Designed for elementary educators and administrators.
The Excellent Public Schools Act of 2013 has charged teachers with the responsibility of integrating arts education across the curriculum. Did you know that low-income students who are highly engaged in the arts are two times more likely to graduate college as their peers with no arts education? And did you know that students involved in the arts are four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement? There is new research and a renewed focus across the nation on the value that the arts have in a child’s education. What can this mean for elementary literacy instruction? While most teachers are aware that children exposed to dance, drama, media arts, music and visual arts do a better job at mastering content in the non-art subject areas, many feel ill equipped at designing integrated literacy learning. Explore ways to engage students through arts-integrated literacy experiences and discover how the arts can motivate students while building critical skills that support literacy learning and mastery.