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Whole Schools Institute – Creativity at Work!The MSU Riley Center – Meridian, MississippiJuly 18-21, 2011

SundayJuly 17

MondayJuly 18

TuesdayJuly 19

WednesdayJuly 20

ThursdayJuly 21

Hotel Breakfast 7:00 – 8:308:00-9:30ParticipantRegistration

Curriculum TrackDay 110:00 – 12:00



Keynote11:30-12:15Victor Wooten

School TeamMeetings9:00 – 12:00

4:00-6:00ParticipantRegistration at Hotel

Lunch 12:00-1:00Lunch is part of your

registration fee.

General AssemblyOrientation12:15-1:00


registration fee.


registration fee.

12:00 – 1:00Closing Assembly

LunchLunch is part of yourregistration fee.

* Arts Infusion 1011:00 – 3:00 1:00 – 3:00

* Arts Experiences* Info-Sessions* Arts IntegrationWorkshops

* Arts Integration1011:15 – 3:00

3:30 – 5:30* Arts Experiences* Info-Sessions* Arts IntegrationWorkshops

3:30 – 5:30* Arts Experiences* Info-Sessions* Arts IntegrationWorkshops

Dinner On Your Own5:30 – 7:00

On Your Own An Evening of ArtsExperiences

Victor Wooten inConcert

Participants wanting CEU Credits / Child Care Staff Development / SEMI credits should plan to attendall daytime workshops and both evening events.


Whole Schools Institute – Creativity at Work!The MSU Riley Center – Meridian, Mississippi

July 18-21, 2011

SUMMER INSTITUTE REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONSOn-Line Registration Closes: Friday, June 17, 2011

On-line registration is available for the 2011 Whole Schools Institute. Begin the on-line registration process at the Whole School website (www.mswholeschools.org).

We recommend that the project director register all members of the team. The project director should be the first registration entered. Please provide your SUMMER E-MAIL address so you will receive all updates sent in June and

July. The first person entered for the team (project director) will automatically receive a copy of all

communications related to the institute and a copy of the registrations for the entire team. The first person entered (project director) will receive an e-mail confirmation for all registrations

and will be able to copy individual registrations for each team member. You do not have to register all team members at one time.

Please print and read the following before beginning the on-line registration: Registration Instructions Form for On-line Registration Tips for On-Line Registration Workshop Descriptions

Please make sure ALL team members receive a copy of the e-mailRegistration Session Confirmation.

Check the Whole Schools website weekly in July for last-minute information and other specialannouncements.

www.mswholeschools.org

Number of Participants Per Track: We understand that some schools will want to send teams to some curriculum tracks, but please

take every opportunity to separate your faculty so they can hear different ideas. Sessions are limited to 25 participants. If a session is full, you will be instructed to make a different

selection.

Principals, Project Directors and Team Leaders:There is no dedicated principals’ track thi year. Principals, project directors, and other team leadersmay want to select some of the following sessions: A session presented by one of the workshop presenters from the Kennedy Center:

o Marcia Daft (Curriculum Track C2; Afternoon Sessions M18, M24, T38)o Lenore Blank Kelner (Curriculum Track C9; Afternoon Sessions M20, M30,T42)

A basic session presented by Kim Whitt, MS Arts Commission:o Arts Infusion 101: Starting with the Art Form (Monday-Session M12)o Arts Integration 101: Side By Side Instruction (Wednesday-Session W50)

One of these curriculum tracks:o [Visual Literacy] Fostering Innovation and Creativity Through the Visual Arts! -

Limeul Eubanks – MS Department of Education, Jackson, MS (Curriculum Track C4)


o [Civil Rights] Dream Big – With Your Eyes Wide Open – Althea Jerome, Hattiesburg& Kathryn Lewis, Perkinston (Curriculum Track C8 or Afternoon Session W57)

Other sessions to consider:o Using Arts Integration to “Take a Bite” Out of The Common Core – Keri Coleman,

Clarkdale Attendance Center (Offered twice: Monday-Session M23 and Tuesday-Session T37)

o Dancing African Folktales - Deborah Adero Ferguson, Foley, AL and John L.Sullivan, Memphis, TN (Afternoon Session T40)

o Rain, Rain, Go Away…Interpreting Science Through Poetry and Dance – DeborahAdero Ferguson, Foley, AL and John L. Sullivan, Memphis, TN (Afternoon SessionW56)

CEU / SEMI Credits / Child Care Staff Development:***CEU/SEMI/Child Are Staff Development Credits for Full Institute: Participants requesting credit forthe full institute should plan to attend ALL events during the week beginning Monday morning, endingat 12:00 on Thursday, and including the two evening activities. Register for credits on Sundayafternoon or Monday morning.

2.5 CEU Credits / Cost: $27.50 – Make checks payable to Delta State University 15 SEMI Credits / No cost Child Care Staff Development

***Registration for Credits: Participants may sign up for CEU/SEMI/Child Care Staff Developmentcredits and pay for CEU credits at registration on Sunday or Monday morning.

NOTE FROM MDE CONCERNING SEMI CREDITS: Please remember that 100% attendance isrequired for SEMI credit. Participants who miss any portion of the training will not receive credit. Allparticipants expecting to receive SEMI credit must hold a Standard Career-Level AdministratorLicense.

Registration Fees:Registration Fee Fee Includes Lunch:

* Lunch Mon-Thurs at RileyCenter

Meals On-Your-Own:* Breakfast at hotel* Dinner

Whole School Initiative Member Schools $2,000 per 8-member team$250 each for additional team member

Yes

Model Whole Schools $1,000 per 8-member team$150 each for additional team member

Yes

Past Whole School Initiative Schools $350 per team member YesArts in the Classroom Schools $1,750 per 5-member team

$350 each for additional team memberYes

Teams or Individual Teachers / In-State(Not part of the WSI Program)

$450 per person10 or more / $350 each

Yes

Teams or Individual Teachers / Out-ofState

$750 per person10 or more / $500 each

Yes

Presenters, Field Advisors, & Staff $0 YesCheck the Whole Schools website weekly in July

for last-minute information and other special announcements.www.mswholeschools.org

Registration: Registration fees are due prior to the Institute or at the time of registration on campus. As you make travel arrangements, registration will be open 8:00-9:30 on Monday, July 18 with the first

sessions beginning at 10:00. School teams may register early at the hotel from 4:00-6:00. The institute willend following the closing event and lunch on Thursday, July 21 at 12:00. (See schedule.)


Lodging: Schools will be responsible for making their own reservations. The MS Arts Commission will not pay for hotel rooms. Schools/participants must make arrangements with

the hotel for payment. Hotel Group Rates are being negotiated through the Riley Center and will be posted on the website when

they are confirmed.

Meals: Breakfast and coffee is on your own at the hotel. Remember, It is difficult to find coffee in downtown

Meridian in the morning. The Riley Center will have snacks and drinks for sale each day. Lunch on Monday – Thursday is provided at the Riley Center as part of your registration fee. Evening meals are on-your-own.

