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Happy Retirement
June 11, 2019Maine is fortunate to have such marvelous arts educators!
We know that what a teacher offers can have an enormous impact on student development day to day AND over their lifetime. As educators retire at the close of another school year, 2018-2019, I invite you to join me in THANKING them for their years of service and dedication to students across the state.
I certainly appreciate your commitment and I wish each of you a healthy retirement and many, many years of laughter and love! Yahooooooo!
The following visual and performing educators have contributed a combined 371+ years to teaching visual and/or performing arts education!
- ANGELIKA BLANCHARD, Manchester School and Windham Primary, Visual Arts
- DAWN BODEN, RSU#3 Unity/Thorndike, Elementary Music, 35 years
- JOY DREW, Wentworth School, Scarborough, Music, 27 years
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VICKY MORGAN-FICKETT, York Middle School, Visual Arts, 15 years
- MARY GANNAWAY, Elementary Music, Sanford, 43 years
- SUE NELSON, Elementary Music, 21 years
- NANCY NEUBERT, Sanford Junior High School, General Music and Chorus, 39 years
- WENDY SCHLOTTERBECK, Leavitt Area High School, Visual Arts, 34 years
- CAROL SLADE, SAD #17, Elementary Visual Arts, 20 years
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BONNIE TAYLOR, K-4 Falmouth, Visual Arts, 23 years
- RICK OSANN, Bonny Eagle High School, Theatre and Visual Arts, 15 years
- LISA MARIN, PreK-12 Moosabec Community School District and Union #103, Gifted and Talented Coordinator and Visual Arts, 23 years
- JIM SMALL, Madison High School, Visual Arts, 38 years
- VANESSA WHITE-CAPELLUTI, Wells High School, Visual Arts, 38 years
If you know of a teacher who is not on this list please be sure and email me at meartsed@gmail.com with the information and I’d be glad to add them. Thanks!
Arts Education: Leading the Way Conference
August 20, 2013October 24, 2013, UMaine, Orono, Collins Center for the Performing Arts
After last weeks “dry-run” for the Maine Arts Assessment Initiative Teacher Leaders to present their workshops for each other and an invited group of “critical friends” at USM, I got to thinking about how fortunate we are in Maine. Not only are Arts educators willing to share their teaching practices but they are sharing formally at the statewide conference Arts Education: Leading the Way.
Teacher leaders and critical friends at USM for dry-run of workshops that will be included in the statewide Arts Education: Leading the Way conference being held October 24, 2013, UMaine
I am excited that the conference will be held on the UMaine campus, Orono, Collins Center for the Performing Arts. Our last conferences were very exciting. In 2007 it was held at the Samoset in Rockport, 2009 at Point Lookout in Northport, 2011 at USM, Portland campus, and this year we travel a little farther north to the University’s flagship campus. Each year the workshop offerings have become more varied and go deeper into teaching and learning. You can read the topics and short descriptions of the 35 workshops being offered by downloading the .pdf of the workshops at https://mainearts.maine.gov/Pages/Media-and-Performing/conference-education-workshops. You can even see photos of the workshop presenters.
In addition to the 35 workshops being offered during three sessions the Opening Session will include performances by the UMaine Symphonic band, a welcome from the Dean of Arts and Sciences, Jeff Hecker, and an informative presentation by Lynn Tuttle, the Director of Arts Education at the Arizona Department of Education. Lynn has been leading the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards and will provide a history of the national standards development. Read more about Lynn and her presentation at this link https://mainearts.maine.gov/Pages/Media-and-Performing/Conference-Keynotes#. As many of you know the draft of the PreK-grade 8 standards was released in June for feedback. The draft of the high school standards are scheduled for release in September so we are really fortunate to have Lynn join us to share information as well as answer questions. We are fortunate to have the University Singers perform during the afternoon closing session.
The conference registration is located at . Cost for the conference which includes lunch is $75.00 until September 15 when it goes up to $80.00. (Please note: school purchase orders will not be accepted this year). In addition conference attendees receive 6 contact hours at no extra cost.
On Friday, October 25 and Saturday, October 26 the Maine International Conference on the Arts will take place in the same location. The conference will offer keynotes, showcasing artists and over 25 workshop sessions, including workshops at the new U Maine Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center. You can read about both conferences at https://mainearts.maine.gov/Pages/Media-and-Performing/MICA-LANDING.
To register for each conference please go to https://mainearts.maine.gov/Pages/Media-and-Performing/Conference-Register#. There are scholarships available and you will find information and details on the registration page.
I suggest that you take a few minutes and check out the information from page to page on the Maine Arts Commission site where all the details are included. I hope to see you there!
Reflection!
August 28, 2012Taking a look back, a look forward
When Rob Westerberg’s blog post popped into my inbox yesterday I took a break from working and read his post. It proved to be one of those pieces written that causes me to pause and think deeply about the work we’ve done in arts education in Maine for many years. Some of you might know Betty Atterbury, perhaps even had her as a music professor. Like Rob, I never had the opportunity to meet her. After reading about her I imagined meeting this woman who clearly had an impact on Maine arts education. I was mostly interested in the work she did and the parallels to the present work in arts education.
I hope you’ll take a minute to pause and read Rob’s post at http://goobermusicteachers.wordpress.com/2012/08/26/what-would-betty-atterbury-say/ If you knew Betty, I’d love for you to post a comment on the meartsed blog. Thanks!
We have much to be proud and I am humbled by the outstanding work that takes place each day in arts education in Maine!
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