Effecting and supporting sustainable whole school change through
the HOT Schools APPROACH to teaching and learning in, about and through the arts in a democratic community
Work with leadership team to assess the degree to which faculty and administrators demonstrate a clear understanding of
the HOT Schools APPROACH
GOAL SETTING: Alignment: How will you encourage alignment of school improvement plans and personal growth plans with
the HOT Schools APPROACH?
Open statewide, Leadershops illustrate
the HOT Schools APPROACH to teaching and learning in action, and provide instructional practice for educators to implement components of the HOT APPROACH in their school or site, while concurrently building leadership skills in presenting teachers.
The HOT Schools APPROACH to teaching and learning has been adopted and adapted by schools, arts organizations, individual teaching artists, local arts agencies, and state arts agencies nationwide interested in understanding and facilitating school culture change, curriculum integration, and arts - infused program design.
A visitor to John Lyman School can expect to see the core components of
the HOT Schools approach - strong arts, arts integration, and democratic practice - in action throughout the day.
Not exact matches
Let's face it, with
hot n humid weather
approaching (and
school ending) there will be days ice cream could be in order.
«Embodied learning» is a
hot topic in educational research, but Waldorf
schools have been using this
approach for 100 years.
Many
school leaders have replied that the state follows an unrealistic «Goldilocks»
approach — not too
hot, not too cold — in trying to fine - tune the amount of money that districts can set aside as a hedge against tax caps.
«If they develop
hot flashes or irregular periods, women do nt automatically go on hormones for their lifetimes anymore; they go on them if they have symptoms that are severe and arent controlled by other
approaches,» explains Kala Visvanathan, MBBS, assistant professor of epidemiology and oncology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health, in Baltimore.
In a
HOT School, student governance goes beyond the more traditional
approach of deciding whether or not to have «Hat Day» and collecting goods for other service organizations *.
Instead of seeing charter
schools as threats, public
school systems should see them as
hot - houses for change that can be used to experiment with new instructional
approaches,
school structures, and visions for the profession.
The
HOT Schools Program professionally develops teaching artists in the
HOT APPROACH to arts - integrated teaching practice so they may provide exceptional artistic experiences and authentically integrated curriculum to reinforce the role and power of the arts in a well - rounded education.
Begin by Exploring the
HOT APPROACH by sending staff, leadership and parents to attend professional development offered monthly in each of the
HOT School Core Components of Strong Arts, Arts Integration and Democratic Practice as well as cutting - edge pedagogy and relevant issues.
Schools fully immersed in the
HOT APPROACH foster critical thinking and creative problem solving, curiosity, social and emotional development and risk taking as essential learning and life skills.
In a
HOT school, student governance goes beyond the more traditional
approach of deciding whether or not to have «Hat Day» and collecting goods for other service organizations.
The
HOT APPROACH to teaching and learning is part of the fabric and culture of the
school.
The
HOT APPROACH is an innovative delivery system that provides teachers, teaching artists, administrators, parents, and arts organization educators vital professional development, resources, tools and strategies to develop, deepen and expand effective practices in standards based arts education, arts integration,
school culture change and leadership development.
Apply to join the program for a 3 year commitment working toward whole
school change in, about and through the arts using the
HOT APPROACH.
This unique
approach, developed by teachers and administrators at Samuel Staples
HOT school, provides collaborative partnership opportunities between arts and non-arts classroom teachers and benefits all students, not only students in need of intervention.
The
HOT APPROACH, reflected in a
school's commitment to child centered, experiential, arts integrated teaching and learning weaves best practices in arts in education with present - day needs and experiences of urban, suburban, and rural
school communities.
The
HOT APPROACH to teaching and learning has emerged through a strong network of 47 + Connecticut urban, suburban and rural public
schools representing all Congressional Districts.
Begun by John Lyman
School in Middlefield, CT, Hello Chorus provides an opportunity for first through fourth grade students to create a song explaining and celebrating their learning through the HOT APPROACH and to share that process by welcoming visitors to their s
School in Middlefield, CT, Hello Chorus provides an opportunity for first through fourth grade students to create a song explaining and celebrating their learning through the
HOT APPROACH and to share that process by welcoming visitors to their
schoolschool.
Facilitating Alignment of The
HOT Schools Approach with
school improvement plan and any other initiatives to create a cohesive
approach to whole
school change
She provides technical support for the
HOT Schools Program in social media and has provided workshops at many schools in both integrating technology and in using HOT BLOCKS, an approach she designed with the principal and other faculty at Samuel Staples Elementary School to address inclusion an
Schools Program in social media and has provided workshops at many
schools in both integrating technology and in using HOT BLOCKS, an approach she designed with the principal and other faculty at Samuel Staples Elementary School to address inclusion an
schools in both integrating technology and in using
HOT BLOCKS, an
approach she designed with the principal and other faculty at Samuel Staples Elementary
School to address inclusion and SRBI.
Raising awareness of
HOT APPROACH in crafting the mission, vision and alignment of the
school?
As a Higher Order Thinking (
HOT) Spotlight
School, John Lyman fosters an arts - integrated
approach to learning in a democratic setting that celebrates the voice of every child.
HOT Schools participate in ongoing professional development and employ the
HOT APPROACH to advance teaching and learning along a continuum from Arts Access, to Arts Connection and Correlation, to Arts Integration.
Professor of Gifted Education and Talent Development at the University of Connecticut and Director of the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, Joseph Renzulli contributes to The
HOT APPROACH to whole -
school change through his «Schoolwide Enrichment» and «Enrichment Triad» models for
school improvement.
The
HOT APPROACH is an innovative delivery system that provides teachers, teaching artists, administrators, parents, and arts organization educators vital professional development, resources, tools and strategies to develop, deepen and expand effective practices in arts education, arts integration,
school culture change and leadership development.
The following is one visual interpretation of the revised Bloom's Taxonomy:
HOT Schools recognizes that learning does not always occur in this «ladder»
approach and that not every level of thinking is required for every task a student needs to be able to do.