Inaugural
Woodruff Arts Center
Educator
Conference
June 3-5, 2014
June 3, 2014
June 4, 2014
June 5, 2014
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
8:30am Check in Check in Check in 8:45am Energizer Speaker (9-9:30am) - Susan 9am Energizer Speaker (9-9:45am) - Barry Energizer Speaker (9-9:45am) - Katherine Booth Stewart Mann Kelbaugh 9:15am Logisitics and Questions (15 minutes) 9:30am 9:45am Break/Head to Sessions Break/Head to Sessions Break/Head to Sessions 10am 10:15am 10:30am Alliance Theatre and High Museum of Art 10:45am Preview Session Sessions from 10am - 12pm throughout Sessions from 10am - 12pm throughout the Arts Center the Arts Center 11am Alternate groups between previewing 11:15am productions and browsing the galleries of the High. 11:30am 11:45am 12pm Lunch (12-1pm) - Community Canvas 12:15pm Lunch (12-1pm) - Community Canvas Lunch (12-1pm) - Community Canvas School Administration Invited Roundtable 12:30pm *Alliance Institute Teachers Specific Lunch Luncheon 12:45pm 1pm 1:15pm 1:30pm Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Young 1:45pm Audiences Preview Session Sessions from 1 - 3pm throughout the Arts Sessions from 1 - 3pm throughout the Arts Center Center 2pm Alternate groups between an open Symphony Rehearsal and Young 2:15pm Audiences Teaching Artist performances. 2:30pm 2:45pm 3pm Reflection and Closing (3-3:30pm) - Dave Reflection and Closing (3-3:30pm) - Teri Reflection and Closing (3-3:30pm) Holland Holbrook Virginia Hepner 3:15pm
Sessions during Lunch! 12:00-1:00pm Grade ALL Grades
Session Title Presenter Community Canvas Karin Mervis Lunch
Day Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday
ALL Grades - Closed Alliance Theatre In- Institute for Educa- Tuesday Only session for Current stitute for Educa- tors & Teaching ArtAlliance Theatre tors & Teaching Art- ists Staff Partner Teachers ists Lunch
Sessions on Wednesday, June 4th, 10am-12pm by Grade Level Grade
Session Title
Presenter
Focus Area
K-2
Designing My Dream Car
Courtney Bry- STEAM ant Jennifer Heyser STEAM
3rd - 5th
The iPad Comes Alive!: Augmented Reality and You
3rd - 5th
Story Power: Strategies for Integrating Storytelling
K-5
Assess Reading Comprehension in Jessica the Classroom Using Drama Espinoza Strategies
Literacy/Social Studies
K-5
Learning through Drama for the Kim Baran English Language Learner: Based on Best Practices from Georgia Wolf Trap Early Learning through the Arts
Differentiated Learning
K-5
Un-Common Core: Teaching Liter- Drew Brown & Literacy/Social acy Standards Through Visual Art Lauren Phillips Studies
6th-8th
Redefining Craft in the Classroom Shannon Mulkey
Literacy/Social Studies
6th-8th
No Mistakes! Tapping into a Child's Dave Holland Development throught the Playful Improvisation
Differentiated Learning
9th-12th
Bookmaking 101: Summative As- Debi West sessments Never Looked So Good
Literacy/Social Studies
9th-12th
Material Rescue: Using Design to Raja Schaar & STEAM Teach Lifecycle Analysis and Con- Catherine Mulservation ler
Barry Stewart Literacy/Social Mann Studies
Sessions on Wednesday, June 4th 1-3pm by Grade Level Grade
Session Title
K-2
"Yes, Let's!" . . . Active Engagement Strategies for the Classroom 3rd - 5th Using Drama to Explore Key Science Concepts 3rd - 5th STEAM TEAMS: Working Together to Make the Connections/ STEAM Using Design
Presenter
Focus Area
Barry Stewart Mann Any Connec& Jaehn Clare tions Jessica Espinoza
