National Board Certification Awarded to Three Fine Arts Teachers
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National Board Certification Awarded to Three Fine Arts Teachers
Vol. 17, No. 3 A Publication of the Fine Arts Program February, 2014 National Board Certification Awarded to Three Fine Arts Teachers Clois Bell, Doreen Fonda, and Camilla S. Haneberg, three veteran APS Fine Arts teachers, have recently earned the distinction of becoming National Board Certified Teachers. Passing the national boards is a lengthy process requiring teachers to examine and reflect on their teaching practices against the backdrop of student achievement. Passing the National Boards is considered to be an indication of professional teaching excellence. Clois Bell has been a general music teacher since the late 1980s. She began her career in Rhode Island and Arkansas, moving to Albuquerque in 2003. She has been an elementary music teacher with APS Fine Arts for ten years. Clois decided to attempt the National Boards as an alternative to completing a master’s degree. Clois is quick to admit, “. . . it was a tedious and time-consuming project. It was my life for the entire year. However, I found that I learned from the process . . . the validation that the National Board Clois Bell, elementary music teacher Certificate offers to my life’s work is huge.” Doreen Fonda is an English Language Arts and TESOL teacher and AVID coach at Kennedy Middle School. This year, Doreen (Dori to her friends) is also teaching Drama I to seventh and eighth grade students. Dori has taught for 32 years in elementary, middle and high school. She describes herself as a shy student until she joined a drama club. Dori writes, “The process of becoming a National Board Certified Teacher has not only impacted my teaching, it has impacted my life! I now empower my family and my students to believe in themselves, persevere, and dream big!” Camilla S. Haneberg has been teaching art for 23 years. She began her career in Cincinnati, Ohio and has spent the last three years as an artist/ teacher at nex+Gen Academy where she teaches tenth graders. Camilla holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati and a master’s from the Art Academy of Cincinnati. She is an accomplished artist and enjoys painting en plein air (in the open air) in New Mexico. Camilla is also sharpening her Doreen Fonda, ELA/Drama drawing skills using the Classical Atelier method, a form of art instruction teacher at Kennedy Middle School that mirrors the historic private art studios of Europe. Camilla Haneburg, art teacher at APS Fine Arts is incredibly proud of these teachers and offer them our sincerest congratulations! nex+Gen Academy My job is to show folks there’s a lot of good music in this world and, if used right, it may help to save the planet. Pete Seegar May 3, 1919 - January 27, 2014 Del Norte Drama Teacher Wins Golden Apple! Jonathan Hagmaier, drama and digital arts teacher at Del Norte HS is the latest Fine Arts teacher to be honored with the Golden Apple Award. Previous Fine Arts winners include Art Sheinberg, retired orchestra director at Albuquerque and Valley High Schools; Tammy Crespin, art teacher at Madison MS; and Betsy Van Dyke, band director at Madison MS. To win this award, candidates must be nominated by their principal, colleagues, students, parents, or community members. Nominees complete a lengthy application process; they must describe their teaching philosophy and methodology, professional development, and volunteer work. Recipients receive a cash award and $4000 dollars to be used towards professional development. They also receive a laptop computer generously donated by Intel. Congratulations to Jonathan Hagmaier on this prestigious achievement. 1 New Mexico Music Education Association 2013 Honor Bands The NM Music Education Association (NMMEA) is the state affiliate of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). NMMEA is divided into districts throughout the state with District VII comprising all schools in the greater Albuquerque area. Cibola HS was the site for the November 24, 2013 NMMEA District VII Honor Band concerts. Honor Band participants represent District VII schools and are chosen by their band directors; students must be excellent musicians and commit to an intensive rehearsal schedule. This year, over 76 students represented 25 mid-schools while 89 students represented 15 District VII high Good friends and long-time colleagues, Luis Delgado (left) and Stuart Fessinger (right) schools. conducted the 2013 District VII Honor Bands. Mid-School Honor Band was conducted by Stuart Fessinger, a retired APS band director. Mr. Fessinger, a graduate of the