Professional Programs and Institutes
Institute for Educators -
“Drama and Music: Powerful Tools for Teaching Reading and Writing”
Dates: August 2 – 6, 2010
Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Credit: This institute will be offered as training taken either for a certificate of completion or for 3 graduate credits.
*Visiting Students Apply here for the Institute*
*CUA students register on Cardinal Station Beginning March 15, 2010*
Description: This summer institute for educators and teaching artists provides in-depth instruction, hands-on practice, and observation on how to integrate curriculum instruction with the classroom drama strategy, Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre. This highly effective strategy is the topic of the book by institute presenter and CUA professor Dr. Rosalind Flynn, Dramatizing the Content With Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre (The International Reading Association, 2007).Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre (CBRT) is a rehearsed group presentation of an original script based on curriculum content that is read aloud, not memorized. Institute participants will learn ways to strengthen students’ oral expression and reading fluency by merging the methods that co-presenter, musician Marcia Daft, calls Word Painting with CBRT. Combining concepts from music (rhythm, rhyme, meter, expression, tempo, and dynamics) with CBRT—(script-writing, revising, rehearsing, and performing), provides a practical and effective way to integrate basic elements of two art forms in artistic learning experiences that also enhance students’ reading comprehension and fluency.
This summer institute is designed for teachers, literacy coaches, and administrators who wish to learn positive, practical, and proven ways to integrate the arts with classroom curriculum instruction to address both standards of learning and an increased understanding of basic elements of an art form. The institute also provides intensive training for teaching artists who wish to become proficient at using and leading training in the artistic learning strategies that are the focus of this institute.
The targeted age group for the institute activities is students in grades 2 – 6; however, teachers of younger students and older students will find the activities easily adaptable. High school students have written and performed CBRT scripts; first graders have mastered musical strategies that improve their understanding of syllabication and accent, ability to recognize sound and rhythmic patterns in language, and reading fluency.
Throughout the week of the institute, participants experience hands-on activities, observe the presenters lead the arts strategies with a group of students, and discuss ideas for implementation in their own school settings. The goal of the Institute, simply stated, is to provide educators and artists with a strong foundation in both reading (language arts) and arts (drama and music) strategies that they can share with students when they return to their classrooms. Teams of teachers from the same school are encouraged to attend the Institute to provide support for each other.
Institute presenters Rosalind Flynn and Marcia Daft have provided arts integrated professional development for educators in collaboration with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 45 states for the past 15 years. From 2006-2008, they piloted this institute with teachers, principals, and administrators in Billings, Montana. The response to this week-long training was so overwhelming that it served as the foundation for the establishment of an elementary school dedicated to arts integrated teaching. In 2009, the presenters led the institute at the Idaho Arts Charter School in Nampa, Idaho.
Curriculum:
Topics and Activities:
An Introduction to Arts-Integrated Teaching: Through demonstration, participation, and discussion, participants will understand the hallmarks of genuine arts integration and its value as a teaching and learning strategy.
Participatory Workshops: Institute participants will experience curriculum-based readers theatre and word painting as their students will, and then deconstruct the arts-integrated instructional activities to fully understand the ways and means of introducing and leading students in this work.
Projects and Products: Institute participants will collaborate to create original CBRT scripts that incorporate elements of word painting in writing and performing. All participants will receive copies of the scripts which will be performed on the final day of the institute.
Model Teaching: One of the strongest aspects of this institute’s features is the modeling that the presenters do with real students as institute participants observe and later reflect on the students and the strategies.
To learn more about…
“Drama and Music: Powerful Tools for Teaching Reading and Writing” Summer Institute for Educators, please connect to this 10-minute video slide show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvnBi0TpBUI
Non-CUA students apply here for the Institute, and choose either of the following course numbers:
DR 510 (Credit option)
DR 511 (Non-credit option)
Fo questions about registration, please contact Summer Sessions at cua-summers@cua.edu or 202.319.5257
Cost:
DR 510 - TBA
DR 511 - $870 + $25 non refundable application fee
Housing
The link below will take you to the application is designed for guests participating in a CUA departmentaly sponsored program during the summer, and seeking housing on campus. The site is currently set up to accept applicants for the Drama and Music: Powerful tools for teaching and reading writing in August.
Apply for housing: https://www.seattletech.com/registrations/index.php?1698-221-i-f
For additional information, please email cua-conferences@cua.edu
Music Paedagogy - 2010 updates TBA
Dates: TBA
The International Centre for Ward Method Studies is offering the following intensive courses in Music Paedagogy For Elementary School or Home Schooling June 29 to July 3, 2009.
All courses meet for eight hours daily, as indicated below. The Ward courses are offered on a rotational basis. Students, in particular those preparing to teach music, may register to receive three academic credits for any of the Ward courses, MUS 543 or MUS 547, at TBA per course. With the consent of the instructor, non-matriculated students interested chiefly in personal enrichment or home schooling activity, may attend Course I in the Ward Method by registering for SMUS 543 on a non-credit workshop basis at a cost of $600. After satisfactory accomplishment in each Ward course, a testimonial of attendance and successful completion can be issued, upon request. For more information on the possible availability of SMUS 547, or the limited scholarship assistance which may be available, Email the Director of the Ward Centre, Rev. Robert A. Skeris, at skeris@cua.edu.
WARD METHOD - COURSE I
MTWRF 8:30 - 12:30 a.m., 1:30 - 5:30 p.m.
MUS 543 : 3 credits; Tuition :tba
Instructor : Staff/TBA
Prerequisite : ability to sing on pitch
Ward Method Course I : Discovering the singing voice; coordinated rhythm gestures in response to musical stimulus; pitch drills; number, finger and staff notations; eye and ear tests; elements of improvisation; songs in the major tonality, graded according to the child's developing capacity; lesson planning and practice teaching. Oral and written examinations required for MUS 543. Textbooks and teaching materials provided.
WARD METHOD - COURSE IV :
GREGORIAN CHANT PRACTICUM I
MTWRF 8:30 - 12:30 a.m., 1:30 - 5:30 p.m.
MUS 547 : 3 credits; Tuition : TBA
Instructor : Staff/TBA
Ward Method Course IV : Gregorian Chant Practicum I. Reading, singing and conducting a common repertory of basic Gregorian Chants, according to the principles of Dom Andre Mocquereau, O.S.B. For teachers who have successfully completed MUS 544 and for adult beginners who can demonstrate a basic knowledge of music theory including the tonic sol-fa system. Textbooks and collection of chants provided.
Contact: Conferences and Event Planning
204 Pryzbyla Center
Washington, DC 20064
202-319-5291
202-319-5529 fax
Email: cua-conferences@cua.edu
School of Library Science - 2010 updates TBA
The 31th Federal Library Resources
2010 Dates: TBA
Through lectures, panel discussions, and on-site visits to libraries in the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of government, participants will gain an understanding of federal library resources. Instructional visits provide an opportunity to observe and use the resources and learn from the data source managers. Special topics include how general federal and military libraries are meeting today's challenging demands in the areas of content management, E-Government and metrics requirements, and competitive sourcing. The Institute will also address the professional career path in Federal Librarianship.
Art and Museum Librarianship
May 18 - 23, 2009
This intitute will explores the unique concerns of visual art information centers and museums resulting from the nature of their collections and the uses made of their information. Covers both the sources of information commonly used in these institutions and the management issues that are characteristic. Topics include cataloging and classification of information and museum objects, systems integration, new technologies, preservation, and communication with users. Students use area libraries and participate in field trips.
For more information please contact the School of Library and Information Science, 202-319-5085; E-Mail: cua-slis@cua.edu.
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