Call For Nominations
The Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance (AEMS) is pleased to release the MARYLAND SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE IN ARTS EDUCATION AWARD (MSEAEA) nomination materials for the 2011-2012 School Year.
Unfortunately, due to funding cuts, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts School of Excellence in Arts Education and the John F. Kennedy National School of Distinction Awards programs previously offered in partnership with the AEMS Alliance have been discontinued. However, AEMS has taken on the responsibility of continuing individual school recognition through the MSEAEA. As a result of this decision, previous winners/recipients of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts School of Excellence Award in Arts Education and the John F. Kennedy National School of Distinction Award will not be eligible to compete for the 2011-2012 MSEAEA.
The MSEAEA is designed to recognize and honor individual Maryland public schools that have developed exemplary arts education programs, which provide a creative learning environment for outstanding student achievement. The MSEAEA provides an opportunity to illustrate students’ and schools’ success stories, to celebrate America’s rich and diverse cultures, and to garner local, state, and national media coverage for award winners.
- Up to 3 Maryland public schools will be awarded the 2011-2012 MSEAEA.
- MSEAEA winners will receive statewide recognition at the AEMS Alliance Cultural Arts for Education Conference in June of 2012. There they will receive a publicity banner, plaque, as well as ceremonial honors.
- MSEAEA winners will have the opportunity to showcase their school’s arts education program during the 2012 Cultural Arts for Education Conference.
Attachment “MSEAEA Nomination Packet” includes the following:
- MSEAEA Nomination Form,
- Guidelines for Nomination,
- Description of Outstanding Arts Program Nomination Questions,
- Nomination Checklist, and
- The Video Consent and Release Form.
Eligibility requirements for consideration are included. Samples of exemplary programs are available upon request.
The AEMS Alliance invites multiple nominations and intends to build support for high-quality, systemic arts education for all Maryland schoolchildren by recognizing eligible individual public schools that provide an arts rich learning environment for students.
Please return required nomination documents by the postmarked deadline of February 1, 2012. Winners are to be notified by March 1, 2012. Award recognition is to take place in June of 2012.
Arts Integration Conference
Sixth Annual Arts Integration Conference
Sponsored by UMBC and the Walters Art Museum
Saturday, February 11, 2012 at UMBC
Save The Date: The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in cooperation with the Walters Art Museum, presents its Sixth Annual Arts Integration Conference from 9 - 3 at UMBC on Saturday, February 11, 2012.
This year's theme is "Looking In...Looking Out: Re-envisioning Our World through the Arts." New this year: In addition to the keynote speakers and teacher, artist, and community member-led sessions, participants can choose to attend a tour and hands-on arts integration workshop at the Walters Art Museum. Keynote speakers include Arnold Aprill, founder of the Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE) and Reginald Lawrence, founder and artistic director of Ma'aT Production Association of Afrikan Centered Theatre. Advanced registration is required.
Additional information, registration forms, and Call for Proposals are available on the website: http://www.umbc.edu/education. Contact Tonya VanDerlinde for further information at tvander1@umbc.edu or 410.455.1362.
Advanced registration is required.
Registration and Proposal Forms
City Neighbors Foundation Summit
Offered as a way to bring the community and educators from public, charter, and private schools together to deepen the conversation around great education for Maryland students, City Neighbors Foundation is holding their 2nd Annual Progressive Education Summit on Saturday, January 28th. This year's keynote speaker is to be Deborah Meier, school reformer and author of Seeds of Tomorrow: Solutions for Improving Our Children's Education. Baltimore City Public School System's CEO, Dr. Andres Alonso and Harvard Professor and author, Eleanor Duckworth, will also be guest speakers.
The day will be filled with opportunities for "Questions and Answers" and will include workshops given by teachers from all over Baltimore. The focus of these workshops will be on instructional practices and ideas.
Workshop: The 21st Century Classroom - Educators & Teaching Artists Collaboration
Participate in a hands-on interactive demonstration of our vision for the future of education. A Teaching Artist and Teacher in every classroom! The Teaching Artists Institute (TAI) was established in 2008 by Young Audiences/Arts for Learning, Arts Education in Maryland Schools (AEMS) - a Kennedy Center Alliance, and the Maryland State Arts Council. Experience an arts integrated teacher-artist lesson in action and learn how you bring TAI to your community.
Visual Arts Specialist: Maria Barbosa boasts a 20-year science background; she holds a B.S. in Biology, M.S. in Microbiology, a Ph.D. in Botany, and a Certificate in Landscape Design. Maria's artwork explores issues of communication, misunderstandings, and the ways language and signs liberate or pigeohole individuals. Her installations and artist's books are exhibited nationally and internationally, and housed in multiple private and public collections. She is an active teaching Artist-in-Residence, an adjunct creative writing professor, and teaches professional development throughout Maryland and at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
Program Co-Director: Pat Cruz is the Education Director of Young Audiences/Arts for Learning (YA) and Adjunct Professor for Towson University's Arts Integration Institute. Pat taught in Baltimore County Public Schools for over ten years where she helped to develop and implement the "ArtsSmart" Program, which integrates drama, music, dance, and visual art with the Maryland State Curriculum in reading and math. This program helped to significantly increase test scores in CTBS and MSA. Pat has been recognized as an "Outstanding Elementary Art Teacher for Baltimore County" by the Maryland Art Educators Association. Pat has a B.S. in Art Education and a Master of Teaching with an Arts Integration Focus.
Program Co-Director: John Ceschini is the Executive Director of the Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance (AEMS), and has 15 years of experience as a principal of several nationally recognized and awarded arts integration schools. One of John's schools, Rockledge Elementary, was included in Harvard University's Why Arts Survive research which named that program one of eight promising arts schools in the nation. John himself has been recognized with numberous awards, establishing him as an outstanding educational leader and administrator. He has spoken throughout the world as an advocate for arts education and believes that arts education is an essential part of any school curriculum.
The event is to be held at City Neighbors High School on Sefton Avenue in Baltimore.
View the flyer for the 2nd Annual Progressive Education Summit for more details!
January 28, 2012
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Registration is open now for City Neighbors Foundation 2012 Summit at their website
http://www.cityneighborsfoundation.org
