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AEC
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY GRADUATES Lisa
Belczyk, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Class of: 2006 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: 1) Establish a teacher residency at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh 2) Develop a venue for educators to discuss their tastes in visual art. Email: ashockling@pittsburghkids.org Darnell
Warren, formerly of Carnegie Museum of Art Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Connect Museum Arts programming to Pittsburgh Public Schools curriculum Email:
crimefighter0036@yahoo.com Sarah
Williams Devereux, August Wilson Center for African American Culture Discipline: Literary and Visual Arts Action Plan: Determine how the center's education program can serve the needs of educational organizations in the Pittsburgh area, specifically K-12 schools and African American education groups. Email: swilliamsdevereux@augustwilsoncenter.org
Action Plan: Raise awareness of standards and incorporate into student lessons through many venues including colleagues, students, parents, school board and community Email:
allenj@htsd.k12.pa.us Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Make art more visually valuable by educating students, faculty and community on why it's beneficial and academic and how it can enhance school and community Email:
mandreassi@pinerichland.org Action Plan: Sponsor community performances designed to engage new audiences and recruit interested students Email: tbushyager@hotmail.com Debbie Day, Moon Area School District Class of: 2006 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Organize a student art exhibit Email: dday@masd.k12.pa.us
Marion Day, Cornell School District Class of: 2007 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Write a comprehensive K-12 curriculum Email: mday@cornell.k12.pa.us
Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Integrate production aspects of the current art curriculum into various programs, across curriculum, within differentiated age groups along with special needs students Email:
cdewitt@westallegheny.k12.ps.us Linda
Tonetti Dugan, Ellis School Action Plan: Create cohesive scope/sequence K-12 for Ellis visual arts Email:
tonettiduganl@theellisschool.org Laura
Ferguson, Propel Schools
Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Use the unique architecture of the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh as a metaphor for life in the post-modern 21st century and create lessons around the history and creative design of the three buildings that comprise the museum. Email:
mfratang@wjhsd.net Carol
Froehlich, Mt. Lebanon School District Discipline: Music Action Plan: Track and assess student aesthetic response in music. Email: cpriore@mtlsd.net Jaime
Frye, Moon Area School District Discipline: Music Action Plan: Create a district-wide choir at the elementary level. Email: jfrye@masd.k12.pa.us
Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Transition program to ease students through school changes at all levels. Arts integration can be utilized as the catalyst for change and adaptation. Email:
kgearhart@rsd.k12.pa.us Email:
mgray@shadysideacademy.org Discipline: Music Action Plan: Form an arts support group Email:
cgregg@washington.k12.pa.us Linda Hartman, Bethel Park School District Class of: 2006 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Develop an interdisciplinary unit empowering students to relate art to their learning community. Email: artlady10@comcast.net Christy Hedman, Deer Lakes School District Class of: 2006 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Apply for the teacher in residence program at Deer Lakes Middle School to provide the Middle School students with an opportunity to learn about the ceramic art form. Email: chedman@slsd.k12.pa.us Amy Keller, Quaker Valley School District Class of: 2006 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Create an art program that encourages and supports the emotional development of students. Email: kellera@qvsd.org Rachel Koch, Imani Christian Academy Class of: 2007 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Revive the community through the arts. Email: psa3rachel@aol.com
Action Plan: Unify arts in South Fayette by creating a combined arts department Email:
lally@southfayette.org Deni Lasky, Bentworth School District Class of: 2006 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Plan an arts event in collaboration with the music department at Bentworth Middle School Email: dlaskey@bentworth.k12..pa.us
Discipline: Music Action Plan: Improve communication K-12 instrumental, choral, and visual arts (up and down) Email:
plennartz@pghboe.net Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Increase public support for the arts in Shaler Area School District Email:
lieba45@yahoo.com Patrick
McAndrew, South Fayette School District Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Unify arts in South Fayette by creating a combined arts department Email:
mcandrew@southfayette.org
Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Increase public support for the arts in Shaler School District Email:
mcelwainm@sasd.k12.pa.us Lauren McKiernan, Northgate School District Class of: 2006 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Encourage students to become leaders in their community Email: lmckiernan@northgate.k12.pa.us