Parking at the Riley Center: Long-term parking is limited in Downtown Meridian. The areas around the Riley Center are two-hour

parking zones. Make plans to park in the downtown parking garage (look for the sign indicating “Event Parking”). You are responsible for paying parking tickets you receive. MAC and the Riley Center will not be

responsible for parking tickets.

Wednesday Evening Dress: We encourage you to wear something a little dressier for the Wednesday evening event with Victor Wooten.

The community in invited to this event.

For Additional Information:Contact us for more information or if you have questions about the registration process. [email protected] / 601-359-6040 [email protected] / 601-359-6037 [email protected] / 601-636-8980

Payment: You can print an invoice when you complete the on-line registration. It is also an option on the registration

confirmation you receive via email. Make checks payable to: Whole Schools Initiative. If you bring the check to the Institute in July, you will be given a receipt. Mail checks to: ATTENTION: Judi Holifield, Director – Whole Schools Initiative

MS Arts Commission501 North West Street / Suite 1101A Woolfolk BuildingJackson, MS 39201

Check the Whole Schools Website for hotel reservation information.www.mswholeschools.org



FORM FOR ON-LINE REGISTRATION

Project Director: Distribute this form and the Workshop Descriptions to all team members.Team Members: Complete this registration form and return both pages to your project director.Project Director: The completed forms will have all the information you need for on-line pre-

registration.

The school team’s project director should register for all team members.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Type of registration:__Whole School Initiative Member School __Team or Individual Teacher (In-State)__Model Whole School __Team or Individual Teacher (Out-of-State)__Past Whole School Initiative School __Presenter or Field Advisor__Arts in the Classroom School

SUMMER Email:

First Name (will be shown on nametag):

Last Name (will be shown on nametag):

Company/Organization(Use your school name as you want it

shown on nametag):Summer Mailing Address:

City:

State:

Zip (Postal Code):

Summer Phone:

Password: The project director will select the password that will be used for all team registrations.The project director will be the only one who can access information for the entire team.

Position:__Classroom Teacher (Lower Elementary) __Music Specialist __Paraprofessional__Classroom Teacher (Upper Elementary) __Dance Specialist __Field Advisor__Classroom Teacher (Middle School) __Drama Specialist __Superintendent__Classroom Teacher (High School) __Visual Art Specialist __Central Office__Physical Ed Teacher __Parent __Presenter__Library/Media Specialist __Community Representative __Other__Exhibitor __School Administrator


Name of Team Member: __________________________ Page 2Project Director: (Yes or No) NO YES

Will you apply for CEU Credit?(Yes or No)

NO YES

Will you apply for SEMI Credit?(Yes or No)

NO YES

Will you apply for Child Care ProfessionalDevelopment Credit? (Yes or No)

NO YES

Lodging:NOTE: Schools are responsible for making hotel reservations

and paying for their rooms.

HOTEL COMMUTER OTHER

When will your school team register for the Institute?(SUNDAY in the hotel lobby or MONDAY at the Riley Center)

SUNDAY MONDAY

Session RegistrationPlease make 3 choices. If your 1st choice is full, the project director can make another request while still online.Session 1st Choice 2nd Choice 3rd Choice

Monday, July 18Type of Event Time Session #sCurriculum TrackMonday 10:00-12:00 / Day 1Tuesday 8:30-12:00 / Day 2Wednesday 8:30-11:15 / Day 3

C1 – C11

Lunch provided by Institute 12:00-1:00 Participating? YES NOArts Infusion 101 1:00-3:00 M12 – M22

Arts Experiences, Info-Sessions,Arts Integration, Arts Infusion

3:30-5:30 M23 – M33

Evening: On Your OwnTuesday, July 19

Curriculum Track – Day 2 8:30-12:00 Attend same track as MondayLunch provided by Institute 12:00-1:00 Participating? YES NOArts Experiences, Info-Sessions,Arts Integration, Arts Infusion

1:00-3:00 T34 – T44

Evening Event: An Evening of ArtsExperiences

7:30-9:30 AE45 – AE49

Wednesday, July 20Curriculum Track – Day 3 8:30-11:15 Attend same track as MondayKeynote: Victor Wooten 11:30-12:15 Required Attendance YES NO

Lunch provided by Institute 12:15-1:15 Participating? YES NOArts Integration 101 1:15-3:00 W50 – W59

Arts Experiences, Info-Sessions,Arts Integration, Arts Infusion

3:30-5:30 W60 – W69

Evening Event: Victor Wooten inConcert

7:30-9:30 Indicate if Attending YES NO

Thursday, July 21Event Time Session #sSchool Team Meetings(WSI & AIC Schools)

9:00-12:00 Indicating if Attending YES NO

Closing Session /Lunch provided by Institute

12:00-1:00 Indicate ifParticipating

YES NO

Return all three pages to your project director. Please ask your project director for a copy of the e-mail Registration Session Confirmation. Check the Whole Schools website weekly in July for last-minute information and special

announcements: www.mswholeschools.org



PROJECT DIRECTORS: TIPS FOR ON-LINE REGISTRATION

Begin the on-line registration process at the Whole School website(www.mswholeschools.org). School teams and individuals will register on-line. Every effort has been made to make it

streamlined and easy.

We recommend that the project director register all members of the team. The project director should be the first registration entered. Please provide your SUMMER E-MAIL address so you will receive all updates sent in June and

July. The first person entered for the team (project director) will automatically receive a copy of all

communications related to the institute and a copy of the registrations for the entire team. The first person entered (project director) will receive an email confirmation for all registrations and

will be able to copy individual registrations for each team member. You do not have to register all team members at one time.

The registration process is very simple. Follow the prompts to “sign up now”. The first time you register, click “new registration”. Use your e-mail address. The project director will be the primary contact for your group. You will be asked if you are registering more than 1 person. Select the registration type (current Whole School, model Whole School, Arts in the Classroom, in-

state, out-of-state, etc.). Enter your personal information first. Remember your password. You will need it to register additional team members later. Once you complete your registration, you will see who is registered for your group (at this point it

should only be the project director). You will be asked if you want to register another individual, if so – click that box and register your

second person. E-mail addresses for other team members: If you put their SUMMER E-MAIL and mailing address under their personal information, they

will be able to receive e-mails and mailings concerning the institute. (As the first person on thelist, you will automatically receive these e-mails and mailings.)

OR You can use your e-mail address for each team member (or team members who do not have

e-mail addresses), but they will not receive e-mails about the institute. After you enter personal information for each team member, you are asked for a password.

