The Catholic University of America

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)

For questions about registration, please contact Summer Sessions at cua-summers@cua.edu or 202.319.5257

Cost: 

DR 510 - $815 per credit hour

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.

Click here to apply for housing.

For additional information, please email cua-conferences@cua.edu

 

The Presenters, please visit their web sites:

Dr. Rosalind M. Flynn (www.rosalindflynn.com)

Ms. Marcia Daft (www.marciadaft.com)

Please return to this site in the upcoming months to access application, fees, and housing information.

To ensure that you are included in any e-mail communications about this summer institute, please write to Rosalind Flynn at FLYNN@cua.edu 

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Music Paedagogy

for Elementary School and Home Schooling

June 28 - July 2, 2010

Program Brochure

 

All courses meet for eight hours daily, as indicated below.
 
Depending upon enrollment, a Ward Method course may be offered with MUS and/or SMUS sections. Teachers and students
preparing to teach music may register to receive three academic credits for any of the Ward courses, such as MUS 543 or MUS
547, at $2,445 per course, for which oral and written examinations are required. Ward Method courses MUS 544 and MUS 545 are offered on a rotational basis.
 
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of music theory including tonic sol-fa system. The requirement is fulfilled if the applicant has earned a music diploma or successfully completed at least two semesters of music theory, including ear training, sight singing, melodic and
harmonic dictation, etc. With the consent of the instructor, nonmatriculated students interested chiefly in personal enrichment or home schooling activity, may attend Ward Method courses by registering for SMUS 543 or SMUS 547 on a noncredit workshop study course basis at a cost of $600. After satisfactory accomplishment in the SMUS Ward course, a testimonial of attendance and successful completion can be issued, upon request.
 
For information on the possible availability of limited scholarship assistance, e-mail the director of the Ward Center, Rev. Robert A. Skeris, at skeris@cua.edu.
 
WARD METHOD — COURSE I
MTWRF 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., 1:30–5:30 p.m.
MUS 543: 3 credits; tuition: $2,445 Textbooks and teaching materials provided.
SMUS 543: noncredit workshop; tuition: $600 Textbooks and teaching materials provided.
 
Instructor: Nancy Fazio, M.F.A.
Middle School music teacher, Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Bethesda, Md.
 
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.
 
WARD METHOD — COURSE IV:
GREGORIAN CHANT PRACTICUM I
MTWRF 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., 1:30–5:30 p.m.
MUS 547: 3 credits; tuition: $2,445 Textbooks and teaching materials provided.
SMUS 547: noncredit workshop; tuition: $600 Textbooks and teaching materials provided.
 
Instructors: Amy G. Zuberbueler, M.Mus.Ed.
Director, Ward Center of San Antonio, Texas
Rev. Robert A. Skeris Director, Ward Center, Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, The Catholic University of America
 
Reading, singing and conducting a common repertory of basic Gregorian chants according to the principles of Dom André
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. For details regarding the entrance requirements, e-mail the director of the Ward Center, Rev. Robert A. Skeris, at skeris@cua.edu.
 
NOTE: To change status from noncredit to credit or vice versa , registrants must contact the Office of Summer Sessions at 202-319-5257 or cua-summers@cua.edu
on or before June 23, 2010. To request accommodations for individuals with disabilities, please contact Rev. Robert A. Skeris, the director of the Ward Center, at skeris@cua.edu.
 
Loding information:  Click here to apply for housing
Or contact
Conferences and Pryzbyla Management
Edward J. Pryzbyla University Center -- Room 201
Washington DC 20064
202.319.5291 (Phone) -- 202.319.5529 (fax)
 
For more information about the program, email Rev. Robert A. Skeris, the director of the Ward Center at skeris@cua.edu.