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our new
2007-08 Education Brochure
Welcome to the year of the whole child as we at MACC, in partnership with DOE, Kamehameha Schools Maui, and the educational institutions and arts organizations we work with continue to provide innovative arts programs for teachers and students.
We now have 3 professional development credit courses for you during the school year as well as the summer institute. (See information on P.D. credits.) Both the workshops for teachers and performances for students have a strong emphasis on storytelling – “How the Arts Communicate” and cultural awareness - “How the Arts Shape and Reflect Culture.” You’ll find your favorite presenters back this year plus some new ones.
We hope that the workshops, performances, and CanDo! Days are contributing to developing the “whole teacher” and the “whole student,” and we encourage you to read Daniel Pink’s fascinating book, A Whole New Mind. A quote to entice you:
“In a world deluged with data, and choked with choices, the abilities that matter most are now closer in spirit to the specialties of the right hemisphere [of the brain] - artistry, empathy, seeing the big picture, and pursuing the transcendent.”
Come with a friend to a workshop! Bring your class to performances! We are here to help your school implement a quality arts education program – for the whole child. Let us hear from you!
Our arts-in-education programs continue to provide:
- Standards based professional development for teachers and teaching artists,
- Performances, Celebrating the Artist In Us and CanDo! Days for students, and
- Research into how the arts impact student learning and teacher practice.
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The
Maui Arts & Cultural Center and
the State Department of Education, Maui District,
joined the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing
Arts’ program Partners in Education in
May 1995. In 2004, Kamehameha Schools
Maui joined the partnership.
Partnership team members are MACC’s Education Director
Susana Browne, DOE District Complex Superintendent
Ken Nomura, Hai‘ku School teacher Linda Holt, and
Kamehameha Schools Maui’s Curriculum Director Doug
Holt.
Ten years ago, in school year 1995–96, CanDo!
Days, teacher
workshops, and performances
for students became a cornerstone of The MACC’s
programs. A whole generation of kids is growing
up and coming to The Center. Nearly 700 teachers
have taken one or more professional development
workshops on teaching in, through, and about the
arts. We’ve awarded 242 Certificate of Study Awards
to teachers who completed 32 hours of workshops.
The Kennedy Center has supported three educational
research projects which include Kula and Kihei Schools.
The Hawai‘i ’95 Partners in Education team has become
a national leader in arts education!
Whether you are a veteran of our arts education
programs or a newcomer, we welcome you to sign up
for workshops, performances, and CanDo! Days. Let
us know if your school is interested in becoming
an Arts Partner school. (More information below.)
You might want to have a visiting artist come to
your school, or maybe have an arts integrated workshop
at a staff development waiver day. We are here for
your educational needs!
For
more information about The MACC's education programs,
call Susana Browne at 242-2787 ext 234 or email
susana@mauiarts.org
Arts in Partnership
Is your principal supportive of integrating the arts across the curriculum? Do you have several teachers who regularly attend workshops and institutes at MACC? Then your school may want to become an Arts Partner School. We work closely with these schools to collaborate on arts-infused projects, identify and share resources, and facilitate networking. Arts Partner Schools for school year 2005–06 are Hai‘ku, Kamehameha, Kula and Kihei Schools.
Call Susana at 242-2787, ext. 234 or email susana@mauiarts.org for more information.
Research Project
KULA SCHOOL PROJECT
Kula School Action Research Project In the fall 2002, through their participation in the Kennedy Center’s Partners in Education Program, the Hawaii State Department of Education, Maui District and Maui Arts & Cultural Center committed to a multi-year project to look closely at exactly how the arts impact student achievement.
Click here to read more about this project and the conclusions it has reached thus far.
Kihei School Reaserch Project
“IMPROVING WRITING THROUGH IMAGE MAKING,” a multi-year project at Kihei School began in 2005-06 and involves professional development of teachers, in-school artist residencies, and collecting and analyzing data on how specific imaginative writing strategies, coupled with visual arts lessons, improves student writing and teachers’ instruction in writing.
The goal is to develop a unique approach to teaching writing that integrates visual arts and imaginative writing strategies with the 6 + 1 Traits of Writing (ideas, sentence fluency, organization, word choice, voice, conventions, and presentation.)
Click here to read more about this project
Education Resource Links:
Hawai`i Alliance for Arts Education
Kennedy Center Arts Edge
Arts Education Partnership |
