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Visual Arts

ABC's of CBC, The

Date(s):

Elementary: 9/05/07, 9/12/07
Secondary: 09/19/07, 09/26/07

Time:

 

Location:

School Board Administration Building
Miami, FL

Facilitator(s):

Mabel Morales, Linda Mangual & Marilyn Polin

Target Audience:

New Elementary & Secondary Visual Art Teachers

# of Participants:

20 for each session

Master Plan Points:

 

Contact:

Mabel Morales: 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

As a result, participants will be to understand with increased clarity the Visual Arts CBC, relatiohship between process and product, and the importance of both lesson and unit planning to attain outstanding student achievement.

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Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Past & Present

Date(s):

9/8/2007

Time:

 

Location:

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
Miami, FL

Facilitator(s):

Wendy Wolf

Target Audience:

Elementary  & Secondary Visual Art Teachers

# of Participants:

25

Master Plan Points:

 

Contact:

Mabel Morales: 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

 

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Watercolor Workshop for Art Teachers

Date(s):

9/9/2007

Time:

 

Location:

Fairchild Tropical Gardens
Miami, FL

Facilitator(s):

Dottie Greene & Donna Underwood

Target Audience:

Elementary & Secondary Visual Art Teachers

# of Participants:

30

Master Plan Points:

 

Contact:

Mabel Morales: 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

Participants will learn specific classroom strategies and techniques from a nationally renowed artist and art educator.

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Portraits: A View Through Photography

Date(s):

9/13/2007

Time:

 

Location:

Jackie Hinchey Sipes Gallery
Miami, FL

Facilitator(s):

Betty Rosado

Target Audience:

Elementary Visual Art Teachers

# of Participants:

25

Master Plan Points:

 

Contact:

Mabel Morales: 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

An in depth view of using our community as a basis for everyday life portraiture.  Participants will be engaged in hands-on use of a variety of professional photographic equipment and will integrate new techniques to create powerful portrait photographs.

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Teaching the Teachers: A View of Contemporary Art

Date(s):

9/13/07
1/18/08
3/28/08

Time:

 

Location:

Rubell Family Collection
Miami, FL

Facilitator(s):

Mark Coetzee

Target Audience:

Secondary Art Teachers

# of Participants:

25

Master Plan Points:

 

Contact:

Mabel Morales: 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

A Series of 4 Workshops.  Participants will examine best practices and explores resources from the Rubell Family Collection of Contemporary Art.

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Infusion of Technology into Teaching Art

Date(s):

9/13/2007

Time:

 

Location:

Dr. Carlos J. Finlay Elementary School
851 SW 117TH AVENUE
Miami, FL

Facilitator(s):

Evelyn Davila

Target Audience:

Elementary Visual Art Teachers and Music Teachers

# of Participants:

30

Master Plan Points:

 

Contact:

Mabel Morales: 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

Participants will learn strategies and skills related to technology and the incorporation of such into the existing Art & Music Education Curriculum.

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Museum Connections: Infusing the Arts Across the Curriculum

Date(s):

9/15/2007

Time:

 

Location:

Miami Children's Museum
Miami, FL

Facilitator(s):

Nicolette Bartolini

Target Audience:

3-5 grade teacher in a Title-1 School

# of Participants:

 

Master Plan Points:

 

Contact:

Mabel Morales: 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

Instruct teachers ways to infuse arts-based learning and inquiry methods into their existing curriculum

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Page at a Time

Date(s):

9/24/07 - 9/28/07
10/18/07 - 10/12/07
10/15/07

Time:

 

Location:

Wolfsonian Museum
Miami, FL

Facilitator(s):

Mark Osterman

Target Audience:

Elementary and Middle all subjects

# of Participants:

 

Master Plan Points:

 

Contact:

Mabel Morales: 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

Method will facilitate professional learning because new teaching methodologies will be modeled in a group discussion as would be in the classroom.

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Agitated Images: John Heartfield & German Photomontage
1920-1938

Date(s):

9/24/2007 - 9/28/2007
10/18/2007 - 10/12/2007
10/15/07

Time:

 

Location:

Wolfsonian Museum
Miami, FL

Facilitator(s):

Mark Osterman

Target Audience:

Elementary, Middle, and High School

# of Participants:

 

Master Plan Points:

 

Contact:

Mabel Morales: 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

Helps educators make cross-curricular connections and include historical art and artifacts in classroom teaching.

