Episode 195: Getting Student Feedback
Student feedback provides valuable insight into their learning experience. It allows teachers the chance to identify areas for improved instruction, better understand students’ needs, and ultimately create more open, engaging, and effective learning environments. With this in mind, it’s easy to see why NAEA’s Connected Arts Networks believes that student feedback is crucial to creative and successful arts classrooms. In this episode, Oral Historian Dr. Mi’Jan Celie Tho-Biaz, Matt Grundler, and CAN members Meghan Wlodarczyk and Martin Rodriguez share how they foster student feedback in the classroom. By implementing techniques focused on open communication and trusting that students’ feedback is taken seriously, Meghan and Martin have created environments where everyone’s voice is heard.
About Connected Arts Networks (CAN): The National Art Education Association (NAEA), in partnership with the Educational Theater Association, National Association for Music Education, National Dance Education Organization, and NYC Department of Education’s Office of Arts and Special Projects has launched a nationwide initiative to create virtual Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). The goal of this Connected Arts Networks (CAN) is to build a sustainable model of professional learning to help teachers better serve students.
The National Art Education Association (NAEA), in partnership with the Educational Theater Association, National Association for Music Education, and National Dance Education Organization has launched a nationwide initiative to create virtual Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). The goal of this Connected Arts Networks (CAN) is to build a sustainable model of professional learning to help teachers better serve students. In this series of episodes, The Creativity Department and co-host Dr. Mi’Jan Celie Tho-Biaz dive deeply into the importance of Cultural Responsiveness in the Arts Classroom. Following are resources and additional information for this episode.
Resources
Guests
Meghan Price-Wlodarczyk
Dance Educator
Meghan Price-Wlodarczyk is currently a dance educator at Ontario High in Ontario, California. Meghan has taught across the country in both private dance studios and public middle and high schools located in Arizona, Maryland, South Carolina, and Virginia. As an avid "techie," she is integral in helping educators across the country develop lessons that seamlessly incorporate technology to support student growth and reflection.
Martin Rodriguez
Arts Coordinator & Theater Teacher
Martin Rodriguez is currently the Arts Coordinator & Theater teacher at Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual & Performing Arts. He is also an adjunct professor at Pasadena City College.
CAN Partner Organizations
- National Art Education Association
- National Association for Music Education
- National Dance Education Organization
- Educational Theater Association
- NYC Dept. of Education’s Office of Arts and Special Projects (OASP)
Links
- Connected Arts Networks information on NAEA website
- CAN Press Release
- Tip Sheet
- School Reform Initiative Protocols
- NAEA ED&I Hub
- Meet the new CAN Teacher Participants!
- Center for Leadership and Educational Equity (CLEE)
- Michigan Arts Education Instruction & Assessment
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