Monday, July 27, 2009

ARTS INTEGRATION UNITS *
Co-taught with a public school teacher in either Chicago or Elgin
1997 to 2009

Full Units
Reading: Fairy Tales & Puppets
Reading: Macbeth
Reading: Julius Caesar

Reading: Romeo and Juliet
Social Studies: Making a Community
Social Science: Intolerance
Reading: The Little Prince

Reading: 2 Stories
Reading: Fairy Tales

Social Studies: The Colonies
Social Studies: A Walk Through Wicker Pk

English: How Do Words Move?

Social Studies: Ancient Egypt/China 5th grade
Social Studies: The Constitution 7th grade

Social Studies: The Colonies 5th grade
Reading: Does Sequencing Matter? 1st grade
Reading: What Do Words Feel Like? 6th grade
Reading: How Do Words Move? 4th grade

Reading: Extended Response 7th grade
Science: Dinosaurs: What Occurred? 2nd grade

Science: Weather and Temperature Kindergarten
Science: Solids, Liquids, Gases 1st-2nd split
Reading: Grammar 5th grade

Social Sci: Immigration 4th 5th split
Reading: Midsummer Night’s Dream 8th grade
Reading & Soc Sci: Poetry and Politics 6th grade

Half-Units
World Studies: Japan 9th grade

English: Steinbeck’s The Pearl 9th grade
Geometry: Dimensions in Flatland 9th grade
Reading: A Raisin In The Sun 9th grade
Reading: A Midsummer Night’s Dream 7th grade

Social Studies: Careers 6th-8th grade

Reading: After School Program 1st-8th grade
Social Studies: Turning Points 7th grade

* A Unit comprises ten arts-integrated lessons, one Half-Unit comprises five. The Unit Title refers to the focus of the unit: a work of literature, a broad topic, or an inquiry question. All units were assigned by Arts at the Center of Teaching and Learning, Chicago Teachers Center, unless otherwise noted.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS

April 26, 2000
“Using Drama: Four Steps Toward Story Theatre.” hACE teacher training seminar. Presented through Lakeview Education in Arts Partnership at the Chicago Teachers Center, Chicago, Illinois.


July 18-19, 2000
“Arts Integration As a Vehicle for Inquiry-Based Learning.” Professional development workshop for teachers of Elgin School District—presented by Chicago Teachers Center, SCORE, and the Elgin School District at Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois.


October 2-3 and 11, 2000
“Arts Integration As a Vehicle for Inquiry-Based Learning.” Teacher training workshop. Presented through Lakeview Education in Arts Partnership and hACE at the Chicago Teachers Center, Chicago, Illinois.


March, 2001
“Earth, Wind, and Fire.” Professional development workshop for CPS Fine-Arts Cluster teachers outsourced to Chicago Teachers Center, Chicago, Illinois.


October 17, 2001
“Antarctica Text Analysis.” Artist-Teacher training workshop. Presented through Lakeview Education in Arts Partnership and GEAR UP at the Chicago Teachers Center, Chicago, Illinois.


November 12-17, 2001
“Arts Integration: Increasing Student Achievement Across the Curriculum through Engagement in the Arts.” Series of workshops presented by Chicago Teachers Center through Chicago Sister Cities International and the Galway Corporation.Galway, Ireland.


Fall, 2003
“Arts 4 Learning: Professional Development.” Series of 3 PD training sessions for Arts 4 Learning teachers outsourced to Chicago Teachers Center, Chicago, Illinois.


November, 2003
“Arts Impacting Achievement.” Whole-school workshop. Chicago Teachers Center at Otis Elementary School, Chicago, Illinois.


April 18-21, 2005
Arts Integration training for 70 artists/teachers as Scotland’s pilot of countrywide arts integration program based on the Chicago Teachers Center model, Peebles, Scotland.


August 31, 2007
“Arts Appreciation.” Whole-school workshop for Ravenswood Elementary School. Chicago Teachers Center, Chicago, Illinois.


October 17, 2007
“Arts Integration.” Teacher professional development workshop for Ravenswood Elementary School. Chicago Teachers Center, Chicago, Illinois.


September 26, 2008
“Learning the Language of Theater and Voice.” Teacher professional development workshop for Ravenswood Elementary School. Chicago Teachers Center, Chicago, Illinois.


July 29, 2009
“Composition Work in Theater.” Teacher professional development workshop for ARTS Berwyn. Chicago Teachers Center, Chicago, Illinois.