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.