Kennedy Center Partners in Education
The Renaissance Performing Arts Association is extremely honored to be a part of the Kennedy Center Partners in Education program. As the fifth Ohio team ever to participate in this highly selective program, The Renaissance is partnering with Mansfield City Schools and the Mansfield Art Center to bring arts-integrated teaching to local K-12 students.
Read on to learn more about the Mansfield team, arts integration, and upcoming events!
August 16, 2011: Randy Barron presents "Scientific Thought in Motion" Workshop September 20, 2011: Mixer: Arts Integration 101: What We Know About Integrating the Arts October 18, 2011: Imani Gonzalez presents "Exploring World Cultures Through Music" Workshop In this workshop, teachers examine ways to help students learn about the rich diversity of cultures through activities based on authentic children's songs, rhythms, stories, and artifacts. Students learn about the lifestyles and values of children in these faraway countries and come to appreciate the similarities and differences between these cultures and their own. This workshop is focused on grades 2-6 and features techniques to adapt activities for other grade levels. January 24, 2012: Mixer: Connecting with State standards: Learn how to reach goals...the fun way! March, 2012: Workshop: Presenter TBA May 1, 2012: Mixer: Mix & Share: Share lessons learned this year and brainstorm for next year. Arts integration is an approach to teaching in which students engage in a creative process that connects an art form, such as dancing or singing, with another subject area, such as math or reading. Since not all students learn the same way, the arts integration approach reaches students despite these differences-whether a child learns best by talking, seeing, singing, or writing, arts integration accommodates many diverse learning styles in one classroom. The Kennedy partnership offers a wealth of resources to Mansfield teachers, who will now have access to a variety of local, state, and national teaching artists in their own classrooms. A series of professional development workshops throughout the coming years will help teachers learn how to seamlessly integrate arts activities into lesson plans to not only help students be more engaged in school, but also retain information better and achieve their greatest learning potential. The Mansfield partnership team (a.k.a. the Ohio 2010 team) vied for a spot in the prestigious program against numerous other teams across the nation, and was inducted into the program in May 2010. Mansfield is one of only 100 partnership sites across the United States. The Kennedy Center Partners in Education program represents a great honor for The Renaissance, the Mansfield Art Center, and Mansfield City Schools, and the program looks to have a positive impact on the lives of thousands of Mansfield City Schools K-12 students and teachers over the coming years. Mike Miller, President/CEO, The Renaissance 2011-2012 Events* for MCS Teachers
Randy Barron guides teachers in easy-to-duplicate lesson plans, which draw upon students' kinesthetic,
visual, and musical intelligence to increase their achievement in science and strengthen their repertoire of learning and social skills. Participants will leave the workshop with a set of immediately useful movement activities for classroom study of the water cycle and the systems of the human body (grades 3-12), along with the skills necessary to adapt those activities to teach other curriculum ideas and grade levels. *All partnership events are: free, able to be used for CEU credits, and include refreshments. You must register in advance to attend workshops. To register, or for more information, contact Chelsie Taylor: chelsie@mansfieldtickets or 419-522-2726 x 251.
What is Arts Integration?
The Mansfield Partnership
Team Members:
Chelsie Taylor, Symphony Operations & Education Manager, The Renaissance
Mary Cabrera Kennard, Outreach/Education Coordinator, Mansfield Art Center
Jody Nash, Principal of Spanish Immersion School, Mansfield City Schools
