Regional Arts Education Day

Regional Arts Education Day - 2009

 
Dr. Mariale Hardiman The Arts Education Collaborative will be hosting Regional Arts Education Day on Monday, October 12, 2009. This year’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Mariale Hardiman. Dr. Hardiman is the Chair, Interdisciplinary Studies in Education and Assistant Dean, Urban Schools Partnerships at Johns Hopkins University School of Education. She is the author of “Connecting Brain Research with Effective Teaching: The Brain-Targeted Teaching Model” (2003). Hardiman served as a principal, department chair, teacher and professional development specialist for more than 30 years in the Baltimore City Public School System. As the principal of Roland Park Elementary Middle School for a decade starting in 1993, she led the school to its designation as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.

In a May 2009 article for the Dana Foundation, Hardiman wrote: “Our current system of judging schools— based primarily on achievement scores in reading and mathematics—is moving American public education in the wrong direction. It has resulted in a well-documented narrowing of the curriculum, especially in urban settings where budgets are tight and many educators believe that children require more time to work in the tested subject areas. These practices are inconsistent with our nation’s need for workers capable of collaboration, innovation, and creative problem solving. Those are the very skills identified as necessary for the work force of the future by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills.”

The day’s activities will be from 9 am to 3:30 pm at the Regional Enterprise Tower in downtown Pittsburgh. Participants are eligible for 5.5 ACT 48 credit hours and the cost for attending is $75. For more information, go here.

"As teachers designed arts-integrated lessons that fostered creative thinking, a transformation occurred in the school. Lessons became more engaging, children embraced learning more, teachers enjoyed teaching more, and parents were more satisfied with their child’s schooling." — Dr. Mariale Hardiman