University of New Mexico, began his career at Taylor MS and directed high school bands at Eldorado and Sandia. During his 29 year tenure with APS, Mr. Fessinger received many awards including the Crystal Apple Educator Award, the National Band Association Excellence Award, and the NMMEA Hall of Fame Award. Mr. Fessinger is currently teaching at Bosque School where he is the director of middle and upper school bands. Luis Delgado, Director of the APS Fine Arts program, was the conductor for the District VII High School Honor Band. A graduate of the University of New Mexico, Mr. Delgado began his career as the band director at Belen HS and taught at Alamogordo Mid-High/High School and APS’s Sandia High School. He also worked in the New Mexico Public Education Department. Mr. Delgado has held the positions of Southwest Division President of NAfME, NMMEA President, and Vice-President of the NMMEA Elementary School Music Division. Congratulations to this year’s Honor Band participants and conductors. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Elementary Student Art Now Displayed in the DeLayo Martin Community Room The request from Jennifer Neumann, Executive Administrative Assistant for the APS Board of Education, to the Fine Arts office was a simple one: how could you help us add some color to the DeLayo Martin Community Room? The solution was equally simple: display student artwork from the district’s elementary Fine Arts program. Using frames purchased by the Board office, 14 pieces of elementary student art reproduced by APS Graphics Production & District Services are now on display in the DeLayo Martin Community Room. Two pieces represent schools in each of the seven Board member’s districts. New work is displayed twice a year. “The elementary artwork in the DeLayo Martin room illustrates the creative talents of our students - and is an important reminder to keep the support of art education and students in the forefront of our board decisions,” said David Peercy, board member for District 7. The DeLayo Martin Community Room is used primarily for Board of Education committee meetings as well as for meetings held by a variety of district groups, often with community members in attendance. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 2 Puppets in the Classroom Children of all ages can get lost in the magic of puppets by re-telling, acting out or dramatizing a story. Puppets can be extremely powerful because they often allow young children to articulate thoughts and feelings they might not otherwise express. One main character puppet is enough to pull young children into the story and can be used to engage the students with a repeating, predictable phrase (“Where, oh, where can he be?”). Puppets also have the ability to enrich children’s literature experiences. Sometimes a puppet might be just the focus a child needs to become completely engaged with a book, and perhaps start that love of reading that can last a lifetime. Mid-school and high school visual art students have also been fascinated by puppets as the subjects of still-life illustrations and paintings. Puppets are excellent models who never need a break, never change position, and provide challenging examples for depicting visual texture and varying degrees of detail. The ARTS Center at Montgomery Complex has a beautiful collection of puppets and books to enrich your students’ literature experience. And don’t forget to check out a CD for a visual AND auditory experience. (Common Core Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details, K-5; Common Core Speaking and Listening Standards: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas, K-5.) Meet just a few of our more popular critters and characters: Arts Resources Training & Support Montgomery Complex 3315 Louisiana NE Phone: 880-8297 Fax: 880-8287 Hours: 1-5 p.m. M - Th 1-4 p.m. Friday Mornings by appointment ARTS Center Support Team Erin Hulse, Drama Resource Teacher e-mail: [email protected] Sara Hutchinson, Dance Resource Teacher e-mail: [email protected] Gina Rasinski, Music Resource Teacher e-mail: [email protected] ARTS Center Resources • Arts books, DVDs, musicals, art reproductions, CDs • Arts integration units prepared by ARTS Center staff • Children’s literature that integrates well with music and art ARTS Center Services • Workshops on art, music, dance, drama, and literature integration • One-on-one consultations on arts curriculum planning • Help plan arts integration units • Firing clay for schools • Finding that special song, art work or book www.aps.edu/fine-arts/arts-center 3 Drama at Kennedy Middle School -It’s Not What You Think On any given day, one can walk through the halls of a