Please use your password (which is already entered) for all team members. Each time you complete the registration process for a team member, you will see a list of

everyone in your team. If you are finished with registrations for the day, click “continue”. Your entries are not registered in the data bank until you click on “Finish My Registration”. TO ADD ANOTHER PERSON TO YOUR GROUP AT ANOTHER TIME: Mark “existing registration” Enter your email address Mark the registration type Enter your password to “manage current registrations”


You will see a box with your name, indicating how many members have been entered Click on “add another person.” You’ll be able to add to your group. You can also made other changes from the choices in that box (print registration records and

invoices; made changes to the group)

You will be able to print out registration confirmations with session assignments in two ways: When you complete the registration process, you will be asked if you want to print a registration

confirmation before you leave the site. The project director should print the invoice and submit for payment. Please print a registration invoice for your records. If you have questions about the invoice or

need a different format, contact Judi Holifield (601-359-6040 / [email protected] ). You will receive a confirmation via e-mail with information for all your team members. You will be

able to print each team member’s session assignments.



WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS

MONDAY:

Curriculum Tracks – Monday 10:00-12:00 / Tuesday 8:30-12:00 / Wednesday 8:30-11:15

Lunch & General Assembly Orientation – Monday / 12:15-1:00

Arts Infusion 101 – Monday / 1:00-3:00

Arts Experiences, Info-Sessions, Arts Integration, or Arts Infusion – Monday / 3:30 – 5:30

No Evening Event

TUESDAY:

(Curriculum Track Continues)

Arts Experiences, Info-Sessions, Arts Integration, Arts Infusion – Tuesday / 1:00-3:00

An Evening of Arts Experiences - Tuesday / 7:30-9:30

WEDNESDAY:

(Curriculum Track Concludes)

Keynote: Victor Wooten – Wednesday / 11:30-12:15

Arts Integration 101 – Wednesday / 1:15-3:00

Arts Experiences, Info-Sessions, Arts Integration, Arts Infusion – Wednesday / 3:30-5:30

Victor Wooten in Concert - Wednesday / 7:30-9:30

THURSDAY:

School Team Meetings – Thursday / 9:00 – 12:00

Closing & Lunch – Thursday / 12:00 – 1:00


SUNDAY, JULY 17

EARLY INSTITUTE REGISTRATION – SUNDAY / 4:00 – 6:00 / LOBBY – HOTELSchool teams should plan to register as a group.

MONDAY, JULY 18

PARKING – DOWN TOWN PARKING GARAGEMake plans to park in the parking garage (look for the sign indicating “Event Parking”). You areresponsible for paying parking tickets you receive. MAC and the Riley Center will not be responsiblefor parking tickets.

INSTITUTE REGISTRATION – MONDAY / 8:00-9:30 / RILEY CENTERSchool teams should plan to register as a group.

CURRICULUM TRACKS – MONDAY 10:00-12:00 / TUESDAY 8:30-12:00 / WEDNESDAY 8:30-11:15

C1 / Riley 2AThe Fibonacci Folding Book Project - Sarah C. Campbell & Julie Owen - Jackson, MSAuthor and photo-illustrator Sarah C. Campbell and librarian Julie Owen will guide teachers through afully integrated unit inspired by a simple growing pattern found in nature. Participants will takephotographs, write a poem, and make a book. Teachers should bring a digital camera, a laptop, andbe ready to measure, cut, write, and illustrate. Campbell and Owen designed this unit to help studentsengage more fully with the concepts in Campbell's book, Growing Patterns: Fibonacci Numbers inNature. The unit meets curriculum objectives in the elementary and middle grades in the areas ofmath, science, language arts, visual arts, and technology. Campbell and Owen will also introduceparticipants to the Fibonacci Folding Book Project online tutorial, a tool that participating teachers willbe able to access after the conference from their school or home computers.Participants must bring: digital camera, laptop, travel drive, & cords or card readers needed totransfer digital images from the camera to the computer, copy of Growing Patterns: FibonacciNumbers in Nature, Sarah C. Campbell, ISBN# 978-1-59078-752-6

C2 / Riley 2BMoving Through Math! – Multiplication and Division (Grades 3-5) - Marcia Daft – Founder andArtistic Director, Moving Through MathLooking for exciting ways to transform mathematics education? Move learning off the blackboard andinto students’ bodies and minds through active, child-centered, arts integrated instruction. Nationallyrenowned arts educator Marcia Daft spent twenty years developing Moving Through Math -- aninnovative approach to teaching mathematics that brings to life conceptual parallels between music,movement, and math concepts. “Moving Through Math” has been successfully piloted in elementaryschools throughout the U.S. Research projects document dramatic improvements in studentperformance. Students showed marked increases in interest in mathematics, enjoyment ofmathematics, creativity in mathematical thinking, analytical and spatial reasoning, verbal reasoning,and test performance.

Many students memorize the times tables yet fail to master a conceptual understanding ofmultiplication. Without this critical conceptual understanding, students have no foundation upon whichto build. This is the reason students often struggle with factors and multiples, and later on - fractions.Moving Through Math carefully builds students’ conceptual understanding of multiplication anddivision through multiple learning modalities. Students move in rhythm, collaborate in small groups,create and contrast algorithms, create and share story problems, and accurately use the language ofmathematics to clarify and deepen their comprehension. Moving Through Math teaches to the wholechild, and to every child.Participants should bring a jump drive to copy PDF files used during the workshop.


C3 / Riley 3DCreativity of Cultures (Middle and High School) - Emilie English & Leah Patterson – Tupelo MiddleSchool, Tupelo, MSGrab your Passport and come explore the creativity of cultures from around the world! We willdiscuss how to incorporate a school wide thematic approach through arts integration. You willdiscover art and artists associated with different countries and how to incorporate these through aninterdisciplinary approach. Be ready to take home some souvenirs, for you’ll make several originalpieces of art while traveling abroad! Bon Jour world….. HERE WE COME!Participants must bring: lap top, curriculum used in your classroom

C4 / Riley Green RoomFostering Innovation and Creativity Through the Visual Arts! - Limeul Eubanks – MS Departmentof Education, Jackson, MSThere is a growing concern among Americans that our students are falling behind academically andlacking the skills that will empower them to become innovative leaders in the world. For manyschools, the emphasis in education has been on passing standardized tests, but at what expense tocreativity, innovation, and “teachable moments” in the classroom? This course will focus on helpingteachers foster innovation and creativity by combining skills students learn in academia with theVisual Arts. Come experience, develop and create hands-on-projects to enhance active learning inyour classroom.

C5 / Riley Studio TheatreLiteracy for Little People: Literacy Connections and Making Meaning (Pre-school/K-4) - DeborahAdero Ferguson, Foley, AlabamaThis track is an instructional resource for early childhood teachers; uniquely combining literacy, familyinvolvement and strategies for integrating the arts – visual arts, drama and creative dramatics, danceand movement, and music – into all curriculum areas. This year science will be investigated with theuse of language and vocabulary found within children’s stories. Participants will explore the weatherpatterns of rain, wind and storms, and cloud formation by creating a literacy mural filled with collagedimages and original poetry. The sights and sounds of these weather phenomena will be developed inimprovised creative movement, drama and music. Using state standards and benchmarks theselected children’s stories will address science, social studies, language arts, geography and mathtopics. Teachers can develop arts-based projects linked to their curriculum for the 2011-12 schoolyear and develop appropriate teaching strategies with a focus on literacy. Teachers will also developassessment protocols for measuring the success and impact of their arts and literacy-based curricula.

