Alexander County Arts Education Professional Development

We've had several counties interested in what we are doing in Alexander County for the Arts Training.  Here is a list of documents and training materials to demonstrate what we've been doing.  If you see something you would like to have the actual file of, please e-mail me and I can attach it for you.

1st PD Day--October 31st

• PowerPoint Lesson:  Rolling out the Essential Standards
• Notes Packet to go with Lesson

2nd PD Day--January 20th

• PowerPoint Lesson:  Exploring the NC Essential Standards
• ACS Arts Ed Alignment Support Document --This is developed from Allegheny Support Documents and is a GREAT activity.
• Worksheet to go with Unpacking Documents--I would redo this and just use a graphic organizer similar to the examples below.
• Examples of Visual Arts ES Breakdown from Alexander Central High School's Art Department

3rd PD Day--February 20th

• PowerPoint Lesson:  Curriculum Mapping Stage 1
• Worksheets to go with Lesson
• ACS Curriculum Map Template with Guiding Questions
• ACHS Example for Art 1 Beginning Level Visual Literacy

4th PD Day--March 27th

• PowerPoint Lesson:  Curriculum Mapping Stage 2

5th PD Day--June 12th

• PowerPoint Lesson:  Curriculum Mapping Stage 3

Directions Packets for Various Online Activities

• Directions for Completing NCDPI Modules
• Directions on Getting a DPI Certificate after a Module
• Directions for Creating a Google Account
• Directions for Posting Comments on Blogger
• Directions for Utilizing Google Documents