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The definition begins with the assertion that arts integration is larger than an activity... 

 

APPROACH

- approach to teaching that is embedded in one's daily practice.

UNDERSTANDING 

 - provides multiple ways for students to make sense of what they learn

- provide multiple ways for students to make their learning visible

- challenges students to take the information and facts they have learned and do something with them to build deeper understanding 

ART FORM 

- learning is evident in the products they create

CREATIVE PROCESS

- engagement in the creative process 

   - they must create something that is original and of value

CONNECTS

- interdisciplinary connections

   - connections made between a specific art form and a specific curriculum area

EVOLVING OBJECTIVES

- students are accountable for significant learning in both the art form and the other subject. 

Arts Integration

Arts Integration is an approach to teaching in which students construct and demonstrate understanding through an art form.  Students engage in a creative process which connects an art form and another subject area and meets evolving objectives in both.

ARTREACH
APRIL 2015

 

Whitewater Unified School District and University of Wisconsin - Whitewater establish a working opportunity together through ArtReach.   In April 2015, UW-W presented the grant and initial work was aligned.

 

 The Mission of ArtReach
Through an arts-based lens, the purpose of the ArtReach grant partnership is to better understand and prepare stakeholders to implement arts-based assessment strategies and reflective teacher practice strategies to support the implementation of edTPA for schools, teachers, and colleges of education. Additionally, this project will create sustainable and collaborative relationships between the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (UW-Whitewater),Whitewater Unified School District (WUSD) and their community, and arts-based non-profit organizations in order to fully prepare generalist and art specialist pre-service teachers through arts teaching, learning, and assessment practices.

 
Events & Workshops

2017-2018 School Year Workshops 

Creating Courageous Learners: Kick-starting Interdisciplinary Learning in Secondary Schools 

August 17, 2017 1-3pm (WW High School)

December 12, 2017 4-6pm(Marshall Middle School - JVL)

Arts Integration 101 

September 12, 2017 4-7pm

Monroe Elementary (JVL)

Storytelling Goes to School 

September 26, 4-7pm

Young Auditorium 

Telling Folktales with Shadow Puppets 

October 23, 2017 4-7pm

Kennedy Elementary School (JVL)

Living Pictures: A Theatrical Technique for Learning Across the Curriculum 

November 1, 2017 4-6pm, PART 2 November 8 4-6pm

Whitewater High School 

November 2, 2017 4-6pm, PART 2 November 9 4-6pm

Kennedy Elementary (JVL)

Words Alive! Building Vocabulary and Stimulating Writing

January 9, 2018 4-6pm, PART 2 January 23 4-6pm

Monroe Elementary (JVL)

Wisconsin American Indian History and Act 31: What You Need to Know as an Educator 

April 17, 2018 4-7pm

Kennedy Elementary (JVL)

It's All Connected 

April 30, 2018 4-7pm

Young Auditorium 

Upcoming Events
2017-2018 

WWUSD, UW-W Young Auditorium and Janesville School District have developed a partnership to develop and promote Arts Integration into WWUSD. 

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