CEDFA Summit XI
Eleventh Annual CEDFA Summit
June 10-11, 2010
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The Center for Educator Development in Fine Arts (CEDFA) held its Texas Fine Arts Summit XI June 10-11, 2010. The Summit focused on assessment strategies in the fine arts, specifically as they relate to the Historical/Cultural Heritage strand of the Fine Arts Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Participants explored the benefits of using portfolio assessments -- specifically electronic portfolios -- as tools to better gauge the depth of student learning of the Historical/Cultural Heritage TEKS in addition to students' interests and creativity over a large body of work and time. Summit attendees ascertained its effectiveness in the fine arts when compared with traditional forms of student assessment (e.g., multiple-choice tests). The design of the Summit was to provide opportunities for collaborative hands-on work time to put the ideas covered into practice and to emerge with a practical approach to TEKS-based arts instruction and assessment.
Meet our tremendous panel of presenters for Summit XI
Summit XI Keynote Speakers
Opening Session Keynote
From teaching Music History at SMU to leading tours to Russia, Austria, Germany and Broadway to raising La Mancha goats, Carol Reynolds loves to share her unique mix of humor, substance, and skilled piano performance to make the arts more accessible and meaningful to all.
Closing Session Keynote
Cris Guenter, Ed.D., Graduate Programs Coordinator & Professor of Education, specializes in teaching that focuses upon arts education, computer graphics and technology in education, creativity across the curriculum, and interdisciplinary education.
Summit XI Fabulous Presenters
Summit XI is loaded with some of the best in the Fine Arts. Just seeing the list is exciting and makes it hard to wait for the opening bell in June 2010.
Pre-Summit Special Sessions
CEDFA will host four special intensive Pre-Summit Sessions to provide participants with more depth on a topic of interest to the field. Participants will be able to get extra CPE credit while digging deep into topics of special interest.
- Questioning Strategies that Build Students' Knowledge & Skills in Fine Arts - Presented by Resources for Learning
- Fine Arts and Digital Literacy - Presented on behalf of the Texas Cultural Trust
- Engaging Gifted and Talented Students in Fine Arts Inquiry - Presented by Resources for Learning
- Accessible Arts: Creating Inclusive Classrooms for Students with and without Disabilities - Presented by VSA Arts
Texas Fine Arts Summit XI
The Center for Educator Development in Fine Arts (CEDFA) invites you to attend the Texas Fine Arts Summit XI to be held June 10-11, 2010. This year's Summit focuses on assessment strategies in the fine arts, specifically as they relate to the Historical/Cultural Heritage strand of the Fine Arts Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).
Get information how to download your Summit Registration form and make your hotel reservations from here.
Matching Grants for Summit XI
The Center for Educator Development in Fine Arts is pleased to announce that we have a new partner in offering a matching grant to help Texas teachers in Art, Dance, Music and Theatre attend Summit XI. Advanced Financial Strategies wants to help your school district continue to be able to send teachers, administrators and supervisors to the Texas Fine Arts Summit.
CEDFA will host four intensive Pre-Summit Sessions to provide participants with more depth on a topic of interest. Pre-Summit Sessions are available to attendees for only $65 (due at the time of registration). Pre-Summit attendees will receive an additional 4 hours of CPE credit. The fee for the Pre-Summit covers both the cost of the session as well as lunch for Pre-Summit participants. Pre-Summit sessions are outlined below:
- Questioning Strategies that Build Students' Knowledge & Skills in Fine Arts
Effective questioning strategies not only help educators gauge student learning, but form the basis for empowering students to travel down highly original, creative, individual learning paths. - Fine Arts and Digital Literacy
The fine arts are powerful vehicles for building core digital and media literacy skills. This exciting new curriculum bridges visual art and technology to motivate students and give them an edge in thinking, creating, and responding to a rapidly changing world. - Engaging G/T Students in Fine Arts Inquiry
Inquiry and research skills are important for all students of the fine arts, and for our most gifted/talented learners they can be keys to unlocking the student's lifelong passion. - Accessible Arts: Creating Inclusive Classrooms for Students with and without Disabilities
Expressive arts therapists, with their training in psychology, child development and counseling, are able to model for teachers effective strategies for classroom behavior management as well as group dynamics skill building for inclusive fine arts classrooms.