Erin Orr ArtsConnection's Artist Mentor and Curriculum Specialist walks us through how to use, submit, and get paid for your Residency Map
The ArtsConnection Framework
The ArtsConnection Framework shares the ABCs of liberatory and joyful learning as well as our research-based teaching approaches to create socially just learning environments that strengthen the diverse voices of NYC’s children and youth, cultivating their arts and academic skills for success in a changing world
The Blueprints for Teaching and Learning in the Arts provide teachers with a path to follow for developing curriculum in all arts disciplines, and provide benchmarks for what children shou...
In this resource, you will find questions to guide your planning meeting so that you can gather necessary information about the students and build collaborative and respectful relationship...
ArtsConnection has been researching how to support all learners through the arts since 2001. Our decades of experience in this field have provided us with vast resources to support you in the classroom.
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Creative Learning Loop
The Creative Learning Loop
In making original artistic work, students continuously collaborate, share and use feedback to revise. Engaging in the Creative Learning Loop builds stude...
When students lower their affective filter in the arts, they make themselves more open and available for learning.
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Focus on Process
Support learning by treating students as artists who are in charge of their own creative process, and observing how they work rather than evaluating the outcome
Tips for Artists on how to use visual aids to support understanding and engagement. Not all visual supports are created equal. Each type of visual support can serve a different purpose. The visual can be a literal representation of a word or concept (such as showing an image of a beach because the story takes place in that setting) or conceptual in that the v...
Download, print, or share these common vocabulary terms below for Visual/Media Arts, Theater, Music, Literary Arts, Dance, and Photography/Filmmaking for use in your next arts residency.
The artistic process brings MLs out of their shells and engages them deeply. With a more complete understanding and a few tricks up their sleeves, Teaching Artists can create a rich learning experience for students who are learning English.
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Understanding the Experience of MLs
Multilingual Learners immersed in an English-dominant school setting have a complex set of intellectual and emotional reactions. Professor Jennifer Stengel-Mohr leads teachers and teaching artists through unpacking their students’ experiences.
What are realistic expectations and how do I differentiate to support MLs? This chart explains the terminology schools use and shows the levels in the language learning process.
Planning and Facilitating an Inclusive Lesson takes a bit of intentionality. We highly recommend collaborating with the Classroom teachers as they will have many supports and strategies already in place and have knowledge of their individual stu...
Strategies for Supporting SwD
These strategies can be used for general inclusive planning, for specific preparation for a class after learning about your students, or to make adjustments based on the behaviors that you...
Words matter. Consider the way you are speaking to and about students regarding all aspects of their identities. Insensitive or outdated word choices can reinforce stereotypes.
NYCPS and the Mayor’s Office are committed to protecting the right of every student to attend public school, regardless of immigration status, national origin, or religion. NYCPS does no...