Posted Friday January 03 2014 at 8:38 pm
As a teaching artist, I aim to help young people develop a greater sense of their own agency, an increased ability to think from multiple perspectives and a flourishing love of learning.
I believe that integrating visual arts learning into curricula helps all students thrive by:
- making learning visible through the construction of artifacts that evince understanding
- providing a voice or entry point for all learners through multiple media and methods of expression
- breaking down our artificial barriers between subjects, concepts and intelligences
- giving students access to the infinite and sublime
Ages: pre-k-12
Settings: inclusive classrooms
Subjects: all, I have experience with 1st grade Social Studies, 2nd grade Reading, 3rd grade Writing and Social Studies, 10th and 12th grade Environmental Science and Food Justice, 5th grade History and Reading
Collaboration with teachers: After our initial planning meeting, I continually check in with teachers to ensure that our arts integrated work supports all students and enriches the areas of study on which they are focused. This often requires adaptation and flexibility.
Classroom Management: I believe that authentic engagement solves most management issues. I expect students to be present, respectful and kind.
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Posted Thursday December 19 2013 at 9:59 pm
I teach creativity and self-confidence.
In the twentieth century, we need innovators, entrepreneurs and inventors and there is no better place than the arts to practice creative thinking and intellectual risk-taking. In my work I set up many different entrance and exit points so students of all abilities and interests can feel challenged but successful. Through music composition students learn how to analyze, organize, edit and critique their own ideas, as well as express their emotions.
My aim is for our project to support and enrich your curriculum goals. I am a collaborative and organized teacher. I like to develop a joint plan, so all students and teachers have a clear sense of purpose and direction, but meet often so that we can be flexible in addressing student and teacher needs.
My work centers around two kinds of audio projects that can be modified to fit your curriculum. Both projects use the software GarageBand but no previous knowledge of music or GarageBand is needed to participate.
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Posted Saturday December 14 2013 at 5:42 pm
"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy, it's the universal language of mankind."
I teach music/performing arts at the Henderson Inclusion Elementary School in Dorchester, MA. I believe music opens up connections to the student's soul, mind and body. It enables all to communicate in a universal language. Using a UDL approach, all students are included to find their voice.
I support literacy by communicating songs, stories, history and ideas through music and performance. My arts team and students create, plan and present musical theater using many ways to represent a theme. Using multiple modalities, (aural, visual, and kinesthetic) we make meaning out of complex ideas. The performances are shown and shared to a wide audience. Our auditorium is packed to capacity.
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