Discipline: Theater Arts Action Plan: Raise visibility of Theater Arts through networking and collaborating within Fox Chapel High School Email:
sally_meyers@fcasd.edu Diane Oberst, North Hills School District Class of: 2007 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Design and implement a literacy-based fine arts kindergarten pilot. Email: oberstd@nhsd.k12.pa.us Marsha Owens, Trinity School District Class of: 2006 Discipline: Music Action Plan: Make ARTSDAY a permanent and more useful experience for the Trinity students and faculty. Email: owensm@trinitypride.org
Discipline: Music Action Plan: To involve the community in the children's learning process through short concerts Email:
amp870@verizon.net Russ Pedersen, Carlynton School District Class of: 2006 Discipline: Music Action Plan: Organize a Unified Arts Day - a combined exhibition of the visual and performing arts for the community stakeholders. Email: russ.pedersen@carlynton.k12.pa.us Kristine Purcell Sacco, ACLD Tillotson School Class of: 2007 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Develop a resource website for art teachers for the benefit of students with learning disabilities. Email: kristinesacco@hotmail.com
Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Make art more visibly valuable by educating students, faculty and community on why it is beneficial and academic and how it can enhance school and community Email:
rriley@pinerichland.org Tricia
Rohlf, Brownsville Area School District Discipline: Dance and Drama Action Plan: Educate the community about the importance of the arts, what arts educators do, and provide arts opportunities. Email: trohlf@basd.org
Class of: 2005 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: To reintroduce SHASDA in the Arts in the South Hills Email:
mscureman@uscsd.k12.pa.us Class of: 2003 Discipline: Music Action Plan: Increase the quality of lesson design in order to keep students engaged in music activities Email:
ssherley@aol.com Discipline: Music Action Plan: Create parent focus group at Taylor Alderdice to support music education Email:
eslaughter1@pghboed.org Class of: 2003 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Raise awareness of arts and humanities standards and advocate for the arts within the greater school community Email:
lsmith@masd.k12.pa.us Kara Stauffer, Canon McMillan School District Class of: 2007 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Advocate for the visual arts within the school and community. Email: staufferk@cmsd.k12.pa.us Sara Strzempek, North Hills School District Class of: 2007 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Design and implement a literacy-based fine arts kindergarten pilot. Email: strzempeks@nhsd.net
Class of: 2003 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Rewrite current arts curriculum to align with Pennsylvania standards Email:
rstulga@svsd.k12.pa.us Dan Stys, Pittsburgh Public Schools Class of: 2006 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Create an alternative outdoor space in which the faculty can enhance the overall learning experience Email: dstys@pghboe.net
Class of: 2005 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: To stregthen the incorporation and use of Pennsylvania Arts and Humanities Standard 9.2 H, by providing a website resource for arts educators to use in their lesson plans Email:
kteeple@masd.k12.pa.us Class of: 2003 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Make art more visibly valuable by educating students, faculty and community on why it is beneficial and academic and how it can enhance school and community Email:
vthearle@pinerichland.org Linda Turner, West Mifflin School District Class of: 2006 Discipline: Physical Education/Dance Action Plan: Involve high school students in a presentation of a dance/fitness interactive program to elementary classes. Email: turnerl@wmasd.org
Class of: 2003 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Organize "Evening of Art" at Kindergarten level to begin education Chartiers Valley parents about the importance of arts education Email: ninagiordano@hotmail.com Karen Vachon-Thaner, Hampton Township School District Class of: 2007 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Develop and advocacy tool kit. Email: kvthaner@comcast.net
Class of: 2003 Discipline: Music Action Plan: Develop and present a workshop for music educators on "Teaching the At-Risk Child" Email:
jwall@pghboe.net Class of: 2003 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: 1. Arts advocacy: give staff and community better opportunity to better understand and appreciate the arts, 2. Revise/rewrite the curriculum to better align with the standards Email: n/a Cindy West, Vincentian Academy Class of: 2006 Discipline: Theater Action Plan: Create the Vincentian Heart, Mind, and Soul gARTen, an outdoor inspirational space. Email: west203@comcast.net Dalene Wilkins, Mt. Pleasant School District Class of: 2004 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Professional staff development for arts educators Email: dritter@mpasd.net Renae Knapel Yoder, Highlands School District Class of: 2006 Discipline: Visual Arts Action Plan: Create a resource to utilize the arts as a means for students to write across the curriculum. Email: ryoder@goldenrams.com |
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