Original air date: 04/01/2009
Duration: 13 min. 43 sec.
Program Description:
Fine Arts Specialist Sarah Fronczek
will discuss characteristics of quality instruction in the
arts, the arts as an essential part of a balanced curriculum,
the importance of ongoing arts instruction at all levels,
and the cross-curricular benefits of arts study. She will
describe attributes of arts teachers who demonstrate best
practice in the arts, attributes of students who experience
quality arts instruction, and the physical environment necessary
for quality arts instruction to take place.
Segment Outcomes
- Viewers will:
- Have a better understanding of the content and processes
reaching beyond performance and production that should
be found in quality instruction in the arts.
- Have an increased awareness of what constitutes quality
instruction in the arts and encourage administrative
support of arts teachers and their classes.
Resources:
- Best Practice, Third Edition: Today’s Standard for Teaching
and Learning in America’s Schools
Seven Zemelman, Harvey Daniels, Arthur Hyde
Heinemann, Portsmouth, NH, 2005
- Learning, Arts, and the Brain
The Dana Consortium Report on Arts and Cognition
Dana Press, 2008
Download a PDF version of the full report here.
- Critical Evidence: How the ARTS Benefit Student Achievement
Sandra Ruppert
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, 2006
Download a PDF version here.
- Arts with the Brain in Mind
Eric Jensen
ASCD, 2001
- A Whole New Mind: Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future
Daniel H. Pink
The Berkley Publishing Group, 2005
Web Links:
IPLA Standard Covered
Teaching and Learning Standard 1
The school leader: Instigates and ensures best practice related
to research-based instruction, curriculum alignment and assessments.
Culture Standard 3
The school leader: Promotes a culture that honors and values
diversity and supports the learning of all students.
Communication Standard 2
The school leader: Utilizes the diversity of the school community
at large and its resources to meet the needs of all learners.
Contacts:
Host: Susan Kertes
Assistant Director
Office of School Leadership Development
Indiana Department of Education
Sarah Fronczek
Fine Arts Specialist & International Baccalaureate Program
Coordinator
Indiana Department of Education
Don Gilroy
Director, Office of Digital Media
Indiana Department of Education
dgilroy@doe.in.gov
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