tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.comments2023-06-21T09:05:06.457-07:00<a href="http://www.teachingartists.blogspot.com">ATA Blog</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-38836309701192426372011-01-12T12:14:54.601-08:002011-01-12T12:14:54.601-08:00Thank you again Michael for giving me an opportuni...Thank you again Michael for giving me an opportunity to be heard at the ATA blog. Having read this post, I thought I'd add to my comment about schools being run like businesses. That seems unfair to both institutions. To be clear, I'm talking about mostly fine art programs that don't teach the necessary skills for their artists to elevate in the field - organizational, collaborative, grant-writing, and financial literacy skills, for example. And when I said "run like businesses", I meant run like bad businesses. Surely, any good business knows the economic and social value of follow-through, communications and customer satisfaction.Anthem Salgadohttp://anthemsalgado.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-40538385016192045352010-10-06T08:35:24.880-07:002010-10-06T08:35:24.880-07:00I have a beef with California for stealing all my ...I have a beef with California for stealing all my friends and colleagues, but I know you are going to be doing amazing work and I can't wait to hear all the updates!laurenjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10216481075409054490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-31035655157853225592010-10-05T15:37:23.372-07:002010-10-05T15:37:23.372-07:00Congratulations Michael! BRAVA is a lucky organiz...Congratulations Michael! BRAVA is a lucky organization - can't wait to see what happens next. Thanks for the great blogging...LBMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937734726645366214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-47697688331992400842010-08-11T16:16:24.997-07:002010-08-11T16:16:24.997-07:00Thanks for the mentioning the post (and right next...Thanks for the mentioning the post (and right next to Ms. Bassey, no less)! I hope we can exchange more info about arts assessment, as I know a number of arts educators who would appreciate the insight.Rabin Nickens, M.S. Ed.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15494195164392433004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-72378227240311119382010-08-06T15:09:56.168-07:002010-08-06T15:09:56.168-07:00Michael congrats, you are posting really quality i...Michael congrats, you are posting really quality information, thank you. to contribute further to Brendan's generous rubric, I would like to say that within the European MUS-E network there is a big effort to take these evaluation towards a social/grupal evaluation, rather than individuals. It allows for us to complement other educators work and also to "sell it" to administrators and financers. MUS-E in fact, works to channel artisitic activity towards the achievement of social and educational activities without forgetting the benefits and goals that are intrinsic to the arts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01701765205871034176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-89818157020173591992010-08-02T06:13:51.362-07:002010-08-02T06:13:51.362-07:00I applaud you for your efforts to include assessme...I applaud you for your efforts to include assessment in the instructional design of the teaching artist! Keep going! Careful: a chcklist isn't a rubric. A rubric specifically refers to the grid that defines for the students how close to mastery they are. You would need to define the each step on the range of mastery for each criteria, from developing skills to proficiency, in order for it to be a proper rubric. Doing so will help students understand the key descriptors that define each stage of their progress. That's your next step! Break a leg! Go, assessment!@theatrerachelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-91548930413719338022010-07-20T06:53:27.383-07:002010-07-20T06:53:27.383-07:00I've worked as a TA for several organizations ...I've worked as a TA for several organizations and as an art administrator for a small handful. It's a touchy subject, but in each case I made more per hour as a TA than I do as an arts administrator. I made more as a full time nanny than both, incidentally. Insurance and health care aren't free for us either. We're not middlemen fleecing our staff. What would be the point? How would I make education better that way? And most of us are, after all, working for nonprofits, where any extra money goes to offering schools free or discounted programming- which we of course pay our TAs in full for. I know it's hard to cobble together a living as a TA. But rest assured, your boss often makes $8 an hour when factoring salary and the time put in. My job is to try and make teaching artistry as impactful and educationally relevant as possible. I'm not a booking agent. And I don't get paid enough either. We should think about elevating the whole feild and our worth, rather than fostering an internal resentment that is neither relevant nor fruitful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-36091516431674207842010-07-08T08:34:00.052-07:002010-07-08T08:34:00.052-07:00Great rec Michael! I'm picking it up today at ...Great rec Michael! I'm picking it up today at the NYPL on my way LC's brass band bhangra dance party in Damrosch Park. <br />Turns out I can't get into the ArtsEd Reader's Book Club (in my nabe, Park Slope!), but Karen says Start Your Own! Just need 2-4 others who wanna read this book and talk about it. Anyone?GregOryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485464480907273367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-72916431608896312792010-04-02T10:27:46.918-07:002010-04-02T10:27:46.918-07:00Forty hours a week is super generous. One has to ...Forty hours a week is super generous. One has to account for traveling to and from each job. I range 13-17 hours a week of teaching with commuting 13 hours a week. <br /><br />Also I wonder how many teaching artists have their masters. In the day of inflated education, a BA does not mean anything any more. In the areas of teaching, and teaching artist work, many have to have their masters degree to compete with other applicants.Dennis Bakerhttp://www.dennisbaker.net/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-6715263146932671792010-03-04T12:16:26.928-08:002010-03-04T12:16:26.928-08:00There are special discounts on MoMA Courses for ed...There are special discounts on MoMA Courses for educators. Follow the link at the top of the page at moma.org/courses that says: Additional discounts are available for educators and staff of other museums. If you have any questions you can e-mail courses@moma.org.<br />Thanks.Amy from MoMAhttp://moma.org/coursesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-38511112819179096122010-03-04T09:29:37.684-08:002010-03-04T09:29:37.684-08:00Thanks for the link, Michael.