middle school and find “drama”. There are students juggling class schedules, new friendships, and varying teacher expectations. In a broad sense, drama is just part of the composition of an adolescent’s life. This year, however, students at Kennedy MS can really claim that they have drama - as an instructional class. Students at Kennedy MS perform during their drama class with their teacher, Prior to the current school year, Dori Fonda. principal Ed Bortot decided that Kennedy students needed an additional elective. He contacted one of his veteran Language Arts teachers, Doreen Fonda, and asked if she would be willing to teach an 8th grade drama class to fill that spot. Fonda was already incorporating a variety of drama-related activities such as drama games and Readers Theatre in her English/Language Arts (ELA) classes with great success as a means of teaching 8th grade ELA standards. She viewed the drama class as an additional opportunity to not only focus on drama for its inherent instructional value, but also as a means of using drama to reinforce related ELA content learning. One of the first things she did was to contact the district’s drama resource teacher, Erin Hulse, at the APS ARTS Center for support. Among the many things discussed at their first meetings was the difference between “theatre” and “drama”. “Theatre” is what most people think of when they hear the term “drama”. But the term “theatre” actually refers to scripts, sets, props, costumes, blocking, lights, and sound, exhibited on a stage for an audience. The term “drama”, however, refers to instruction and skillbuilding. More specifically, it refers to creating, exploring, analyzing, meaning-making, ensemble, trust, confidence, reading, writing, and building skills for the participants. With the distinction between teaching “drama” versus teaching “theatre” firmly in place, Fonda was ready to begin the semester. Kennedy’s block schedule allows the drama class of 30 students to meet twice a week for 90 minutes each session, with an additional 55 minute Friday class. The longer classes allow for more participatory, skill-building lessons and rehearsals. The Friday class lends itself to writing, vocabulary development, reviewing and reading scripts, i.e., more traditional academic endeavors. So how did the first semester go? Ruben began the semester with a great deal of skepticism, bluntly stating after two weeks, “I don’t like this class. I’m gonna try to get out of it.” Since the time for schedule changes had passed, Ruben stayed. By the end of the semester, during a “talk back” to 6th graders who were the audience for the drama students’ performances of Civil War monologues, Ruben actively encouraged them to take drama as an elective. “It’s the best class ever! And that’s saying something coming from me—I hated this class in the beginning. And now I want to take it again next semester—but they won’t let me.” Students were given an evaluation at the end of the semester regarding the drama skills learned and their perspective about the class. With the question, “What is the most important thing you learned in drama this semester?” students provided the following feedback: “. . . that you can be yourself and not get judged.” “. . . if we work together we accomplish more things.” “ . . . this class has made me more confident and used to reading in front of the class. “Drama taught me to express myself around others and to not be shy. I used to be very concealed. Now I’m very outgoing.” “One thing I have learned (is) more vocabulary. It helps with other classes.” Another group of 30 students will have the opportunity to participate in the drama class second semester. They, too, will be able to build skills with reading, writing, oral language development and expression, analysis, creativity, ensemble, trust, and confidence. Fonda and Bortot intend to continue offering the drama elective for the 2014-2015 school year with the long-range goal of program expansion. So drama in middle school doesn’t have to be “drama in middle school” - just ask the students at Kennedy. 