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DocuSign Envelope ID: 2E7A343C- DD67 -4CCF- 9973- C6DBD2418216 <br />Project /Program In the 2018 -2019 school year, in partnership with The ArtsCenter, <br />Summary <br />approximately 1,800 students in grades K -5 at New Hope Elementary, <br />Central Elementary, Efland- Cheeks Global Elementary and Grady <br />Brown Elementary will participate in curriculum- integrated art <br />residencies with professional teaching artists - 24 total residencies. <br />This program will allow students to participate in Arts -Based Learning <br />Experiences (ABLE) residencies, which are five -day residencies <br />designed around a School Show at The ArtsCenter. During the <br />residencies, teaching artists will go into classrooms for four sessions <br />prior to students seeing shows at The ArtsCenter, and then one <br />session following the shows. On the final day of the residencies, <br />classroom teachers co -teach alongside teaching artists, and <br />parents /families are invited into classrooms to observe what their <br />children have been learning. This provides professional development <br />for classroom teachers, and it helps parents /families feel connected <br />to what their children are doing in school. In addition, grade levels <br />often times incorporate the material from the residencies into parent <br />nights, family sharing events or even district -wide events. In order to <br />ensure teachers are also learning new instructional strategies to <br />teach curriculum they can implement after the residency is over, they <br />will also participate in at least one school -wide professional <br />development workshop on arts integration each year. This will be the <br />eighth year the Artist in Residence program will be implemented with <br />all Title 1 elementary schools in the district, and the eleventh year <br />since initial implementation with the first Title 1 school. <br />Project Start Date <br />August 20, 2018 <br />(no earlier than July <br />1, 2018) <br />Project End Date (no <br />June 11, 2019 <br />later than June 30, <br />2019) <br />Project Goals <br />The Artist in Residence program is an Arts in Education program that <br />integrates the arts into the grade level curriculum. The following are <br />goals of the program: <br />-To reach students with varied learning styles, thus increasing <br />academic achievement in the designated curriculum area(s) <br />-To increase student engagement and motivation <br />-To provide underserved students opportunities to engage in the arts <br />when these opportunities are normally limited outside of school <br />-To provide classroom teachers with professional development <br />opportunities on arts integration <br />-To bring parents /families into learning experiences, thus creating an <br />even deeper impact that far exceeds learning in the classroom <br />