perpich arts integration principal webinar: promising practices for sustainability
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Promising PracticesCapable Team Leadership and FormationAccommodating Schedules and GeographyStrategic Purchasing/Minimizing CostsIncorporation AI into School- or District-Wide Initiatives
Arts Integration Champions
Teachers who already have a passion for the arts, resulting in a high level of buy-in.Arts Integration champions are not always are arts educators, or even those designated as team leader.
Sustainable Organizational Configurations
Small, stable teams
Repeated units that are refined year-to-year
Large teams with a stable core
Work centered around one overarching “Big Idea”
Several individual units designed in smaller sub-teams
Accommodating Schedules and Geography
Teams thrive when they are able to encounter their unit partners throughout the day.
Proximate classroom locationsOverlapping or Common PlanningAlternate planning periods for co-teachingCommon lunch periodJoint membership on other committees
Strategic Purchasing & Planning to Minimize Costs
Purchasing non-consumable materialsEx. Math manipulatives used to create 3D shapesClass sets of books Digital cameras
Planning units that involve minimal operational costs
Incorporation into Larger Initiatives
Arts added to overall school priorities (Ex. STEAM)Perpich Arts Integration Project work seen as good curriculum development that is integral to school improvement planArts Integration team leads Professional Development workshops for entire school