4 APS Fine Arts Program Luis Delgado Director 880-8249 ext. 338 [email protected] Trudy Randour Manager 880-8249 ext. 340 [email protected] Denise Rudd Art Resource Teacher 880-8249 ext. 312 [email protected] Rosemary Fessinger Music Resource Teacher 880-8249 ext. 311 [email protected] Gloria Deffenbaugh Inventory Control Tech 880-8249 ext. 336 [email protected] Dionne Sanchez Inventory Control Tech 880-8249 ext. 339 [email protected] • Berna Madrid-Aragon Secretary 880-8249 ext. 337 [email protected] Inter-office Mail: Fine Arts Office Montgomery Complex • US Mail: Fine Arts Office Montgomery Complex 3315 Louisiana NE 87110 • WEBSITE: www.aps.edu/fine-arts FAX: 872-0664 MAY ARTS Center Arts Integration Workshop: “The Colors of Summer” Date: Thursday, May 1 Audience: Intermediate Grade Certified Staff (grades 3 – 5) Location: APS ARTS Center – Montgomery Complex Time: 8:30 – 3:30 p.m. Reservations: Sara Hutchinson: 880-8249, xt. 156 or [email protected] Upcoming Fine Arts Events Mark Your Calendar! FEBRUARY Metro Youth Art Exhibit Annual juried exhibit of high school student art; display opportunity for midschools Exhibit Dates: Sat., March 1 – Sunday, March 30 Location: Fine Arts Gallery – Expo New Mexico (State Fair) Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Saturday & Sunday 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Gallery Admission: Free Parking: Expo NM parking fees apply See the Fine Arts website for a schedule of weekend music performances by APS high school musicians (www.aps.edu/fine-arts) NM Philharmonic Concerts for Fourth Grades Dates: Tuesday, May 13 and Thursday, May 15 Location: Popejoy Hall Performance Times: 10 a.m. and 12 noon Reservations: Packets were sent in the APS school mail to 4th gr. chairpersons the week of January 27 Elementary Music Teachers Present Workshops at All-State Conference MARCH Elementary Honor Choir Concerts Annual concerts featuring fourth and fifth grade students from APS elementary schools Date: Saturday, March 1 Location: Eldorado High School (Montgomery & Juan Tabo) Fourth Gr. Concert: 2:45 p.m. Fifth Gr. Concert: 4:00 p.m. Admission: Admission is free but seating is limited Beginning Orchestra Festival Annual concerts featuring beginning orchestra students from local middle schools Date: Saturday, March 8 Location: West Side Concert: James Monroe MS 6100 Paradise NW East Side Concert: Eisenhower MS 11001 Camero NE Time: 2:30 – 3:00 both concerts Admission: Free for both concerts APRIL “Art is Elementary” Annual exhibit of art from APS elementary schools Exhibit Dates: Saturday, April 5 – Sunday, May 4 Location: Indian Arts Bldg. – Expo New Mexico (State Fair) Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Saturday & Sunday 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Gallery Admission: Free Parking: Expo NM parking fees apply “Focus on Youth” Photography Exhibit Annual juried exhibit of photography from APS high schools, Albuquerque Academy and Sandia Preparatory School Exhibit Dates: Sunday, April 28 – Sunday, June 9 Location: Albuquerque Museum of Art and History 2000 Mountain Rd. NW (Old Town) Awards Reception: Sunday, April 28 2:00 p.m. Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 9:00 am to 5:00 p.m. Museum Admission: $4/adults;$3/NM residents, $2/Seniors (65+); $1 Children 4-12, Children under 3 – free Sundays, 9:00 am – 1:00 p.m., free admission Workshop presenter Anna Perea (front) was assisted in a blacklight drumming demonstration by (from left) APS elementary music teachers: Joe Gershin, Paul Palmer, James Macklin and Vicky Wood. A unique workshop on use of blacklight as an instructional strategy in the elementary music classroom was presented by four APS elementary music teachers at the NM Music Educator’s All State Conference in early January. Presenters included Jan Delgado, Anna Perea, Antonio Romero and Stacy Sandoval. The workshop was aptly titled, “Musicians Do It In the Dark.” Over 80 elementary music teachers from around the state participated in the workshop by turning out the room lights, turning on the blacklights and using white gloves, hula hoops and stretchy bands, among other glow-in-the-dark items to demonstrate a variety of participatory instructional strategies. Among the lesson objectives included in the fluorescent environment were creating rhythmic patterns, recognizing and keeping a steady beat, demonstrating spatial levels (low, medium, high), and depicting melodic contours, among many others. The workshop also included information on classroom logistics, materials needed, costs, and resources (both local vendors as well as online instructional videos). For access to the Power Point presentation of the workshop, visit www.aps.edu/arts-center; click on “workshops”. In addition to the blacklight workshop, APS elementary music teacher Rebecca Ortega facilitated a session on multicultural folk dances that is always well-attended and considered a highlight of the conference. Santa Fe Opera Spring Tour Performances for Grades 3 - 5 Dates: Mon., April 21 – Thurs., April 24 Location: KiMo Theatre Performance Times: 10 am and 12 noon; (Wed., April 23: 10 am only) Reservations: Packets were sent in the APS school mail to grade level chairpersons the week of February 1 ARTS Center Arts Integration Workshop: “The Colors of Summer” Date: