|
|
|
| The Dance TEKS and Professional
Development Adopting new
standards for student achievement is only part of the statewide effort to increase
learning in fine arts
dance. CEDFA, the Center for Educator
Development in Fine Arts, is helping dance
educators prepare to teach the TEKS through professional development activities that are
much more substantive than "seat time" or "make-and-take workshops."
Three themes are predominant among contemporary models of professional development: on-the-job learning, collaboration, and performance assessment of teachers and students. The pages of
this section of the website explore models of professional development and new initiatives
that promote effective professional development of dance teachers.
In order to help their students demonstrate the Dance TEKS,
dance teachers should be involved in professional development that:
- Directly relates to the content of the Dance
TEKS
- Helps make the Dance TEKS accessible to students who are in the greatest need of improvement
- Meets their individual needs as
related to the needs of their students
- Engages them in experiential learning, progressing
to new levels of understanding and achievement and building on what they already
know
- Models appropriate development of knowledge and skills
in dance for students in specific grades and courses
- Provides examples of expected student
achievement in dance
- Focuses on critical and creative thinking in
dance content
- Integrates the four content strands in dance, as appropriate
- Promotes research-based practice that results
in demonstrated excellence in student work.
|
|
|
