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Come and join us in a new community of practice!
All are welcome: teachers, administrators, teaching artists, arts organizations, and arts allies serving the young people in Santa Clara County.
Through the Artspiration Community of Practice, we will engage with each other around specific topics impacting our lives to improve teaching
and learning in a virtual world.
Topics include ways to include new CA Arts Standards and Framework; social emotional learning and the arts; unpacking racism through the
arts; arts and the Black Lives Movement; and, indigenous ways of knowledge and learning. We see the arts as a tool for healing, connecting
to self and community, increasing student engagement, and nurturing creativity. The Arts are essential!
Announcements
PERFORMING ARTS AEROSOL STUDY REPORT 3
These results are preliminary and will be further defined as the study continues. These preliminary results are to assist in the safer
return to performing arts activities. This study focuses strictly on the distribution of respiratory aerosol that is generated while playing
wind instruments, singing, acting, speaking, dancing, and in a simulated aerobic activity, which may potentially contain virus. This
study is based on previous research that shows the virus which causes COVID-19 can travel in respiratory aerosol. This study then
was designed to identify performing arts activities that generate respiratory aerosol including volume, direction, density, and mitigation
strategies. Aerosol is defined as solid or liquid particles suspended in a gas. For more information, please click here, or use this link.
LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y3phmzv4
THE ART OF EVERYTHING
Leadership Series Hosted By CreateCA and CCSESA Join us for The Art of Everything, an interactive series on artful leadership to impact positive change and create more equitable
schools. Author Dr. Gary Waddell hosts guest presenters, leaders, and arts educators in an exploration of artistry, equity, empathic
design, and strategy. For more information, visit https://tinyurl.com/y9bbxlhj.
LUNA DANCE
Love, Move, Play: Dance in Early Childhood Luna Dance is offering a new virtual Dance in ECE course starting in February. Explore the essential nature of dance and movement for
young children. Teachers, teaching artists and ECE educators are invited to participate.
For more information, visit https://tinyurl.com/y3aj2pzn.
HOW WILL YOU USE YOUR CREATIVITY TO IMPACT YOUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY? We want to hear from YOU. The
Student Voices Campaign is an annual statewide creative arts challenge for students (grades 7-12) to make their voices heard!
Advocate for the education you want to see in your schools! Outstanding art pieces will be selected and recognized in Spring 2021. For more information, visit https://studentvoicescampaign.org/.
Seeking Educators for CSET Art, Music and Multiple Subjects III (Visual and Performing Arts) Subject Matter Advisory Panels.
The
Commission is seeking applications for educators interested in participating on
subject matter advisory panels to review draft subject
matter requirements for
redeveloped CSETs in the subject areas of Art, Music, Multiple Subjects (Visual
and Performing Arts). Art, Music,
and Multiple Subjects teachers (TK-12), and
teacher educators with knowledge of the California Arts Standards, are
encouraged to apply
apply. Panels will meet for online review conferences
on the following dates
CSET: Art (January 19-20, 2021) CSET: Music (January 21-22, 2021)
· CSET: Multiple Subjects Subtest III (Visual and Performing Arts) (January 26, 2021)
If you are a TK-12 Art, Music, or Multiple Subjects educator interested in applying, please use this link to apply: https://tinyurl.com/y8328axp.
New Virtual Professional Development course for instrumental, vocal, and general music teachers at all grade levels.
For more information, visit https://tinyurl.com/yctlqp6y.
NEW GUIDANCE FOR BAND & CHOIR CLASSES 2020-21
IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY
Can band and choir rehearsals be conducted in person if students meet outdoors, wear masks, and remain
socially distant while playing or singing?
Response: At the present time, the guidance remains accurate and reflects the best science that we have available.
Specifically,
Requirements
- Do not allow electives and extracurricular activities in which physical distancing (at least six feet) and face covering
use cannot be maintained at all times.
- Do not allow aerosol generating activities, including in-person choir, band, and vocal cheerleading activities
(cheers and chants)due to increased risk of disease transmission
As there is not sufficient science around aerosol-generation of band and choral activities, both indoor and outdoor
activities are prohibited at this time. We will continue to review additional science related to this topic and adjust
the guidance as appropriate.
In-person choir, band, and vocal cheerleading activities must be modified to eliminate in-person singing, playing of
wind instruments, cheering and chanting. We encourage schools to consider arts activities such as choir and band
rehearsal usingZoom or other distance learning platforms that allows students to participate in separate spaces
employing a flipped modelwhere practice is done at home or using distance-learning technology and in-person class
time is used for non-aerosol generating arts activities (such as rhythm study, music theory, music history, composition,
analysis, and more) may be done in person in classroom settings that comply with the guidance on classroom settings.