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Museum-Based Approach to Teaching and Learning

Date(s):

9/28/07 - 9/29/07

Time:

8:30AM - 4:30PM

Location:

Jackie Hinchey Sipes Gallery
Miami, FL

Facilitator(s):

Dr. Sharon Shaffer

Target Audience:

Museum Educators

# of Participants:

 

Master Plan Points:

 

Contact:

Mabel Morales: 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

A Museum Education training for visual arts and museum educators sponsored by the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center. At the heart of the museum learning is an understanding of museum pedagogy, which is embedded in a constructivist approach to learning. The workshop framework includes a focus on object-based learning, visual literacy, and inquiry.

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Educator Institute Agitated Images: John Heartfield & German Photomontage

Date(s):

10/13/2007

Time:

9:30AM - 4:30PM

Location:

Wolfsonian Museum
Miami, FL

Facilitator(s):

TBA

Target Audience:

Visual Arts & Language Arts Teachers (Elementary, Middle, Senior)

# of Participants:

30

Master Plan Points:

10

Contact:

Alina Rodriguez @ 30.995.1969 or alinarodriguez@dadeschools.net

Description:

A series of workshops sponsored by the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum will enable educators to make cross-curricular connections and include historical art and artifacts in classroom teaching. The interdisciplinary workshops include guided tours, hands-on activities, and free curriculum packets of current exhibitions.

Registration:

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Component:

2-000-312




Meet Miami

Date(s):

10/13/07, 11/17/07, 12/08/07

Time:

 

Location:

Miami Children's Museum
Miami, FL

Facilitator(s):

Nicolette Bartolini

Target Audience:

Art Teachers K-5

# of Participants:

 

Master Plan Points:

 

Contact:

Mabel Morales: 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

Helps families create dioramic exhibits that tell their own stories and explore their cultural heritage using family artifacts.

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Florida Art Education Association Conference

Date(s):

Thursday, October 18 - Sunday, October 21, 2007

Time:

8:00 am-8: 30 pm

Location:

Jacksonville, FL

Facilitator(s):

 

Target Audience:

 

# of Participants:

39

Master Plan Points:

18

Contact:

Mabel Morales at 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

The Florida Art Education Association welcomes your creative ideas and allows you to participate in over 500 professional development opportunities, lectures and on-site workshops at local museums.  The 2007 FAEA Conference, October 18-21, 2007, The Florida Hotel, Orlando, Florida. For more information visit the Florida Art Education Association website at www.faea.org.   Location: Jacksonville, FL

Registration:

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Component:

2-000-322




Date(s):

10/21/2007

Time:

9:00AM - 4:00PM

Location:

Jewish Museum of Florida
301 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL

Facilitator(s):

TBA

Target Audience:

Visual Arts, Language Arts, and Social Studies Teachers (Elementary, Middle)

# of Participants:

30

Master Plan Points:

10

Contact:

Jo Ann Arnowitz
Associate Director
Jewish Museum of Florida
301 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
tel. 305-672-5044, ext. 3164
fax: 305-672-5933
assocdir@jewishmuseum.com

Description:

Temporary Exhibit: Zap! Pow! Bam! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938-1950. A series of workshops that will provide art and classroom teachers in the elementary and secondary level with interactive, creative, and sensory experiences in learning. Sponsored by the Jewish Museum of Florida to enable site and object-based learning, symposium style, visual literacy, and inquiry based learning in the museum.

Fee: $18

Registration:

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Component:

2-000-312




Technology Workshop: Digital Analog

Date(s):

10/26/2007

Time:

8:15PM - 3:30PM

Location:

Hialeah Senior High School
251 EAST 47 STREET
Hialeah, FL

Facilitator(s):

Tom Virgin

Target Audience:

K-12 Visual Arts Teachers

# of Participants:

20

Master Plan Points:

10

Contact:

Alina Rodriguez  @ 305.573.0745 or alinarodriguez@dadeschools.net

Description:

This technology and inquiry based workshop introduces K-12 Visual Arts teachers to the tools of technology in a learning environment that is social, dynamic, and learner-driven. Learners will be introduced to software applications through focused and hands-on activities.

Registration:

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Component:

2-000-309




Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller Teacher Workshop

Date(s):

10/26/2007

Time:

9:00AM - 4:00PM

Location:

Miami Art Museum
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL

Facilitator(s):

TBA

Target Audience:

Visual Arts, Language Arts, and Social Studies Teachers (Elementary, Middle, Senior)

# of Participants:

35

Master Plan Points:

10

Contact:

Alina Rodriguez @ 305.573.0745 or alinarodriguez@dadeschools.net

Description:

A series of workshops sponsored by the Miami Art Museum to enable educators to make cross curricular connections and include historical art and artifacts in classroom teaching. The interdisciplinary workshops include guided tours by exhibition curator, artist led hands-on art activities, curriculum resource unit containing exhibition information, curricular activities,lesson plans and selected exhibition-related resources for use in the classroom.

