Teacher Field Trips

I cruised down the road for my morning commute to school.
It was Friday,
no kids in the car,
sun was out,
radio was on
and then the beat started to pound,
Lady Gaga’s Just Dance started.
YES!
Volume turned up,
hips started to move,
head bobbed
and fingers tapped.
“I need to get out tonight
and DANCE!”
But wasn’t sure how,
never mind…
must listen and groove right now.
My mind [...]

PLaiC – Experience, Reflect, Apply

This past week, a group of teachers that work in my district got together for our monthly (3 months strong!) PLaiC meeting.  This is a PLC (Professional Learning Community) session that centers around Arts Integration.  The format for this session was different than that in the past and I believe it was very effective.  We [...]

PLCs and PLNs – Go Us!

Over the past few months, I have become involved in two very powerful teaching communities: a PLC and a PLN.  Both of these collaborative groups have changed my teaching in very positive ways, mostly because the premise behind each of them is to gain knowledge through other professional educators, AKA [...]

PLaiC – May 2010

PLaiC: EXPERIENCE, REFLECT, APPLY
A group of Amesbury teachers PreK-12 meet as a PLC (Professional Learning Community) to discuss arts integration and its impact on students.

PLaiC

PLC centered around Arts Integration
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PLaiC – Process, Play and Balance

PLaiC is now a new venture for me. It is a Professional Learning Community centered around Arts Integration. What a wonderful example of community. In this case it was a community of teachers getting together to talk freely about their profession and their passion for seeing true arts integration in their teaching. [...]