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Background
On March 25, 1999, Governor Lincoln Almond charged a task force "to examine the relationship between education reform and the arts, and to make policy recommendations on how the arts can have a significant impact on the educational agenda of Rhode Island."
From that process evolved the high school proficiency requirements in the arts with the freshman class of 2005 being the first class required to show a proficiency in one of the arts in order to graduate. Those arts are the visual arts, music, theatre and of course dance. A team of dance professionals has spent years determining the procedures for a dance proficiency and the implementation is now under way. An important component is the training of possible coaches and evaluators, which is the purpose of these workshops.
Evaluator & Coach Training
Anyone from the dance community who thinks they might be interested in either position should take the proficiency workshops.
You need to have a strong interest in dance and a willingness to help your community and state become stronger through arts education. This does not mean that you have to be totally without self-interest. A stronger dance community will make its members stronger, and with any luck funding will come through to pay for time spent as an evaluator and/or coach. Through these workshops, dance teachers and studio owners will also learn how to position their businesses to benefit both themselves and their students.
Message from Workshop Coordinator, Dr Wendy Oliver
For all interested in coaching and/or evaluating for Dance Proficiency, We would love to have you come participate! Because we received a RITER grant, we will be able to pay each participant $50 per day for attending. By participating in this workshop, you are providing much-needed assistance to dance education in Rhode Island. To resister, please email me at woliver@providence.edu.
Workshop I: Developing a Common Task for Performing
January 20 & February 3, 2007
Time: 1-5 pm
Within the RI Arts Learning Network (RIALN), each art discipline has developed its proficiencies around the ideas of creating, performing, and responding. Each of these three concepts has separate kinds of tasks which students must complete for proficiency.
Last fall's workshop* developed two Common Tasks for 'creating' over a two-day period. We now need to create a task for the 'performing' category. This task will need to be applicable to all dance forms. We have scheduled one two-part workshop on two Saturday afternoons, January 20 and February 4, 2007. Each afternoon would run from 1-5 pm. It is best to attend both sessions, since the second will build on the first. However, it is better to attend one than none!
*For those who were not able to attend the fall workshop in October, we will work out a way to 'catch you up' ahead of time, so that we don't spend too much time back-tracking.
Workshop II: Evaluation Training
March 24 & 25, 2007
Time: 1-5 pm
This workshop will take place on one weekend in March, Saturday the 24th and Sunday the 25th. Participants will be trained to look at videotapes of student dancers and evaluate them consistently and across various dance genres. It is preferable to take both workshops, but you are welcome to attend either Saturday or Sunday.
More information to come
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Proficiency Workshops
Providence College
Room 228 (2nd floor)
Smith Center for the Arts
549 River Avenue (for mapquest purposes only)
Eaton Street Gate
Providence, RI 02918
Workshop I
January 20 & February 3, 2007
Time: 1pm-5pm
Workshop II
March 24 & 25, 2007
Time: 1pm-5pm
For more information and to register:
Contact Wendy Oliver at WOLIVER@providence.edu
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