C6 / Riley 2CSteppin’ Stones (Grades 1-2) - Lisa Geimer & Dena Kensey – St. Richard Catholic School, Jackson,MSLet’s take a journey in and through the arts while building core skills and meeting national standards.We’ll have a good time using inquiry-based instruction to evaluate and assess learning in theclassroom.

C7 / Riley 3BThe Play's the Thing: Using Shakespeare in the Elementary Classroom - John Howell – CaseyElementary School, Jackson, MSWhether you are a complete novice or a devoted Shakespeare fan, this workshop will allow you toexperience the process of developing a Shakespeare play for study and performance in theelementary classroom, with ideas for lessons incorporating music, visual art, and other academicsubjects.


C8 / Riley 3ADream Big - With Your Eyes Wide Open (Grades 4-8) - Althea Jerome – Hattiesburg, MS & KathrynLewis – Perkinston, MSDid you know that dreaming with your eyes open can change our world? There are many examples ofdreamers who have changed the world. This track will focus on the Civil Rights Era and the manyknown and unknown "dreamers" who helped improve the lives of African Americans from 1954 -1968. Using arts integration as a learning strategy, competencies in Language Arts, Math, SocialStudies, Visual Art, Music and Theatre will be addressed. Participants will be challenged to reflectupon dreamers throughout all time, who have changed the world...including ourselves.

C9 / Riley 3CBringing Literature to Life: A Dramatic Approach to Reading Comprehension (PreK-Grade 3)Lenore Blank-Kelner – Lenore Blank Kelner & Company, Arts Integration Specialists, Silver Spring,MDThis course focuses on the drama strategy, story dramatization. Dramatizing a scene or story from abook actively engages students with a text. They are able to retell the story in the correct sequence,paraphrase the story in their own words, infer appropriate dialogue for characters, and demonstratetheir understanding of the author’s purpose and theme. When they complete their dramatization,students are eager to interact directly with the text through reading and writing. In this three-partcourse led by author, educator and theatre teaching artist Lenore Blank Kelner, teachers experience astep-by-step approach for dramatizing stories in their classrooms. Once teachers and students beginto work with story dramatization the classroom is forever changed. As one student said, “I have neverbeen in a book before!”Participants must bring:**A copy A Dramatic Approach to Reading Comprehension: Strategies and Activities forClassroom Teachers, Lenore Blank Kelner & Rosalind M. Flynn, Heinemann, 2006. ISBN-13:978-0325007946.**A copy of The Creative Classroom: A Guide for Using Creative Drama in the Classroom,PreK-6, Lenore Kelner, Heinemann, 1993. ISBN-13: 978-0435086282.**3-5 fiction picture books with rich stories they use with their students**1-3 biographies they use with their students

C10 / Riley 2DArtistic Assessments (Grades 2-4) - Andrea Schipke and Casey Watts – Nora Davis MagnetSchool, Laurel, MSDo you find yourself thinking, “I want to do arts integrated lessons, but I have to prepare my studentsfor testing. How do I do both?” Then join us in this hands-on class where the arts and assessmentscollide. Participants will learn how to use famous artists in their classrooms to teach a variety ofobjectives throughout language arts, math, science, and social studies. Participants will also learnhow to create artistic performance based assessments to evaluate the students’ knowledge of theobjectives. Participants will leave with many visual examples to take back to the classroom.Examples include colliding Cubism and types of triangles, Van Gogh and measurement, O’Keefe andhow light travels, and many more.

C11 Session to be Announced

LUNCH – MONDAY / 12:00-1:00 / RILEY CENTER EXHIBIT HALLJoin other conference participants at for lunch. Use this time to network with other schools and/orreflect with your school team members. This lunch is part of your registration fee.


GENERAL ASSEMBLY ORIENTATION – MONDAY / 12:15-1:00 / RILEY CENTER EXHIBIT HALLStart your Summer Institute experience off on the right foot. Attend this session for overall orientationto the institute and last-minute announcements.

ARTS INFUSION 101 – MONDAY / 1:00-3:30

Arts Infusion lessons start with the art form’s competencies, and by using those competencies,connections are made to other teaching or curriculum areas. Select one of these sessions tosee how to these types of lessons can be developed in your classroom.

M12 / Riley Studio TheatreArts Infusion 101: Starting With the Art Form – Kim Whitt, Mississippi Arts CommissionVisual and performing arts will be presented as a springboard to deepen understanding throughexperiential learning. See how to analyze the use of elements and principles of the art forms; viewartworks in the context of history and culture; and make connections. Students will be able to see therelevance of what they are learning, and they can experience the application of content through thearts.

M13 / Riley Center StageDance 101 – Patricia Seymour, The Grounding Center, Ocean Springs, MSMany people become nervous at the thought of exploring dance, whether it is just for fun or formaltraining. However, it is not as complicated as many believe it to be. Basic dance steps are simplymore stylized, every day, pedestrian movements. In actuality, the “stepping” part of a dance step isless anxiety provoking when one realizes that there is a 50% chance of getting it right (i.e., steppingleft or right). This session will involve learning basic dance steps in a comfortable, non-threateningenvironment to enable teachers to use movement in the classroom and feel comfortable doing so.

M14 / Riley 3DMusic 101 – Jodie Austin, Kaneohe Elementary School, Honolulu"Without music, life would be a mistake," says Nietzsche and if you tend to agree, you will enjoydiscovering effective and engaging ways to incorporate music into your classroom. Through anexploration of the elements and national standards of music you will find innovative and inspiring waysto provide your students with a meaningful musical experience.

M15 / Riley 3BTheatre 101 - John Howell, Casey Elementary School, WSI Model SchoolMany teachers don't realize that they already use fundamental elements of theatre arts in theirclassrooms on a regular basis. This workshop is designed to help teachers recognize those elementsand use them to make lessons even more engaging for students. Drama activities can be used tocreate new avenues of student understanding and to assess that understanding as well. Although theactivities are mainly designed for teachers of grades K-5, they can easily be adapted to older grades.

M16 / Riley Green RoomVisual Art 101 - Limeul Eubanks – MS Department of Education, Jackson, MSThis session will explore the elements and principles of design and demonstrate how visual artsprocesses and vocabulary fit within the instructional objectives of other disciplines and can serve asthe central vehicle for evaluation and assessment. This is a hands-on session in which participantswill create various visual art products while exploring how these artistic processes enhanceunderstanding.


M17 / Riley 2ASeeing is Believing: Photographs in Nonfiction – Sarah C. Campbell, Jackson, MSAuthor and photo-illustrator Sarah C. Campbell will give teachers a behind-the-scenes look at thestorytelling techniques she uses in creating images for nonfiction texts. Campbell will featureexamples from her books, Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator (2009 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book)and Growing Patterns: Fibonacci Numbers in Nature (2011 Outstanding Science Trade Book forStudents K-12), and other high quality nonfiction texts.

