Arts Integration & STEAM

What is Arts Integration?

Arts Integration is an approach to teaching in which students construct and demonstrate understanding through an art form. Through Arts integration, students engage in a creative process which connects an art form and another subject area and meets evolving objectives in both. (Kennedy Center)

What is STEAM?

STEAM uses science, technology engineering, the arts, and math as access points for guiding student inquiry, dialogue, and critical thinking. (Institute for Arts Integration and STEAM)

Website Resources 

Arizona Title I Arts

Arts programs can help schools achieve the goals of Title I by facilitating student engagement and learning, strengthening parent involvement, and improving school climate and schoolwide behavior. This site provides resources for school leaders who wish to embrace arts programming among their strategies for achieving Title I goals. It is intended, in prticular, for schools with schoolwide Title I programs, and includes tools for planning, implementing, and evaluating arts-based strategies in alignment with state and federal Title I regulatiaons.

Fundamentals of the Arts Integration & STEAM Approach

Arts Integration and STEAM are approaches to learning. They are not curriculum, nor are these a set of strategies. Instead, these are research-based shifts which embed both the art and the science of teaching and learning. Within these approaches are four cornerstones which are key to building, using and sustaining any arts integration or STEAM effort.

The Molly Blank Fund Teaching Artists Program (TAP) is designed to create teaching artists in the metro Phoenix area that have been trained in the Kennedy Center arts integration method. After training, these teaching artists will develop residency lesson plans that will be implemented in a classroom setting.

TAP Website

The Molly Blank Fund Teaching Artists Program Roster

Articles

STEAM and the Role of the Arts in STEM 

From the Arts Education Blog

Save the Date for the 2023 Arts and Physical Education Virtual Summit! Wed, Nov 9 2022 Opportunities

The Title IV-A team would like to share the dates for our 2022-2023 Arts and Physical Education Virtual Summit. The Arts and Physical Education Virtual Summit will be taking place on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, and will include professional development specific to Arts and Physical Education including sessions on funding your program, innovative teaching practices, and standards-based instruction. Please be on the lookout for more information in the coming weeks! 
November Arts Education Newsletter Wed, Oct 26 2022 Spotlight

Dear Arts Educators,

There is much to read in this month's newsletter. First, please make sure to read about Dustin Loehr's transition from the ESE Director of Arts Education & Title IV-A to a national role! ADE will sincerely miss Dustin but we are excited for him to make an impact at the national level! Congratulations Dustin!

Additionally, conference season is beginning! We often hear that arts teachers actively want more discipline-specific professional development and the annual conferences organized by the professional educator organizations are the perfect avenue to get it. Please see below for more discipline-specific information! Additionally, ADE Arts Education offers FREE professional development to all Arizona schools. Please reach out to [email protected] if you are interested! Lastly, if you feel capable of leading arts-specific professional development, we would love for you to submit a session proposal for ADE's Arts and PE Virtual Summit! This 1-day Summit on Wednesday, February 22nd will be provided to arts and physical education teachers with plenty of content specific learning! Stipends are available for presenters so submit a session proposal today and stay tuned for registration information coming soon!