Participating with Our Blog

To receive credit for professional development training on the NC Essential Standards for the visual arts and music, you will be required to participate in discussions on our blog.

First, you will need to become a “follower” of our blog in order to post comments and questions.  Please click here to view the directions for becoming a member of our blogger site.   

You will then need to read this post and the two previous posts from June 15^th and July  21^st.   You will then need to make a comment/question below this post (Participating with Our Blog).  For more information on posting a comment, follow these directions. 

Posting a comment is proof that you have read the material and verifies your participation in the professional development training.  This is the standard way your participation will be verified, so remember to respond to future posts.  The Central Office and your administrators will be verifying your participation.

Please remember that a response should be more than just saying, “I agree with Joe Cornwell.”  Although Joe is amazing, you need to participate by providing something meaningful to our digital conversation by supporting your opinions. 

For example:  "I agree with Joe that our pacing guide for the Visual Arts 1 course at the high school level should factor in the fact that most students in this introductory course will already be familiar with the Elements of Art from the classes they had with Sarah and Karen while they were learning art in middle school.”  

What are the Essential Standards?

Welcome ACS Visual Arts and Music Teachers!

Dear Fellow Arts Educators,
Hopefully you've heard that North Carolina is adopting a new set of standards for all the content areas, including the arts.  The standards for Math and English are located on the on the DPI site Common Core Standards.  The Essential Standards refer to changes in the Standard Course of Study for other subject areas, including Music and the Visual Arts.  For more information you can look at a detailed overview Essential Standards.  For even more information on the changes in the standards you can look at Unpacking the Standards and Crosswalks and look specifically under Arts Education.  These are the materials we will cover on several of our Professional Development Days.  If you have any questions, please feel free to respond to this post.  I'm learning as you are, and I'm here to help you.
We will be using this blog site to conduct your Professional Development on the NC Essential Standards in Music and the Visual Arts.  You will be required to make comments to the posts throughout the year.  You will be getting CEU credits for your particiaption in this professional development training!
In advance, I really appreciate your cooperation and am here if you need anything.
Thanks,
Robbin Isenhour Stewart
Visual Arts Instructor
Alexander Central High School