M18 / Riley 2BPre-School and Kindergarten Geometry Fundamentals – Marcia Daft, Moving Through Math,Chevy Chase, Maryland“Moving Through Math” lays the foundation for spatial reasoning. Young children creatively explore“Meet the Shape Family” to comprehend and demonstrate understanding of line, angle, shape,composite shapes; and flips, slides, and translations.

M19 / Riley 3APlot Pickers – Jodie Engle, Hattiesburg, MSImprovisational theater is used to tell stories. As in literature, each improvised story has a beginning,middle, and end. One particular improvisation game called “Half-Life” teaches the fundamentalaspects of dissecting a story’s plot, choosing the most important elements to show the audience in alimited amount of time. We’ll talk about the comprehension lessons we can learn from improvisationand try this game out first-hand using familiar stories. Once students understand the basics of thisgame, taking comprehension tests will seem like a fun day on the stage! Please be prepared to movearound the space. Grades 3rd-5th would gain the most from this workshop, but all other grades inmiddle & high school are welcome.

M20 / Riley 3CCharacter Interviews: A Dramatic Approach to Reading Comprehension (Grades K-5) - LenoreBlank Kelner, Lenore Blank Kelner & Company, Arts Integration Specialists, Silver Spring, MarylandIn this workshop, teachers discover how to create and host an imaginary talk show, "Books Alive!" intheir classrooms. Students portray characters and even the author from a book and answer questionsin role. The questions encourage the students to make predictions, draw inferences and examine thetheme of the text. An amazingly fun way to achieve and assess reading comprehension! The sessionis led by Kennedy Center presenter, author and educator, Lenore Blank Kelner.

M21 / Riley 2DTopsy Turvy Formal Greek Pottery - Dr. Randy Miley, Mississippi College and Vicky Miley, PearlHigh SchoolAsymmetrical Form Existing within the Symmetrical Art can spark a unique approach to creativity.Concepts from Ancient Greek Pottery can help students today create their own visual artworks andalso connect to three or four other curriculum areas: English, Math, Science, History. (TargetAudience: Middle School through High School Levels)

M22 / New Session To Be Announced


ARTS EXPERIENCES, INFO-SESSIONS, ARTS INTEGRATION, OR ARTS INFUSION – MONDAY /3:30 – 5:30

Arts Experiences: Participate in professionally taught lessons in storytelling, creative dramatics,dance, music, and visual arts. Build your knowledge and skill bases, increase your comfortzone and improve instruction within your classroom.

Info-Sessions: Select info-sessions to learn the latest in teaching techniques, research, and artsintegrated curriculum.

Arts Integration: These sessions will show you how to use visual and performing arts as ameans to understand the concepts and connections presented in academic subjects.

Arts Infusion: These lessons start with the art form’s competencies, and by using thosecompetencies, connections are made to other teaching or curriculum areas.

M23 / Riley 3BInfo-Session: Using Arts Integration to “Take a Bite” Out of the Common Core – Keri Coleman,Clarkdale Attendance CenterWhat is the common core curriculum? What is it going to mean for you? What about newassessments? There are many questions surrounding the new common core standards thatMississippi and other states across the nation have recently adopted. This session will provide theinformation you need to begin planning ahead for what is coming your way, as well as providinghands on arts experiences to help you make the transition.

M24 / Riley 2BArts Integration: Grouping Games for Teaching the Language of Mathematics (Grades K-2) –Marcia Daft, Moving Through Math, Chevy Chase, Maryland

During Grouping Games, students move their bodies and work in groups to represent coreconcepts in K-6 mathematics. These experiences provide learners with strong kinesthetic, visual, andspatial representations of math concepts, while strengthening their correct usage and understandingof mathematical language.

These learning experiences embrace the multiple intelligences, or multiple learning styles,allowing for natural differentiation within the classroom. Students have the opportunity to experiencemath concepts through a wide range of learning modalities.

M25 / Riley 2AWhat Happens When the Five Essential Components of Reading Join Forces with the Arts?(Grades K-3) - Sara Elston, Nora Davis Magnet School, Whole Schools Model SchoolElementary teachers know how to incorporate the five essential components of reading into theirclassroom: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency; but can youimagine learning new strategies to teach each component, while infusing the arts? Participants willleave this session charged up and ready to incorporate many new strategies into their readingclassroom. (Target Audience: K-3)

M26 / Riley 3AArts Experience: Beginning with Improvisation – Jodie Engle, Hattiesburg, MSLooking for a way to release your creative energy while opening your mind to a positive place ofacceptance and brilliance? Try improvisational theater! We’ll learn about the history of improvisationand how it is used in unique social settings. Play basic games to learn about active listening,acceptance and appreciation of other people’s ideas, and team-building skills. Plus you’ll experienceways to integrate this art in your classroom! No previous theater experience is necessary. Please beprepared to move around the space. All grades are welcome.


M27 / Riley 3DArts Integration: Using Art Prints with Middle School and High School Students – Emilie English& Leah Patterson – Tupelo Middle School, Tupelo, MSHave you ever wondered how to engage learners? Have you ever wondered how to integrate thearts? Have you tried to use art prints? Well if you are in need of some answers this is the session foryou! We will demonstrate how to use prints in your classroom to engage students and help studentsthink critically. We will discuss how to select prints that you can use in your classroom. Come anddiscover all that your use of art prints has to offer!

M28 / Riley 2CArts Integration: Slide, Connect, and Learn – Lisa Geimer & Dena Kinsey, St. Richard CatholicSchool, WSI Model SchoolJoin these teachers to learn ways to use the art of movement to introduce core math skills.

M29 / Riley Green RoomArts Experience: Basic Ballroom Bash – Leslie Lee MarshallSo you want to ballroom dance? You're about to enter a world of class, tradition and loads of fun. Thegood news is it's easier than you can imagine; the bad news...there is none!! Learn the basic ballroometiquette, dance positions and ballroom basics! Let ballroom dance be your vehicle for fun, etiquetteand physical fitness ...and let your imagination and creativity run wild to the rhythms of the dancefloor!

M30 / Riley 3CArts Infusion: Exploring Biography Through Drama (Grades 4-12) - Lenore Blank Kelner, LenoreBlank Kelner & Company, Arts Integration Specialists, Silver Spring, MarylandThe drama strategies of Living Statues (Tableaux) and Human Slide Shows are perfect for engagingstudents in the exploration of a biographical text. Through these strategies students identify and bringto life key moments in a text. In the process they discover relationships between events, charactersand ideas, explore characters and their character traits as well as infer what characters might say,think, feel and do. This simple and intriguing technique promotes synthesis as students distill a textdown to its essential components and discover the author's purpose and message. The session is ledby Kennedy Center presenter, author and educator, Lenore Blank Kelner.

