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Southeastern Theatre Conference works with Tennessee Alliance for
Arts Education to Present K-12 Theatre Education Institute
The Southeastern Theatre
Conference
will present an institute for K-12 Teachers:
Creating Dynamic Learning Communities through Theatre Education,
Wednesday, March 5, 2008 from 8:00a.m.- 5:00p.m. at the Sheraton
Read House in Chattanooga.
The Institute will
include workshops that center on strategies to
teach in,
through
and about
theatre. Instructional methods to integrate drama into classrooms;
integration of theatre into a specific subject area; teaching
theatre in the classroom; or use of theatre in an extra-curricular
settings.
Keynote speaker, Michael Rohd , founding artistic director of Sojourn Theatre in Portland, Oregon and author of Theatre for Community, Conflict, and Dialogue, will open the K-12 Institute with a look at collaboratively created original theatre work with young people with the possible intent of learning a subject, developing civic responsibility, or creating a production. Through collaboration, a collision of ideas and responses results in a performance utilizing naturalistic and poetic techniques useful in educational and community environments. After discussing his process and several projects, he will lead participants through a brief devising experience. Special nationally recognized workshop leaders also include Daniel Stein, theatre specialists, classroom teachers, as well as leaders from American Alliance for Theatre and Education, Southeast Center for Education in the Arts, Kentucky Alliance for Arts Education and the Tennessee Alliance for Arts Education. Contact your local education agency or fine arts coordinator in your county to find out what you need to qualify for continuing education credit. SETC is happy to provide documentation on your attendance. The K-12 Institute is only $50 and includes lunch. For more information, go to the SETC website: www.setc.org. To request a registration form, contact Rodneyvv@alliedartschattanooga.org Onsite registration will also be available.
Tennessee Alliance for Arts Education Accepts 2007-08 Tennessee Creative Ticket Schools of Excellence Awards Nominations The Tennessee Alliance for Arts Education is accepting nominations for the Tennessee Creative Ticket Schools of Excellence Awards Program. This award will recognize the role individual schools play in providing a creative learning environment for outstanding student achievement. The Tennessee Creative Ticket Schools of Excellence Awards will highlight two schools that have developed exemplary arts education programs. The Tennessee Alliance for Arts Education’s mission is to unite educators, artists, and community leaders to promote, support, and advocate for arts education for all children in grades K-12 throughout the state. TAAE is a member of the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network. Winners of the Tennessee Creative Ticket Schools of Excellence will receive special recognition, and will be nominated for the national Creative Ticket National Schools of Distinction Award presented by the Kennedy Center. Past Tennessee Creative Ticket Schools of Excellence include Normal Park Museum Magnet and Center for the Creative Arts, both in Chattanooga. Center for Creative Arts was also one of six schools in the nation honored by the Kennedy Center as a National School of Distinction in 2006 (see below to view their application). As a recipient of this award, the school was invited to perform at the Kennedy Center. Winners of the 2007-08 Tennessee Creative Ticket Schools of Excellence Award will be announced in April. Application Deadline is Friday, March 14, 2008 For an application, click here: 2008 Creative Ticket Application
National Symphony Orchestra Summer Institute The Kennedy Center/National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute is a 4-week summer music program at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, for student instrumentalists. The program is designed for serious music students. Each student accepted into the Program attends on full scholarship, which includes the following benefits: round-trip air transportation to and from Washington, DC, housing, food allowance, and local transportation during their stay in our Nation's Capital. The Program is open, by recorded audition, to students ages 15-20 (as of June 30, 2008) who are seriously considering orchestral music as a career and willing to devote themselves to a musical education. Application Deadline is Friday, February 8, 2008. For an application, click here: NSO Application 2008 If unable to access an application via this website, request an application via email: Rodneyvv@alliedartschattanooga.org The Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Networkannounces Chattanooga High School, Center for Creative Arts Creative Ticket National Schools of Distinction Award for the 2005-2006 School Year The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts recently announced Chattanooga High School, Center for the Creative Arts as a recipient of its national awards program that honors outstanding school arts programs. Center for Creative Arts was one of five schools recognized as a Creative Ticket National School of Distinction for the 2005-2006 school year. The award recognizes schools that have done an outstanding job of making the arts an essential part of the education of their students. The school will receive a cash award to support their arts education program. In addition to Chattanooga High School, Center for Creative Arts, award winners include: Paradox Valley School, Paradox CO; Cypress Elementary, Kissimmee, FL; The Chicago Academy for the Arts, Chicago, IL; and The da Vinci Academy, Colorado Springs, CO. The awards program is an initiative of the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network (KCAAEN), a coalition of 35 statewide, not-for-profit organizations that work with the Kennedy Center to ensure that the arts are an integral part of American education. The KCAAEN brings together educators, school administrators, parents, cultural leaders and citizens from across the nation. Chattanooga High School, Center for Creative Arts was one of two schools identified by the Tennessee Alliance for Arts Education as a Creative Ticket Schools of Excellence during the 2005-2006 school year (Normal Park Museum Magnet School in Chattanooga was the other state award winner). Selection criteria at the national level included a review of the ways in which arts education is an essential component of the school curriculum; how the program creates and uses imaginative learning environments for teaching and learning in, through and about the arts; how the arts program provides opportunities for parental involvement in education; how the program provides opportunities for learning about other cultures through the arts; and how the program links arts education to community cultural resources. Chattanooga High School, Center for Creative Arts is a unique, dedicated fine arts magnet school promoting academic and artistic excellence for students. In addition to meeting the Tennessee state requirements for graduation in the college path, the school’s curriculum is supported by more than 70 fine arts courses. The physical plant, school climate and environment support students who share a passion for art, communication, dance, music and theater. The Chamber Orchestra, Choir, Choo Choo Kids, Chorale, Dance Repertory, Forensics, Musical Theater, Plays Well With Others Improv Troupe, Thirteen Lunatics, String Orchestra and Winds Ensemble present outstanding student performances throughout the year. Visual artwork and writing are exhibited throughout the city. Upon graduation students have furthered their arts educations at Carnegie-Mellon University, Fordham University, Loyola University, New World School of the Arts, North Carolina School of the Arts, O’More College of Design, Purdue University, Rhodes College, Savannah College of Art and Design, Stetson University, Wake Forest University, Wellesley College and Yale University. Graduates currently perform with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Joffrey Ballet and off-Broadway. The faculty continues to seek professional development in the arts and has recently formed an Arts Education Research Team in cooperation with Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga. The school has been awarded the International NETWORK Star School Award and is the sole recipient of the 2000 New and Emerging School Award. Click here to view the CCA application: Center for Creative Arts CT Application.pdf
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