Tweet It has been an exciting few months planning and getting registrants for the first ever Winter Teacher Art Retreat! With only 2 spots left, I thought I’d share the schedule we plan to enjoy in the hopes that we can make this a sell out event! Meals and lodging are included and there are […]
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Tweet I write the words Teacher-Centered PD with pride when I advertise the Teacher Art Retreat each year. But I know that not everyone sees that as a legitimate way to spend PD time. “Student-Centered” is what we need to focus on, and I agree. Of course education is about doing what’s best for the […]
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Tweet Please enjoy a pre-reflection from one of this year’s Retreaters. Dara is a HS English teacher who strives to bring arts integration into her work with students. As this summer’s retreat begins, reflect with her on the importance of arts in the classroom as well as quality arts-infused PD for teachers. ~EMP I was […]
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Tweet Rejuvenating! Having Conversations, Making Connections Total Participation Creating and Sharing These are some of the responses that were told to me in the last 20 minutes of past Teacher Art Retreats. I don’t want you to miss out on this type of amazing experience! I am always so energized by the time we have together at […]
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Tweet What does it mean to imagine, create and innovate? These three powerful concepts should be what drives education. More importantly they should drive professional development. I like to think of the relationship among these ideas as an ongoing cycle that feeds into another. With inspiring professional development, teachers have time to be creative through […]
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Tweet Every year, Plymouth State University in New Hampshire organizes a wonderful integrated arts conference. Here is a run down of what you can expect. If you are interested in attending, please be sure to click the link for more information. ~EMP All elementary and secondary teachers involved with the arts, special education and […]
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Tweet It’s summertime and so many teachers are thinking about taking a class or two (along with going to the beach and catching up on some personal reading.) Today I’d like to take a few moments and go over some of the reasons I’ve heard people don’t think they should attend the retreat. And guess […]
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Tweet What a wonderful first couple of days at the retreat! We have been working on our shadow puppet shows with Judith O’Hare of You and Me Puppets which we cannot wait to see. The amazing collaboration and creativity that is coming out of our retreaters is amazing! On Monday we moved with Deirdre Moore […]
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Tweet Today is the 2014 Connectivity Conference: gathering STEAM! I am excited and honored to have been presenting at this conference every year since it began three years ago. This year, my presentation is called “Does the A Really Fit into STEM?” at 12:15 pm EST. I hope some of you Inspired Classroom readers will be […]
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