Join us for the 2024 Professional Day for Arts Educators

$40 per attendee includes lunch.

Keynote speaker: Wendy Valerio, Professor of Music Education at University of South Carolina.

“Why Are We Arts Educators? Hope and Purpose in Troubled Times”

8:30am: Registration / Coffee Service (included in registration fee)

9:00am – 10:30am: Keynote Speech: “Why Are We Arts Educators? Hope and Purpose in Troubled Times” – Wendy Valerio

10:30am – 11:45am: Breakout Session 1

• Music Education at the Crossroads: The Impact of AI & Technology – Dr. James Frankel
• Movement Matters: Kinesthetic Strategies for Choral Rehearsals – Jeremy Wiggins
• Facilitating Student-to-Student Interaction through Improvisation – Wendy Valerio
• The Power of Pre-Band: Push Past Recorder and Build the Band – Brittany Bauman
• Podcasting: The New Voice of Your Students – Wayne Splettstoeszer
• Music and Arts String Repair
• Maximizing Lighting for HS Theatre – Oliver Wason
• Directing for Musical Theater – Anthony Depoto
• Resiliency for Educators – Jennifer Dauphinais
• Beadwork Culture & Identity: Color Theory Review – Corina Alvarezdelugo
• Introduction to Teaching for Artistic Behavior (TAB): Empowering Creativity- Kim King
• Exploring Art’s Impact: Communicate, Educate, Transform, Inspire – Aimee Jette
• Instructional and Behavioral Strategies for Inclusive Music Environments – Anthony Granata
• Creativity in Learning Interactive Experience – Apple Education
• Ekphrastic Writing: Art Inspired by Art – Shannon Marzella

12:00pm – 1:00pm: Lunch (included in registration fee)

1:00pm – 2:15pm: Breakout Session 2

• Rock-solid Beginnings: Technology Tools for Elementary Music – Amy M. Burns
• Everything Can Be Measured; Everything Can Be Improved: Temporal, Tonal, and Articulational Accuracy in the Choral Rehearsal – Kevin Isaacs
• Elemental Composition..taking the simplest idea from Zero to Infinity – James Allen
• Improvisation Strategies for the Classroom and Ensemble Dan O’Brien
• Arts Advocacy: Creating and Developing Essential Districtwide Assets – Rick Sadlon
• Soundtrap! The best DAW for Education – Wayne Splettstoeszer
• Music and Arts Band Repair
• Preparations for BFA Acting & Musical Theater Auditions Justin Cowan, Tim Howard, Pam McDaniel
• Inclusive Discourse in Schools and Classrooms – Jennifer Dauphinais
• The Secrets of Negative Space: Mastering Drawing and Composition- Corina Alvarezdelugo
• Introduction to Teaching for Artistic Behavior (TAB): Empowering Creativity – Kim King
• Coping with Uncertainty: Emotional Resilience for Art Teachers – Aimee Jette
• Stuck in the Middle – working with the MS changing voice – Jeremy Wiggins
• Building an orchestra for non String Players – Anthony Grananta
• Creativity in Learning Interactive Experience – Apple Education

2:30pm – 3:30pm Reading / Curriculum Sessions / Discussion

• String Orchestra with Fernando Jimenez
• Symphonic Band with Matt Doiron
• Jazz Ensemble with Jamie Begian
• Choir with Jeremy Wiggins
• General Music roundtable with James Allen
• Arts Educator roundtable with Rick Sadlon
• High School Theater roundtable with Justin Cowan