Tuesday, April 29 Audience: Primary Grade Certified Staff (Gr. K – 2) Location: APS ARTS Center – Montgomery Complex Time: 8:30 – 3:30 p.m. Reservations: Sara Hutchinson: 880-8249, xt. 156 or [email protected] 5 Scholastics Awards Six APS Students with Gold and Silver Keys in Art The New Mexico Art Education Association (NMAEA) is the newest affiliate of the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, a non-profit organization that recognizes secondary students with exceptional creative talent through the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. It is the country’s longest-running recognition program for creative secondary students. Notable past winners include Robert Redford, Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, and Sylvia Plath. In years past, students from New Mexico were entered in the Southwest Region-at-Large, which also included Arkansas, Louisiana, Arizona and Texas. Because of the new NMAEA state affiliation, New Mexico students will now compete only with their New Mexico peers, giving them a greater chance to win an award or scholarship. Students can submit work in areas such as drawing, painting, ceramics, glass, and photography among many others. Graduating seniors may also submit up to two portfolios to compete for a Portfolio Gold Medal, with the 16 winners receiving $10,000 each in scholarship money. The national winners will be Guests enjoyed the artwork at the Art.Write.Now exhibit that was announced on March 15th. held at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Albuquerque was one Six APS students received state-level awards this year – called “keys” – with of only four stops the exhibit will make throughout the country. Photo the Gold Key winners going on to compete at courtesy of the Association of Young Artists and Writers. the national level for Gold or Silver Medals. • Nicole Hensley, Volcano Vista HS: Gold Key and American Visions Nominee in Digital Art • Luis Medina, Highland HS: Silver Key in Ceramics and Glass • Hye Jin Park, La Cueva HS: Gold Key in Mixed Media, Silver Key in Drawing, 2 Silver Keys in Ceramics and Glass, Gold Key in Ceramics and Glass • Heather Parker, Del Norte HS: Silver Key in Drawing • Ceidric Platero, Del Norte HS: Gold Key in Drawing; Silver Key in Drawing • Christina Silachanh, Del Norte HS: Silver Key in Painting; Silver Key in Photography Winners at the national level will be announced mid-March. Last November, the National Hispanic Cultural Center hosted the Art.Write.Now. Tour – a traveling exhibition that featured the work of the 2012 national Scholastics Gold Medal winners, including two students from New Mexico: Emilie Sommers from Albuquerque Academy received a Portfolio Gold Medal in Photography, and Katarina Pittis from the New Mexico School of the Arts won a Gold Medal for Photography. The exhibit will also travel to Pittsburgh, PA and Laramie, WY. The 2013 State Awards Exhibition opened on February 7, 2014 at Warehouse 508 in Albuquerque and should be on display through the beginning of March. The exhibit includes the work of the APS Gold and Silver Key award winners listed above. See http://newmexicoartawards.wordpress.com for specific dates, times and venues for all of the Scholastics events. The writing component of Scholastics is an equally prestigious program including works in poetry, fiction, non-fiction and a variety of other literary genre. NMAEA is actively searching for a local organization to serve as the affiliate for the writing portion of the Scholastics program. APS Fine Arts Welcomes New Music Teacher Kay Martin, an elementary music teacher who has been with the elementary Fine Arts program since its inception, has been delighting students with song and dance at many APS elementary schools for 17 and a half years. Martin retired effective January 1 to care for her young grandchildren. William Wadsworth, a recent UNM graduate, will assume Martin’s position at Oñate Elementary School. Wadsworth’s primary instruments are bassoon and saxophone. While he doesn’t get to play them in the elementary classroom, he does get to display that talent on the weekends as a soldier in the 44th New Mexico National Guard Army Band. The Fine Arts program wishes Kay Martin all the best in her retirement and is looking forward to having Will Wadsworth join our staff. Will Wadsworth, elementary music teacher In Memorium Dr. Alan Zoloth, an elementary music teacher with the Fine Arts program in 1996-97, the program’s first year, passed away in January, 2014 in Atlanta. “Mr./Dr. Zoloth” as he was called by several confused kindergarten students, taught at La Mesa, Sandia Base and Whittier elementary schools that year and will be missed. 6