South Carolina Alliance for Arts Education conference set for October

South Carolina Alliance for Arts Education conference set for October

The South Carolina Alliance for Arts Education is hosting its annual Arts Integration Conference Oct. 2 and 3 in Columbia at the Marriott, located at 1200 Hampton St.

For the past 12 years, SCAAE’s annual professional development conference has provided educators with an opportunity to learn how the arts effectively engage students. This year’s conference, The Arts Initiate Learning, will include sessions that address the role of arts integration in 2014’s biggest initiatives, including Common Core, Educator Evaluation, Student Assessment, the new Core Arts Standards, STEAM and Read to Succeed (Literacy Development).

Keynote speaker Lynn Tuttle is director of arts education at the Arizona Department of Education. Her duties include acting as a liaison to the state’s arts educators; providing professional development in Arizona’s Academic Arts Standards, arts assessment and arts integration; and promoting quality arts education programs in Arizona’s schools. She co-chaired the Arizona Arts Education Census Committee, which published the 2010 Arizona Arts Education Census, documenting access and availability of arts education in Arizona’s district and charter schools. She has keynoted for The Kennedy Center’s 2013 Partners in Education conference and the 2013 Biannual Maine Arts Education Conference, and has presented for Americans for the Arts, Arts Education Partnership, the Educational Theatre Association, the Kennedy Center Alliances for Arts Education Network, and other organizations.

An early-bird registration rate is available until Aug. 29. For more information or to register, visit the SCAAE’s website.

Via: South Carolina Alliance for Arts Education