Teaching artists w...Thanks for the link, Michael. <br /><br />Teaching artists who want to hear me talk about art's public purpose will have two opportunities later this month in NYC. Check <a href="http://arlenegoldbard.com/about/readings/" rel="nofollow">the Readings and Appearances page</a> of my Website for details. And please come say hi if you do attend.Arlene Goldbardhttp://arlenegoldbard.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-47638688244560012712010-03-01T11:14:46.688-08:002010-03-01T11:14:46.688-08:00Thanks for bringing the passion! Love to hear how ...Thanks for bringing the passion! Love to hear how your session went.Dennis Bakerhttp://www.dennisbaker.net/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-45485363713971638612010-02-17T15:18:32.830-08:002010-02-17T15:18:32.830-08:00Thank you for sharing this Michael! Excellent exce...Thank you for sharing this Michael! Excellent excerpt.<br /><br />-LizzieLHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13418200134321709461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-85691546460400000322010-01-07T15:59:39.043-08:002010-01-07T15:59:39.043-08:00Michael nails it on the head. We've got to sto...Michael nails it on the head. We've got to stop being invisible to each other, and segregating into mutually exclusive groups by age, race, borough, mission, art form, educational philosophy, whatever. Thanks to ATA for a huge step in the right direction: a lively, common space where artists/ educators can encounter each other - and ourselves.Halversonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08438470661445799994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-36455246939128640382009-12-19T06:39:40.436-08:002009-12-19T06:39:40.436-08:00Amen to this post.
I look forward to reading this...Amen to this post.<br /><br />I look forward to reading this book. I need all the help I can get in this area!<br /><br />Hope you are well. Happy Holidays.Lizzie -Unlocking the Classroomhttp://unlockingtheclassroom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-202991976749236592009-11-29T11:39:25.269-08:002009-11-29T11:39:25.269-08:00amen!amen!CAThorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13188976437287644187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-43112906773993174432009-11-04T05:41:11.868-08:002009-11-04T05:41:11.868-08:00Thank you so much! I'm a grad student in NY an...Thank you so much! I'm a grad student in NY and am always looking to get my foot in the door. And thanks for Angie! =)Simonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03655154651090326340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-59077223524737766052009-10-16T04:54:59.639-07:002009-10-16T04:54:59.639-07:00Or the even more painful reality: After sinking y...Or the even more painful reality: After sinking yourself into unfathomable depths of debt to obtain a Masters Degree just as the economy tanks, you attend interview after interview and NOBODY offers you a job. <br /><br />The city is currently suffering an abundance of over-educated waitstaff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-58357443152433478772009-10-08T21:12:29.897-07:002009-10-08T21:12:29.897-07:00Yes, I think "noticing deeply" is a usef...Yes, I think "noticing deeply" is a useful way to put it.grndwork@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11656707033825026952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-82490877904166385922009-10-08T11:53:08.218-07:002009-10-08T11:53:08.218-07:00Wow. I find this incredibly liberating as well. ...Wow. I find this incredibly liberating as well. While they might not "like" it all, though, can they appreciate elements? And be able to pick out certain choices made by the artists? And even work with those tools or techniques themselves so that they come from a position of having made similar (or different) choices? <br /><br />So, is it more about noticing deeply?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-88720123725711249422009-09-22T10:29:43.318-07:002009-09-22T10:29:43.318-07:00I just came across this while trying to find lilli...I just came across this while trying to find lillian Howell. She was my Mom;s best friend. What a beautiful and loving person she is. I do not know for sure that she is still alive, anyway she is still a special person where ever she is.<br />I will continue to try and find her.<br />Patricia Kiser<br />mamies62@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-9180323225175617182009-09-10T06:50:08.121-07:002009-09-10T06:50:08.121-07:00Our organization submits our programs to assessmen...Our organization submits our programs to assessments from pre and post surveys to formal observations to thrice yearly power points by TAs for school admin. I know many other orgs to the same. The question is, how do we assemble this data into something "testable"? And how do we prove that "math and science test scores go up" is only one way to test acheivement practically?kayanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-30370667361266309142009-08-13T08:51:22.556-07:002009-08-13T08:51:22.556-07:00A pleasure to meet the man behind the blog! I like...A pleasure to meet the man behind the blog! I liked creating our little piece of theatre at Helen White's workshop.<br /><br />Hopefully our paths will cross again!Lizzie -Unlocking the Classroomhttp://www.unlockingtheclassroom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-29683408192379897782009-08-12T12:19:18.057-07:002009-08-12T12:19:18.057-07:00I love her. Interpreter of Maladies is one of my ...I love her. Interpreter of Maladies is one of my favorite books of all time.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06591201021566313810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304772473649333908.post-34268951072924966312009-07-22T07:38:37.198-07:002009-07-22T07:38:37.198-07:00Thanks for the shout-out Michael! BTW, don't t...Thanks for the shout-out Michael! BTW, don't tell the rest of The Big Read team, but House of Mirth is my favorite Edith Wharton novel!Paulettehttp://www.arts.gov/bigreadblognoreply@blogger.com