$30.00 ($15.00 for members)

Registration:

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Component:

2-000-312




Technology Workshop: Painter Essentials

Date(s):

10/26/2007

Time:

8:15AM - 3:30PM

Location:

Dr. Carlos J. Finlay Elementary School
851 SW 117TH AVENUE
Miami, FL

Facilitator(s):

Evelyn Davila

Target Audience:

Visual Arts Teachers (Elementary, Middle)

# of Participants:

30

Master Plan Points:

10

Contact:

Mabel Morales: 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

This technology and inquiry based workshop introduces K-12 Visual Arts teachers to the tools of technology in a learning environment that is social, dynamic, and learner-driven. Learners will be introduced to software applications through focused and hands-on activities.

Registration:

M-DCPS Professional Development Menu and Registration System

Component:

2-000-309




Special Education Workshop for Art Teachers

Date(s):

10/26/2007

Time:

 

Location:

Miami Art Museum
Miami, FL

Facilitator(s):

Lourdes Bravo

Target Audience:

 

# of Participants:

 

Master Plan Points:

 

Contact:

Mabel Morales: 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

Effective teaching practices and strategies dealing with: students with disabilities, academically gifted students, and limited English proficiency.

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Killing Machine, The & Other Stories

Date(s):

10/26/2007

Time:

 

Location:

Miami Art Museum
Miami, FL

Facilitator(s):

Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller

Target Audience:

 

# of Participants:

40

Master Plan Points:

 

Contact:

Mabel Morales: 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

Work with sound and voice as raw materials to create memorable environments.

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Going to the Dogs

Date(s):

10/26/2007

Time:

 

Location:

Banyan Elementary School
3060 SW 85 AVENUE
Miami, FL

Facilitator(s):

Peter DeMercado

Target Audience:

Elementary Visual Art Teachers

# of Participants:

25

Master Plan Points:

 

Contact:

Mabel Morales: 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

Found objects 3-D sculpture and FCAT math and science strategies.  Participants will engage in a cross-curricular setting which will enhance their skills  and extend their knowledge and strategies of incorporating content subject with the visual arts curriculum.

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Current Issues and Strategies in Museum Education

Date(s):

1/18/2008

Time:

 

Location:

Various

Facilitator(s):

M. Morales & Museum Educators

Target Audience:

Art Teachers K-12, Administrators

# of Participants:

 

Master Plan Points:

 

Contact:

Mabel Morales: 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

Exploring the real purpose and objectives of field experiences and excursions.

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Summing it Up

Date(s):

1/18/2008

Time:

 

Location:

Crestview Elementary School
2201 NW 187TH STREET
Opa-Locka, FL

Facilitator(s):

Gustavo Miranda

Target Audience:

Elementary Visual Art Teachers

# of Participants:

25

Master Plan Points:

 

Contact:

Mabel Morales: 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

Integrating drawing with FCAT math strategies

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Under the Deep Blue Sea: Exploring Nature Through Collage

Date(s):

3/21/2008

Time:

 

Location:

Gulfstream Elementary School
20900 SW 97TH AVENUE
Miami, FL

Facilitator(s):

Susan Castillo

Target Audience:

Elementary & Secondary Visual Art Teachers  who teach a large popularion of ESE Students

# of Participants:

25

Master Plan Points:

 

Contact:

Mabel Morales: 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

Maximizing student success throguh differentiated FCAT instructional strategies.

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Wilfredo Lam in North America

Date(s):

3/28/2008

Time:

 

Location:

Miami Art Museum
Miami, FL

Facilitator(s):

Chipi Morales & Melissa Sais

Target Audience:

 

# of Participants:

40

Master Plan Points:

 

Contact:

Mabel Morales: 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

Integrating Cubist-inspired Modernism with imagery evocative of his Afro-Cuban heritage.

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Educator Institute: Media Literacy

Date(s):

4/12/2008

Time:

 

Location:

Wolfsonian Museum
Miami, FL

Facilitator(s):

Mark Osterman

Target Audience:

Elementary, Middle, Senir, all teachers, all subjects

# of Participants:

 

Master Plan Points:

 

Contact:

Mabel Morales: 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

Focuses on fostering creative skills through engagement with The Wolfsonian collection. Particiapnts will explore ways to analyze and interpret print media encountered by students every day.

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Majestic Florida Landscape

Date(s):

TBA: Teacher Workday or Saturday

Time:

 

Location:

Florida Everglades

Facilitator(s):

Clyde Butcher

Target Audience:

Art Teachers K-12

# of Participants:

 

Master Plan Points:

 

Contact:

Mabel Morales: 305.995.1969 or mmorales14@dadeschools.net

Description:

Excursion to the Everglades. Field photo experience using small and large format photography.

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