M31 / Riley 2DArts Experience: Printing with Woven Clay – Dr. Randy Miley, Mississippi College and Vicky Miley,Pearl High SchoolCombine weaving and printmaking in this art’s experience. Clay can be a fiber in a weaving and alsoa matrix for a relief print. Learn several ways to print with two types of clay that have beenmanipulated in a unique way. The textures are incredible. Learn how to help your students createthese unique artworks with an unusual combination of techniques. (Appropriate for all ages.)

M32 / Riley Center StageArts Integration: Movement as a Teaching Strategy – Patricia Seymour, The Grounding Center,Ocean Springs, MSKids love to move! So do adults. Sitting for long periods of time make us lethargic anddisinterested…our minds seem to wander when our bodies can’t. Using movement to teach anysubject can make schoolwork more interesting and easy to understand for all children. But, it isespecially effective for the kinesthetic learner who can be disruptive to a classroom of sitting people.A hands-on, concrete approach to most curriculum increases depth of knowledge. The mind-bodyconnection is very powerful and muscle memory is easily accessible as we build on concepts in theclassroom. This session will explore many different, short ideas for lesson planning using movementexercises.

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M33 / New Session To Be Announced

NO EVENING EVENT SCHEDULED – MONDAYMake plans with your group for an evening on-your-own in Meridian.

TUESDAY, JULY 19

CURRICULUM TRACKS CONTINUE – TUESDAY 8:30 – 12:00Attend day two of your curriculum track.

LUNCH – TUESDAY / 12:00-1:00 / RILEY CENTER EXHIBIT HALLLunch will be served in the Riley Center Exhibit Hall. Use this time to network with other schoolsand/or reflect and debrief about the sessions you’ve attended with your school team members. Thislunch is part of your registration fee.

ARTS EXPERIENCES, INFO-SESSIONS, ARTS INTEGRATION, OR ARTS INFUSION – TUESDAY/ 1:00-3:00


Info-Sessions: Select info-sessions to learn the latest in teaching techniques, research, andarts integrated curriculum.



T34 / Riley 3DArts Experience: A Southern Girl's Guide to Hula – Jodie Austin, Kaneohe Elementary School,HonoluluHula dancing is much more than grass skirts and shaking hips. It's tradition and history in and throughmotion, artfully combining dance and story telling. Native Mississippian Jodie Austin uses her insightsof Hula to share how this beautiful tradition can be used in your classroom. You will be involved in ahands-on, holistic learning experience integrating physical movement, music, cultural studies, andstory telling in your own classroom. In the words of Kamehameha V, “ ‘A 'ai ka hula, waiho ka hila hilai ka hale.” (When one wants to dance the hula, bashfulness should be left at home).

T35 / Riley 2AArts Infusion: It's a Snap! – Sarah C. Campbell, Jackson, MSAuthor and photo-illustrator Sarah C. Campbell shares classroom-tested activities for using digitalcameras to get students excited about reading and writing. Participants will learn how to create anaccordion book, a background habitat, and an author's photo. Some of the reading comprehensionstrategies covered will be inferring, imaging, and determining importance. In writing, teachers willlearn how photography can motivate students to write. Participants will also learn some activities forteaching caption writing.

T36 / Riley 2CArts Integration: Jam Session - Evan Christopher, Musician & Community Artist, New Orleans, LA

Great teachers recognize that they are in an ongoing interactive dialogue not only with theirstudents but also with the course material and even their own sensibilities. Every day in the


classroom, "on stage" is a jazz concert where one improvises responses to students' needs. From ajazz musician's perspective, learn to appreciate and develop your personal improvisational, creativespirit, gain insights in how to incorporate the unknown into your comfort zone, and learn to utilize in-the-moment "jam session" strategies, to convey ideas and stories in new ways besides "chalk andtalk." (Teachers only, no instruments needed.)

T37 / Riley 3BInfo-Session: Using Arts Integration to “Take a Bite” Out of the Common Core – Keri Coleman,Clarkdale Attendance CenterWhat is the common core curriculum? What is it going to mean for you? What about newassessments? There are many questions surrounding the new common core standards thatMississippi and other states across the nation have recently adopted. This session will provide theinformation you need to begin planning ahead for what is coming your way, as well as providinghands on arts experiences to help you make the transition.

T38 / Riley 2BArts Integration: Geometric Shapes and Transformations (Grades 3-6) – Marcia Daft, MovingThrough Math, Chevy Chase, Maryland

Many elementary students find geometric shapes and transformations drawn on a flat sheet ofpaper difficult to visualize and manipulate. When creative movement is integrated with the teaching ofgeometry, flips, slides, rotations, and other geometric transformations are literally brought to life.Physical movement develops students’ visualization skills, expands their geometric reasoning into 3-dimensional space, and fosters spatial creativity. Students experience lines, angles, compositeshapes, 3-dimensional shapes, slides (translations), flips and rotations through observation,questioning, and discussion, and the performance of mathematical thinking.

T39 / Riley Green RoomArts Experience: Celebrating Your Life Through Visual Journaling - Limeul Eubanks – MSDepartment of Education, Jackson, MSVisual journaling is a wonderful way to quickly record life’s experiences, feelings, and emotions.Through reflective thinking, participants will explore simple processes and techniques of combiningjournal writing with visual art as a means of self-expression.

T40 / Riley Studio TheatreArts Experience: Dancing African Folktales: “The Laughing River”, An African Dance andStorytelling Workshop - Deborah Adero Ferguson, Foley, AL and John L. Sullivan, Memphis, TN

“Dancing African Folktales: The Laughing River,” an African dance and storytelling workshop, is anarts experience and instructional resource for educators of all grade levels that uniquely combinesliteracy with African dance, creative movement, creative dramatics, music and storytelling. This artsexperience will introduce the theme of peaceful co-existence found in the story “The Laughing River”written by Elizabeth Haze Vega and allow participants an opportunity to recreate and present thestory. While learning basic African and creative dance movements and rhythms, participants willexperiment with creating rhythms and sound effects with percussive instruments and mastertechniques of storytelling. Additionally, strategies for integrating dance and music into language artsand other curriculum areas will be introduced, along with facilitating an understanding of how literaturereflects a universal human experience. This unit is designed to stimulate ideas for lesson creationthat allows students of all abilities the opportunity to participate successfully in the arts whileexpanding their academic knowledge. It will also provide educators experience in developing teachingstrategies with a focus on arts and literacy. Participants should wear loose, comfortable clothing, andbe prepared to dance barefoot, laugh and have FUN.

T41 / Riley 3A


Arts Infusion: Becoming Clever & Wise – Althea Jerome, Hattiesburg, MS & Kathryn Lewis,Perkinston, MSThis session is based on the folktale, Flossie and the Fox, by Patricia McKissack. Movement, theatre,visual art and language arts strategies are utilized throughout the lesson. Reading comprehensionskills are developed through participation in a storytelling circle. Through this trade book, students willlearn practical life lessons, such as how to respond to a bully.

