Middle Level Division
Middle Level represents Grades 6-8. Divisions shall be made up of job-alike groups of the membership. Each Division shall have a National Director, National Director-Elect, Regional Directors and Regional Directors-Elect. The recognized Divisions below, through their Development Committees, shall study problems relating to members of the group the Division represents; shall propose publications, institutes, and conferences which will assist members and shall identify problems and recommend programs to meet the problems. Learn More
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April 4, 2018
external resource from Education Commission of the States, Check Out How Your State’s Policies Address the Arts in EducationThe 2018 Artscan at a Glance, updated annually to reflect changes in legislation, explores 13 combined policy areas related to K-12 arts education. This two-page resource shares top-level findings and provides a condensed, yet comprehensive, comparison of state policies.
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January 16, 2018
external resource from The National Endowment for the Arts, New Report Elevates Rigor of Arts-Integration Studies in Education SettingsThe NEA research director takes a look at a new report on 44 arts-integration programs covering different student populations (from pre-K to 12th grade) that have generated results that warrant each program’s inclusion in one of four “tiers of evidence" of the Every Student Succeeds Act.
The National Endowment for the Arts
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October 7, 2019
Youth Art Month (YAM)The Youth Art Month Program emphasizes the value of art education for all children, encourages support for quality school art programs, and promotes art material safety.
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October 1, 2019
NAHS/NJAHS Juried Exhibition
The Call for Artwork for the 2020 NAHS/NJAHS Juried Exhibition is now open! Submission deadline: December 2, 2019, 11:59pm ET.
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November 20, 2018
external resource from NPR, NPR Launches Podcast Challenge To Amplify Student Voices
Beginning January 1, 2019, teachers and students across the country — with help from the audio experts at NPR — will be able to turn their classrooms into production studios, their assignments into scripts, and their ideas into sound. NPR's Education Team is providing training materials and resources — how to use a smartphone to record audio, how to conduct an interview, audio storytelling tips and tricks — for both teachers and students. To help classrooms get started, NPR will also share suggested, but not required prompts, along with a set of criteria that judges will use to pick winning podcasts.
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June 7, 2018
external resource from Phi Delta Kappan, Call for Submissions: Phi Delta Kappan - March 2019 Issue - Rethinking the Curriculum. Deadline: December 1, 2018
In this issue, we take a close look at the K-12 curriculum, asking which subjects, content, and skills are most essential for students to learn, when, and at what depth? From the 1894 report of the Committee of Ten to 2010’s Common Core State Standards, what have been the major influences on curriculum design? Today, do the nation’s young people pursue a coherent course of study, or is the curriculum something of a mishmash?
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May 9, 2018
external resource from School Library Journal , Tips for Creating Makerspaces for Teens
Teenagers may be more engaged in makerspaces when given more autonomy over learning, some library media specialists say. Professor Sandra Hughes-Hassell also suggests creating a sense of shared ownership, in part, by referring to makerspaces as “our space" or "your space.”
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April 24, 2018
external resource from edutopia, Tips to Keep Middle-schoolers Excited about STEAM
Methods for teaching science, technology, engineering, art and math can change significantly from elementary to middle school, writes Kamalisha Green, an after-school programs director. In this blog post, Green offers tips to help preserve excitement about STEAM in middle school.
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