Arts Learning
ACHF Arts Education
Students will improve social and communication skills by meeting the following goals: 1. Have a high quality artistic experience in a variety of disciplines. 2. Express themselves through artistic forms of communication (self-expression). 3. Positively and creatively interact with one another (social interaction) and 4. Collaboratively participate in the creative arts (cooperative learning).Pre and post evaluations will be completed by teachers and staff, measuring indications of arts learning as well as self-expression, conversation, and group participation skills derived from Measurements of Student Progress Special Education assessment tools. Meetings between classroom teachers, teaching artists, and district level staff also offer a venue for ongoing program assessment.
Ninety-six percent of 139 special education teachers reported that students gained increased understanding of the arts, how to express themselves through the arts, and improvement in their group participation skills, and 91% said that the program had a positive impact on their teaching.
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