Counties on the Move: Arts Education for All Students
The California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA) Statewide Arts Initiative believes that the visual and performing arts are an integral part of a comprehensive curriculum and are essential for learning in the 21st century. All California students - from every culture, geographic region and socio-economic level—deserve quality arts learning in dance, media arts, music, theatre, and visual arts as part of the core curriculum. Every student needs and deserves a high-quality education in the visual and performing arts. This publication is a celebration of progress in improving and increasing arts education throughout California through the 58 county offices of education. It is intended to provide a glimpse of the excellent work being done on behalf of students in California’s public schools. The document also serves another purpose. Along with snapshots of how county offices are supporting arts education, the information reveals the statewide arts education network and supporting infrastructure needed to provide leadership training, program planning, curriculum, professional development, and resources in arts education. Written in their own words, these short descriptions reveal different approaches in reaching our diverse student populations in California. For more information please click
here or use the following link https://bre.is/DNVAyoDZ.
CDE 2020-21 Guidance for Arts Education
Arts Distance Learning & Updates
FALL 2020 Guidance for Music Education
With recent direction to cancel bands and choir until futher notice, educators are finding new and creative avenues to to teach. We would like to share some resources for PreK-12 school administrators and music educators seeking to provide meaningful music instruction for students of all ages and grade levels during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this unique time, music educators are modifying their practices not only in teaching, but in classroom orientation, cleaning, spacing and management. It is understood that, as trained professionals, music educators want to offer the very best instruction so all students can learn and grow in their knowledge, understanding, and love of music. This guide asserts that music educators can still do that, but also acknowledges that
how we deliver teaching may be different than in the past.
Fall 2020 Guidance for Music Education: https://bre.is/5Rzhn4Gn
Fall 2020 Guidance for Music Education (PDF) NAfMe COVID-19 Resources: https://bre.is/MLKm5faw
NFHS Performing Arts COVID-19 Resources: https://bre.is/hTF5zLBN
NAfMe and NFHS Updated Guidance Info: https://bre.is/XZKCBu6C
ARTS ADVOCACY FOR ARTS ORGANIZATION
As coronavirus surges in CA, we are not advocating to reopen arts until it is safe to do so and in accordance with public health. However, we are advocating for state issued guidelines so the arts sector can prepare to open and have parity with other sectors such as restaurants, shopping malls, cultural ceremonies, fitness centers and so on. We also want to be seen as part of the solution to the public health crisis offering an outlet for safe events and the mental health benefits of the arts. In addition, artists and culturally specific messaging will be integral to communicating the new behaviors we must adopt to get through this crisis. Wear a mask, stay safe and say home as much as possible. We are all in this together.
For more information, visit https://tinyurl.com/yctlqp6y.
NAEA will update this document regularly and it will be added alongside the existing "Tips for Returning to the Visual Arts and
Design Classroom", "Tips for Teaching Visual Arts and Design in a Distance-Learning Environment", and "Tips for Higher-Ed and
Preservice Members" to NAEA's Remote Learning Toolkit. For more information please click the icon above or use this linl
to see the flyer: https://tinyurl.com/y6qkwrer
EdTA has reviewed multiple guides, studies, and expert resources and synthesized them into a series of suggestions for the reopening of theatre classrooms and facilities. This document offers recommendations for how theatre educators can continue to provide meaningful theatre education experiences for their students in the COVID-19 era, as well as programmatic guidance for state, district, and school decision makers who are tasked with deciding how education will be delivered to students in the 2020-21 school year and beyond. It represents the best guidance available at the time of writing.
NATIONAL DANCE EDUCATION ORGANIZATION
The Nationial Dance Education Organization (NDEO) provides opportunities for professional development trainings, networking forum, resources, and tools for educators and administrators in the Art discipline of Dance. As we navigate through this time of COVID-19 and the social justice movments, NDEO offers various webinars, reading materials, and virtual meetings to support and respond during these challenging times. For more information, please use the link.
COVID-19 Online Offerings :
https://bre.is/AAwWfhEp
ARTS EDUCATION IS
ESSENTIAL
The following statement of support for arts education has been reviewed and endorsed by national organizations.
It is imparative that all students ave access to an equitable delivery of arts education that includes
dance, media arts, music, theatre, and virtual arts that supports their education, social, and emotional
well-being, taught by certified professional arts educators in partnership with community arts providers
For more information, please click on the flyer below.
 Arts_Education_Is_Essential unified statement.pdf
CREATE CA - #CREATEATHOME
The following message is from CreateCA, for more information please click the hashtag image above or
use the hyperlink below.
Art gives all of us the power to make meaning. Through stories, we understand how small details come to
represent big ideas. This week, as part of Create at Home, we’re giving you the tools to make sense of your
world with art.
#CaArtsEdChat on Twitter
Every Wednesday at 4:00 P.M.
Join @PCrooks_VAPA and arts education experts from across the state for a Twitter Chat every Wednesday from 4:00 PST. We are growing a statewide virtual professional learning community for educators, artists, and others passionate about arts education. Let’s chat about the new state arts standards, best practices, and the great things happening in your classes. If you have never Twitter Chatted, here is the
helpful website with instructions.
- By Gary Waddell, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent of Equity, Educational Progress and Public Affairs
- for the Santa Clara County Office of Education.
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