011 MEA-MFT Educators' Conference October 20-21, Sentinel High School Missoula:
Marina Weatherly, Integrating Indian Education and the Arts
Thursday 10:00 AM to 4:50 PM, Room 509 This is a 6 hour workshop.
This all-day workshop is designed to inspire and encourage teachers to integrate Indian Education with the Arts (visual arts, dance/creative movement and drama). Experience the arts as exciting, fun and effective teaching tool for addressing the "Essential Understandings" of Montana Indian Tribes. No experience in the arts required. You must register for this workshop ahead of time on the MEA-MFT website. (More information below) Grade Level K-6
Marina Weatherly is a professional artist, educator and presenter from Stevensville, Montana. Marina is director of Learning Through the Arts, which places art at the heart of learning. She is on the Montana Arts Council's Artist in Schools and Communities Roster and teaches and travels throughout the state and beyond, sharing her love of learning through the arts with students of all ages. Marina has been presenter for numerous teacher workshops which addresses art and curriculum integration and has been invited to serve on a panel to develop art and Indian Education curriculum for OPI.
Bobby Tilton and Marlene Schumann, Unraveling Learning Challenges through the Arts
Thursday 12:00 PM to 1:50 PM, Room 185
Ever try to tie a knot using only one hand, or wearing a boxing glove? This arts workshop will help teachers think about multiple ways to provide instruction for students of disparate backgrounds, interests, styles, abilities and levels of expertise using the tenets of Universal Design for Learning. Grade Level K-6 and suitable for adaptation for grades 7-8
Marlene Schumann is an Instructor of Arts at Headwaters Academy in Bozeman, Montana and has taught in both the art and education departments at Montana State University. Bobby Tilton is a Professor of Art at the University of Montana and a former Board Member of VSA Montana.
Jordan Dehline, Integrating Movement and Dance in the Classroom
Thursday 10:00 AM to 11:50 AM, Room 180 and Friday 12:00 PM to 1:50 PM, Room 181
This workshop will provide ideas and tools to integrate dance into the classroom. Activities will include ways to incorporate movement to reinforce core curriculum areas of math, science, and language, as well as purely movement activities. Focus will be primarily K-5, but will include adaptations for older students. Grade level K-12
Jordan Dehline is adjunct faculty in the School of Theatre and Dance at the University of Montana. She teaches Internship in Children's Dance, providing university students hands-on learning with children. She is also a MoDE dance educator in Missoula County Public Schools' elementary schools. BFA
Don Kukla, Begin at the End: Enhanced Writing through Mime
Thursday 8:00 AM to 9:50 AM, Room 181 and Friday 10:00 AM to 11:50 AM, Room 181
Participants will create an original mime piece, and then transform it into a written story with special emphasis on sequencing, structure, descriptive language, and development of basic mime performance skills. Grade level K-12
Don Kukla: MFA Directing, Western Illinois University; BS Theater, Northern Michigan University; Artist-in-Residence, Riverton, WY (1984-86); MCT Tour Artistic Director (1990-2000); VSA Montana Teaching Artist (2000-present)
Hanna Hannan, Integrating Printmaking in the Classroom
Thursday 8:00 AM to 9:50 AM, Room 185 and Friday 8:00 AM to 9:50 AM, Room 185
This class is an introductory to learning collagraph, intaglio, and relief printmaking techniques in the regular classroom, K-12. An example lesson plan will be provided as well as materials donated by the Zootown Arts Community Center (ZACC) in Missoula. Educators will learn a variety of techniques with limited resources and it will be fun! Grade level K-12
Hanna Hannan is the Founder and Arts and Programming Director at ZACC in Missoula. She is a certified history and fine art teacher and works for a variety of arts organizations in Montana. hannahannan.blogspot.com
Caroline Patterson, Writing Poems about Place
Thursday 1:00 PM to 2:50 PM, Room 180 and Friday 1:00 PM to 2:50 PM, Room 180
Learn to teach students how to write poems about place—describe the turquoise blue of a certain lake, a pine-scented camping spot, the ancient feel of a San Francisco tea room—using precise details in this hands-on workshop. Sheryl Noethe’s Poetry Everywhere text will be used for background material. Grade level 6-8
Caroline Patterson works as an artist in the schools in Helena, Montana and lives in Missoula. She received a Stegener Fellowship from Stanford, published stories in literary anthologies and edited Geography of the Heart: Montana Women Writers.
Angie Leprohon, Early Childhood Music and Movement
Thursday 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM, Room 181 and Friday 10:00 AM to 11:50 AM, Room 180
Participatory presentation of singing, playing instruments, steady beat, movement, and other classroom activities designed to enhance the children’s basic music abilities in a playful environment. Discussion will cover how to incorporate music into other curriculum areas and into the classroom. This workshop is appropriate for classroom and music teachers; music background not necessary. Grade level K-3
Angie Leprohon: Early Childhood Music Teacher/Trainer; operated Music for Young Children studio in Helena for 25 years; certified in Orff Schulwerk, Kindermusik, and Musikgarten
Allison McGree, Watercolor Techniques
Friday 10:00 AM to 11:50 AM, Room 186
In this class, educators will explore eight different watercolor painting techniques and tools. They will also work to incorporate these techniques in a watercolor painting. Grade level K-8
Allison McGree, School and Community Murals
Friday 1:00 PM to 2:50 PM, Room 186
The basics of creating a school, classroom or community mural will be covered. A brief history of muralists, designing a mural, as well as drawing and painting processes will be covered. Participants will also partake in creating a small portion of a mural. Grade level K-12
Allison McGree: Teaching Artist; Allison McGree Fine Art, 5 years; Art Mobile of Montana, 3 years; K-12 Art Education certificate, current. www.allisonmcgreefineart.com
More information on the MEA-MFT conference is available on their website: http://www.mea-mft.org/educators_conference.aspx