T42 / Riley 3CArts Experience: Drama Every Day (Grades PreK-K) - Lenore Blank Kelner, Lenore Blank Kelner &Company, Arts Integration Specialists, Silver Spring, MarylandTeachers learn fun and effective drama techniques especially designed for early childhood students.Through chants students gain vocabulary and language skills and through story dramatizationstudents retell and sequence stories in their own words. Many of the techniques can be used acrossthe curriculum in daily classroom instruction. A fun "hands-on" experience! The session is led byKennedy Center presenter, author and educator, Lenore Blank Kelner. (Participants in her curriculumtrack will receive this information in the track.)

T43 / Riley 2DArts Integration: Fairy Tale Muppet Masters (Grades 2-6) - Andrea Schipke and Casey Watts,Nora Davis Magnet School, Laurel, MSIf Fraggle Rock, Sesame Street, or The Muppets were among some of your favorite shows as a childor if you have absolutely no clue what those three things are, then come join us and learn how toincorporate the work of famous Mississippian, Jim Henson, in your classroom. Participants will usevisual arts and theater objectives to create a Muppet and a skit for their own version of a traditionalfairy tale. Multiple Language Arts and Science objectives will be taught in this engaging hands-onactivity. Targeted for grades 2-6.

T44 / New Session To Be Announced

EVENING EVENT: TUESDAY / 7:30-9:30 / MSU RILEY CENTER

An Evening of Arts ExperiencesDiscover your inner dancer. Add to your visual arts skills. Prepare for your starring role. Uncover yourhidden musical skills. Participate in arts experiences led by local artists and institute presenters. Wewill invite artists to meet your demands. You will receive information on sessions, presenters,registering and meeting rooms at the institute.

Select one of the following strands:

AE45 / DanceAE46 / DramaAE47 / MusicAE48 / Visual ArtsAE49 / Activity To Be Announced

WEDNESDAY, JULY 20

CURRICULUM TRACKS CONCLUDE – WEDNESDAY / 8:30 – 11:15Attend the final day of your curriculum track.


KEYNOTE: – TUESDAY / 11:30-12:15 / MSU RILEY CENTER HISTORIC THEATREVictor Wooten is an innovator, composer, arranger, lecturer, producer, vocalist and multi-

instrumentalist. He is a skilled naturalist and teacher, a published author, a magician, husband andfather of four, and a five-time Grammy award winner. But those gifts only begin to tell the story….

Victor Wooten is always willing to share his gifts with all who desire to learn. Join your schoolteam at his keynote address and be prepared to leave inspired.

LUNCH – WEDNESDAY / 12:15-1:15This lunch is part of your registration fee. Use this time to share information with your team and beginplanning for sharing information when you return to your school.

ARTS INTEGRATION 101 – WEDNESDAY / 1:15-3:00

In Arts Integration, the competencies of the art form are taught “side-by-side” with thecompetencies in other curriculum areas. Select one of these sessions to see how to developarts integrated lessons for your classroom.

W50 / Riley 3CArts Integration 101: Side By Side Instruction – Kim Whitt, Mississippi Arts Commission andVisual and performing arts will be presented as a means to understand the concepts presented in the

content standards of academic subjects. Here we start in the subject content and align it side-by-sidewith the art content standard that is most applicable. Arts integration facilitates understanding throughmultiple opportunities and provides multiple assessment tools. It is about 'uncovering' the academicstandards, exploring their mysteries, and engaging the arts to create expressions of thoseexplorations.

W51 / Riley 2CPop up a Story /Event (Grades 3 & Up) – Janis Anderson, Gulfport, MSThis session will consist of learning to construct a pop-up page with 3 different techniques: thehorizontal "V", scenery flats, and straps. The emphasis will be on the techniques and construction ofmodels. Materials will be available to get started taking the design to completion. It is an art activitythat will easily lend itself to integration with language arts, social studies, and math (especiallymeasurement, symmetry, and angles). This project may be structured for group work. It is a valuabletool for events such at reading fair displays. (Target Audience: 3rd and up)

W52 / Riley 3B"Unlock" the Secrets to Classroom Success - AnnClaire Bennett & Ann Nelson, Oak GrovePrimary School, Whole Schools Model SchoolAnn Nelson & AnnClaire Bennett, two National Board Re-Certified Teachers & Whole School ProjectDirectors, will share the keys to using arts infused strategies to improve student achievement.

W53 / Riley 2ALove a Critter? Make a Book – Sarah C. Campbell, Jackson, MSAuthor and photo-illustrator Sarah C. Campbell shares the story behind her first award-winning picturebook, Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator. It all began when her 3-year-old son found a wolfsnail in theback yard. Enjoy a multimedia presentation that chronicles this odyssey of discovery that involvedmeeting a neuroscientist and raising snail babies.

W54 / Riley 3DCounting the Characteristics of Currency (Grades 1-3) – Jodie Engle, Hattiesburg, MSReader’s theatre, improvisation games, visual arts and movement are some of the approaches we willuse to understand the history, science, and mathematical elements of currency. This session will giveyou new ideas to introduce, explore and deepen your student’s knowledge of currency and how weuse it in our world. We’ll also take a look at a couple of books based on our theme and discuss ways


to fold them into your curriculum. Please be prepared to move around the space. Grades 1st-3rd

would gain the most from this workshop, but all other grades in middle & high school are welcome.

W55 / Riley Green RoomVisual Literacy - Limeul Eubanks – MS Department of Education, Jackson, MSReading and writing art can be used to teach literacy skills. Participants will experience how visualliteracy skills can help students become fluent Visual Readers using story elements along with theelements and principles of design in an artwork. By engaging students as observers and critics, theywill be able to apply this method of understanding to reading text and creating an artwork and viceversa.

W56 / Riley Studio TheatreRain, Rain, Go Away…Interpreting Science Through Poetry and Dance – Deborah AderoFerguson, Foley, AL and John L. Sullivan, Memphis, TN

The Arts-Infusion session “Rain, Rain, Go Away…Interpreting Science Through Poetry andDance” will allow the opportunity to explore the weather patterns of rain, wind and storms, and cloudformation through the lens of poetry and dance. Participants will experience a mini- workshop indance and choreography demonstrating modern, jazz and creative movement, followed by a mini-workshop in poetry culminating in the creation of the three poetic forms of couplet, haiku and tankausing words of recalled weather events and weather related life experiences. Taking the skillsobtained in both the movement and writing sessions participants will create an interconnected dancethat gives the poetry physical life.

The objective of this session is not only to give participants an opportunity to experience thecreation of art, but to examine the connections between literacy and learning that can occur whenpersonal experience and curricular activity are placed within an artistic medium. A deeperunderstanding is gained along with the opportunity to develop and hone problem-solving and criticalthinking skills. Additionally, this Arts-Infusion session is created with State of Mississippi educationalframeworks and benchmarks, and can be replicated during the school year in science, language arts,social studies, and physical education classrooms. This session is suitable for teachers,administrators and support staff of all grade levels. Participants should bring pen and paper, wearloose, comfortable clothing, and be prepared to dance barefoot, laugh and have FUN.

