CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Unwrapping the Connecticut

CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Unwrapping the Connecticut Arts Standards: Linking the Standards to Practice (Webinar Two)

Introductions • Dr. Melissa K. Wlodarczyk Hickey, Reading/Literacy Director • Jill Goldberg, Retired K – 12 Fine Arts Coordinator, Vernon Public Schools, Arts Education Consultant • Angela Griffin, K-12 Director of Music and Performing Arts, Simsbury Public Schools • Cindy Parsons, K-12 Director of Visual Arts, Glastonbury Public Schools CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 2

Teaching to the Connecticut Arts Standards: Webinar Targets As a result of this three-part Webinar series, you will: 1. Understand the history and background of the Connecticut Arts Standards and Connecticut Arts Model Curricula Work. 2. Build an understanding of the Connecticut Arts Standards and the accompanying instructional shifts. 3. Engage in the creation of a foundation for standardsbased curricula. CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 3

Unwrapping the Connecticut Arts Standards: Webinar Targets As a result of Webinar One, you now: 1. Understand the history and background of the Connecticut Arts Standards. 2. Have engaged in the standards to assist in building an understanding of the standards and the instructional shifts. 3. Understand the Arts curricula writing process utilized by the Model Districts. CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 4

Unwrapping the Connecticut Arts Standards: Webinar Targets As a result of Webinar Two, you will: 1. Familiarize yourself with the new Connecticut Arts Standards and their implications for instructional shifts and change. 2. Following the Model District process, identify the unit to be developed and writing a brief description. 3. Select the standards that will specifically address/DRIVE the unit. 4. Begin to develop a Model Instructional Unit using Connecticut Arts Standards Model District Templates. CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 5

Connecticut Arts Standards: Building a Foundation for Curriculum Development Step One of the Process: UBD Standards Based Unit Development CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 6

Linking the Standards to Practice: Creating an Instructional Unit of Study FOUR STEPS: 1. Select the grade level and course content to be written/revised. 2. Select a unit/lesson which has been successful in increasing student learning and outcomes. 3. Write a brief description of the unit. 4. Select the appropriate grade level specific Contentbased Performance Standards that drive and align with this unit. CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 7

CAST MODEL DISTRICT UNIT TEMPLATE Unit Title: Subject: Grade Level/Course: School/Teachers: Brief Description of Unit: Statement pieces-reflecting personal experiences Standards: • Creating: • Performing/Presenting: • Responding: • Connecting: CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 8

Linking the Standards to Practice: Creating a Unit of Study STEPS ONE and TWO: 1. Select the grade level and course content to be written/revised. 2. Select a unit/lesson which has been successful in increasing student learning and outcomes. CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT 9 OF EDUCATION

Linking the Standards to Practice: Creating a Unit of Study STEP THREE: Write a brief description of the unit. CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT 10 OF EDUCATION

Linking the Standards to Practice: Creating a Unit of Study STEP FOUR: Select the appropriate grade level Performance Standards that align with and drive this unit. Link to National Arts Standards Nafme format of Music Standards CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT 11 OF EDUCATION

Example of Model Unit (ART) Gr. 2 Unit Title: Monet – Master of Color (CAST Glastonbury Public Schools) Grade 2, Art Glastonbury Elementary Teachers Lynn Lettieri, Dawn Mistretta Brief Description of Unit: Value/Light and Shadow In this unit, students respond to the works of Claude Monet and learn to apply value changes in a series of paintings as observed in a landscape. Students will engage in media/technique experimentation and development of paint mixing skills to develop various values of color through worksheets and observation of simple objects to scaffold understanding. The final series of paintings will reflect changes of value that occur due to weather, time of day and seasonal changes. Standards: • Creating: VA: Cr 3. 1. 2 a - Discuss and reflect with peers about choices made in creating artwork. VA: Cr 1. 2. 1 a - Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art. • Connecting: VA: Cn 10. 1. 3 a -Develop a work of art based on observations of surroundings. CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 12

Example of Model Unit (ART) Gr. 8 Unit Title: Personal Statement (CAST Glastonbury Public Schools) Grade 8/Course: Art Smart Smith Middle School (Glastonbury) Teachers: Holly Constantine and Adriana Cerasani Brief Description of Unit: Statement pieces-reflecting personal experiences In this unit students will investigate and reflect on a variety of American Artists from the Wadsworth Atheneum. The works selected for responding will cover a range of styles and time frames. Students will draw inspiration from the master work to create their own artwork/composition that visually communicates an emotion and personal experiences. American Art - Norman Rockwell, Georgia O’Keefe, Wyeth, Homer (examples, focus) Standards: • Creating: VA: CR 1. 1. 8 a - Document early stages of the creative process visually and/or verbally in traditional or new media. • Creating: VA: CR 1. 2. 8 a - Collaboratively shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art and design. • Responding: Va: Re 7. 1. 8 a - Explain how a person’s aesthetic choices are influenced by culture and environment and impact the visual image that one conveys to others. CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 13

Example of Model Unit (MUSIC) Gr. 2 CAST Glastonbury Public Schools Grade 2/General Music Unit Title: Rhythmic Composition Brief Description of Unit: Students will create, notate and perform a short rhythmic composition in duple meter using quarter notes, half notes, and rests. The unit will feature a historical and cultural study of a composer/s and given masterworks or songs. Students will draw meaning and make connections between their rhythmic compositions and the rhythmic patterns or ostinati in a master work or song. Standards: • Creating: MU: Cr. 1. 1. 2 b – Generate musical patterns and ideas within the context of a given tonality (such as major and minor and meter (such as duple and triple). • Creating: MU: Cr 2. 1. 2 b – Use iconic or standard notation and/or recording technology to combine, sequence, and document personal musical ideas • Performing: MU: Pr 6. 1. 2 a – Perform music for a specific purpose with expression and technical accuracy. • Responding: MU: re 7. 2. 2 a – Describe how specific music concepts are used to support a specific purpose in music. CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 14

Connecticut Model Districts • • • Brookfield Danbury East Hartford New Britain Middletown Glastonbury Find all of the documents created by the Connecticut Model Districts in the The Connecticut Arts Standards Model District Curriculum Documents on the CSDE Website. CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 15

Review and Update 1. You spent a lot of time getting more familiar and gaining a greater understanding of the new standards and their implications for change. 2. You identified the unit to be developed and wrote a brief description. 3. You identified the standards that will DRIVE your unit specifically addressed rather than trying to find standards that just “fit” the unit. CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 16

Connecticut Arts Institute 2019 DESIGNING STANDARDS-BASED TEACHING AND LEARNING Leadership Training for Future Arts Leaders Monday, July 8 – Thursday, July 11, 2019 9: 00 a. m. – 3: 00 p. m. at University of Hartford, Connecticut OPEN TO ALL ARTS EDUCATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS Find details and registration by clicking here on the Connecticut Arts Institute Link 17 OF CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT EDUCATION

Thank you! If you have any questions, please contact: Dr. Melissa K. Wlodarczyk Hickey, Reading/Literacy Director at Melissa. hickey@ct. gov. CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 18