STEAM
Jeff Mather &Courtney Bryant
STEAM
3rd - 12th Dramaturgy by Students Across Kim Baran the Woodruff Arts Center
Any Connections
K-5
Listening, Making Inferences, and Storytelling Through Collaborative Composition
Janice Crews
Literacy/Social Studies
K-5
Redefining Craft in the Classroom
Shannon Mulkey
Literacy/Social Studies
K-5
No Mistakes! Tapping into a Child's Development throught the Playful Improvisation
Dave Holland
Differentiated Learning
6th-8th Voices in Motion: Using Poetry and Dance in the Classroom
Theresa Davis/Lauren Literacy/Social T. Studies
9th-12th Artifact-Based Learning in Sec- Esther Smith ondary Social Studies: How to let objects do the teaching
Literacy/Social Studies
6th-12th The iPad Comes Alive!: Augmented Reality and You
STEAM
Jennifer Heyser
Sessions on Thursday, June 5th 10am-12pm by Grade Level Grade
Session Title
K-2
Using Drama to Explore Key
K-5
Artful Reflections
K-5
Presenter Jessica Espinoza
Focus Area STEAM
Darby Jones/Michele Literacy/Social Mummert Studies Collaboration in Music: Simple Janice Crews Literacy/Social Games, Strategies, and Skill Studies Development
K-5
Un-Common Core: Teaching Drew Brown and Lau- Literacy/Social Literacy Standards Through Vis- ren Phillips Studies
K-5
Drumming UP Cognition!
Dave Holland
Differentiated
K - 12
Reaching All Our Students
Jaehn Clare
Differentiated
3rd - 12th From the Stage to the Page: Us- Ebony Tucker/Emily ing Drama to Move Students Yewell Volin Through an Exploration of Writing
Any Connections
6th-8th The Beautiful Enemy: Shape, Ellen Mitchell Color, and Form of Cell Design
STEAM
6th-8th Arts Bots: Integrating STEAM into the Classroom
Shannon Mulkey
STEAM
6th-8th STEAM and Design Thinking
Barry Stewart Mann, STEAM Jeff Mather, & Tafee
6th-12th Collisions with Dance, Music, Visual Arts‌ Take Your Pick
Valetta Anderson
Literacy/Social Studies
6th-12th Digital Storytelling
John Doyle & Daryl Funn
Literacy/Social Studies
Sessions on Thursday, June 5th 1-3pm by Grade Level Grade K-2
Session Title
Presenter
Georgia Wolf Trap Story Basket: Kim Baran Bringing the Story to Life
Focus Area Literacy/Social Studies
3rd - 5th We’re All in This Together: Cre- Jennifer Heyser & ating Meaning in Visual and Ver- Esther Smith bal Texts
Literacy/Social Studies
3rd - 5th Peering into Paint: The Close Reading of Images 3rd - 5th STEAM and Design Thinking
Literacy/Social Studies STEAM
Teri Holbrook & Nicole Pourchier Barry Stewart Mann, Jeff Mather, & Tafee Patterson Dave Holland
K-5
Drumming UP Cognition!
K-5
Collaboration in Music: Simple Janice Crews Games, Strategies, and Skill Development
6th-8th Arts Bots: Integrating STEAM into the Classroom
Shannon Mulkey
Differentiated Literacy/Social Studies
STEAM
6th-8th Assess Reading Comprehension Jessica Espinoza in the Classroom Using Drama Strategies
Literacy/Social Studies
6th-12th Artifacts, Field books, and Installations--Investigating the world Through Artistic Eyes/ Science and Aesthetics
Ellen Mitchell
STEAM
6th-12th Artful Reflections
Darby Jones/Michele Mummert
Literacy/Social Studies
We will have more detailed maps when we release the spaces for each session, so stay tuned! If you have any questions about anything you’ve seen please email mary.alice-nichols@woodruffcenter.org. We look forward to learning with you. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #WACEdConf2014 when you join us this summer!