W57 / Riley 3ADream Big - With Your Eyes Wide Open (Grades K-4) – Althea Jerome, Hattiesburg, MS & KathrynLewis, Perkinston, MSExperience an arts-integrated lesson that introduces students to individuals in the Civil Rights Erawho pursued their dreams for America. Extend the experience by identifying others who haveovercome obstacles or tackled big issues in an effort to make the world a better place. This lesson isappropriate (if adapted) for students in second grade through high school. Arts integration strategiesin music, theatre, visual art, social studies and language arts are included in the lesson and can betransferred to other content.

W58 / Riley 2DArts Integration: Gems of Local History Taught Through the Art of Drama – Annie B. McKee,Meridian, MSLearn how to teach your community’s local historical facts through dramatization while addressingcompetencies in social studies and language arts. See how to introduce the ideas of script, tryouts,rehearsals, set building, and costumes to your students culminating with a presentation to school andcommunity highlighting local history. This production has many dimensions. It can be used as the BIGplay of the year or as a classroom project.

W59 / New Session To Be Announced


ARTS EXPERIENCES, INFO-SESSIONS OR ARTS INTEGRATION – WEDNESDAY / 3:30-5:30


Info-Sessions: Select info-sessions to learn the latest in teaching techniques, research, and artsintegrated curriculum.



W60 / Riley 3AArts Experience: Hula 202 – Jodie Austin, Kaneohe Elementary School, HonoluluDesigned for participants who have completed "A Southern Girl's Guide to Hula," Hula 202will reinforce hula basics as well as introduce new aspects of this art form. Through an introductionto oli (chant) and ne'e (spatial organization, moving), participants will see how creativity, or hana, canbe used in the classroom to interpret and actualize this or any art form.

W61 / Riley 3BInfo-Session: Technology on a Shoe String AnnClaire Bennett & Ann Nelson, Oak Grove PrimarySchool, Whole Schools Model SchoolHave a computer? Have Internet access? Learn how you can showcase student artwork andpromote higher level thinking through technology.

W62 / Riley 2CArts Integration: Jam Session - Evan Christopher, Musician & Community Artist, New Orleans, LA

Great teachers recognize that they are in an ongoing interactive dialogue not only with theirstudents but also with the course material and even their own sensibilities. Every day in theclassroom, "on stage" is a jazz concert where one improvises responses to students' needs.

From a jazz musician's perspective, learn to appreciate and develop your personalimprovisational, creative spirit, gain insights in how to incorporate the unknown into your comfortzone, and learn to utilize in-the-moment "jam session" strategies, to convey ideas and stories in newways besides "chalk and talk." (Teachers only, no instruments needed.)

W63 / Riley 2DArts Experience: Inexpensive Impressive Printmaking Made Easy - Jackie Jones, Enid, MSCreate an art print using styrofoam blocks and acrylic paints.

W64 / Riley 3DArts Experience: Improving your Improvisation skills – Jodie Engle, Hattiesburg, MSDo you know the basics of improvisational theater and would like to learn more? We’ll spend timelearning new games that encourage you to focus and use your imagination, teach listening skills, and


encourage teamwork. Together we’ll enjoy using the creative part of our brain and build amazing andamusing stories. You’ll leave with a better understanding of improvisation and a pocket-full of quickand easy games you can use to integrate the art in your classroom. No previous theater experienceis necessary. Taking the Basics of Improvisation (Session M26) is recommended before you take thisworkshop, but it is not required. Please be prepared to move around the space. All grades arewelcome.

W65 / Riley Center StageArts Experience: Cultural Dance Explosion – Leslie Marshall, MeridianLearn the origin and evolution of Latin dances (rumba, salsa, cha cha), Brazilian samba, and swing;and understand how they interconnect.

W66 / Riley 2AArts Integration: Knit It, Solve It! – Julie Owen, Jackson, MS

Knitting is all about numbers and visual geometry, created line by line, point by point, in frontof our eyes. Hands-on and hands-down, it’s pretty amazing what two needles and yarn can do—especially in the hands of students in the classroom! Knitting develops fine-motor skills, hand-eyecoordination, math skills, and bodily-kinesthetic intelligence. Moreover, a community of knitters in aclassroom environment allows students to develop interpersonal intelligence as they mentor oneanother, encourage one another, and share conversation while working productively. Knitting canalso develop key habits that lead to success in academics and future careers such as persistence,concentration, and collaboration.

Julie Owen will share how to introduce knitting in a classroom or after-school environment,discuss academic and social benefits of knitting, and provide strategies for using knitting to visuallyrepresent math concepts with real world problems in addition, subtraction, multiplication, area,perimeter, diameter, measurement, prediction, rotation, symmetry, reflection, estimation, time, andweight. Participants will learn the knit stitch and receive resources and strategies for further learningand teaching. Minimal knitting experience is preferred, but beginning knitters are alsowelcome.

W67 / Riley 2DArts Integration: Fairy Tale Muppet Masters - Andrea Schipke and Casey Watts, Nora DavisMagnet School, Laurel, MSIf Fraggle Rock, Sesame Street, or The Muppets were among some of your favorite shows as a childor if you have absolutely no clue what those three things are, then come join us and learn how toincorporate the work of famous Mississippian, Jim Henson, in your classroom. Participants will usevisual arts and theater objectives to create a Muppet and a skit for their own version of a traditionalfairy tale. Multiple Language Arts and Science objectives will be taught in this engaging hands-onactivity. Targeted for grades 2-6.

W68 / Riley 2BInfo-Session: Creative Sign Language – Betsy Walsh, Oak Grove Lower Elementary, Hattiesburg,MSHave fun learning and moving with sign language. No prior knowledge required. Teachers will learnbasic classroom signs and movement songs to use with hearing students. Sign language facilitatesclassroom management, mastering skills, and it encompasses all learning styles. You will take backthe tools to enhance you classroom creativity.

W69 / New Session To Be Announced

EVENING EVENT: WEDNESDAY / 7:30-9:30/ MSU RILEY CENTER HISTORIC THEATREEnjoy an evening of music with Grammy Award winner Victor Wooten.


This is a community event. Dressier attire is appropriate for this concert.

THURSDAY, JULY 21

SCHOOL TEAM MEETINGS – THURSDAY / 9:00 – 12:00Teams from WSI and AIC schools will meet with a field advisor for planning and reflection. Otherschool teams may meet on their own.

CLOSING ASSEMBLY – THURSDAY / 12:00 / MSU RILEY CENTER EXHIBIT HALLCelebrate the week by seeing clips from institute activities and hear last-minute information.

LUNCH / LOBBY OF MSU RILEY CENTER EXHIBIT HALLEnjoy your lunch and hit the road! This lunch is part of your registration fee.

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