The Dana Foundation is pleased to invite you
to a free Webposium for Teaching Artists
Discussion about the challenges and successes of working with students
with disabilities.
Friday, January 29, 2010
11:00-12:00 (CST) 12:00-1:00PM (EST)
Join us online for a discussion about the challenges and successes of
working with students with disabilities. The event will be streamed
live and viewers will be able to join in the Q and A at the end of the
session.
What do teaching artists need to know to be successful when working
with students with disabilities?
What do teaching artists need to know, understand, and be able to do
to achieve success in a self-contained or inclusion classroom? The
panel consists of artists and educators dedicated to making the arts
accessible to all students. The panelists will discuss practical
classroom strategies, lesson plan modifications, as well as the
necessary questions to ask in order for everyone (artists, students,
teachers, para-professionals, and administrators) to be successful.
Panelists include:
Judith Jellison, Regents Professor of Music and Human Learning,
Butler School of Music, University of Texas, Austin
(expertise in music and disabilities)
Allison Orr, Artistic Director,
Forklift Danceworks
(expertise in dance and disabilities)
Sherry Snowden, Lecturer, Art Education,
Texas State University
(expertise in lesson plan design, visual arts, and disabilities)
Moderator:
Russell Granet, Founder, Arts Education Resource
(expertise in theatre and disabilities)
To register: https://danaevents.webex.com/mw0306l/mywebex/default .do?nomenu=true&siteurl=da naevents&service=6&main_ur l=https%3A%2F%2Fdanaevents .webex.com%2Fec0605l%2Feve ntcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAc tion.do%3FtheAction%3Ddeta il%26confViewID%3D27869751 8%26siteurl%3Ddanaevents%2 6%26%26
Registration ends January 28
The Dana Foundation is a private philanthropic organization supporting
brain research through grants and public education about the successes
and potential of that research. Dana produces free publications;
coordinates the International Brain Awareness Week campaign; supports
the Dana Alliances, a network of neuroscientists; and maintains a Web
site, www.dana.org.
TEACHING ARTISTS & SPECIAL EDUCATION WEBPOSIUM
Friday, January 29, 2010
11:00-12:00 (CST) 12:00-1:00PM (EST)
What do teaching artists need to know, understand, and be able to do to achieve success in a self-contained or inclusion classroom?
Join us for an online discussion about the challenges and successes of working with students with disabilities.
The panel consists of artists and educators dedicated to making the arts accessible to all students. The panelists will discuss practical classroom strategies, lesson plan modifications, as well as the necessary questions to ask in order for everyone (artists, students, teachers, para-professionals, and administrators) to be successful.
Panelists include:
- Judith Jellison, Regents Professor of Music and Human Learning, Butler School of Music, University of Texas, Austin
- Allison Orr, Artistic Director, Forklift Danceworks, Austin, TX
- Sherry Snowden, Lecturer, Art Education, Texas State University
Moderator:
Russell Granet, Founder, Arts Education Resource
REGISTER NOW! Registration ends January 28 at 5:00pm
Curriculum Services Canada (CSC) is the Pan-Canadian standards agency for quality assurance in learning products and programs. We are not-for-profit and provide services including development, implementation, evaluation, and accreditation of teaching and/or learning resources, and the delivery of web-based professional learning opportunities across Canada and internationally. Our organization works closely with the Ontario Ministry of Education and many of its initiatives related to curriculum and to student success.
