Pilot Project

Integrate K–6 Visual Art Lessons into Title I, Part A Schoolwide Services

Welcome to the pilot project: K-6 Arts Integration that Supports Title I, Part A Schoolwide Program Goals!The intent of this pilot is to help educators increase student performance by using the visual arts as a strategy in ELA and math.The curriculum—Art Lessons in the Classroom (ALIC) — isaligned to the Washington State K-12 Learning Standards, and provides step-by-step lesson plans, assessment checklists and communications for families. See attached.

Beginning with project activities by month, here are the details you need to move forward with the pilot in your K–6 classrooms.

Project Activities by Month

2015

Project Activity / August / September / October / November / December
Half-day PD workshops
Order supplies
Teachers integrate ALIC
Full-day PD workshops
Half-day with primary teachers ǀ Half-day with intermediate teachers
Video conferences w/Title I, Part A staff
Webinar w/business managers, federal program directors, principals

2016

Project Activity / January / February / March / April / May / June
Teachers integrate ALIC
Full-day PD workshops
Half-day with primary teachers ǀ Half-day with intermediate teachers
Video conferences w/Title I, Part A staff
Webinar w/business managers, federal program directors, principals

Questions or Comments

Contact Larry Fazzari, 360-725-6189, if you have any questions, comments or concerns.

Professional Learning

Half-day Workshop for All Instructional Staff. A half-day professional learning workshop will take place before school begins.Special trainers from ArtsEd Washington will introduce the curriculum, and classroom-based assessments that comprise Art Lessons in the Classroom, and familiarize teachers with the instructional strategies that structure arts-based learning activities in ELA and math.

  • ALIC trainers will contact each school and schedule thesehalf-day workshops.

Full-day Workshop. A full-day workshop divided into two three-hour blocks will follow: one for primary grade teachers and the other for teachers of the intermediate grades.

  • ALIC trainers will contact each school and schedule these full-day workshops.

Online Tutorials. ArtsEd Washington provides a series of online training videos designed to support teachers as they work through the curricula and assessments that comprise Art Lessons in the Classroom.Access to these media-rich resources is a component of the pilot project.

Video Conferences — Checking In on the Title I, Part A Components

We’ll schedule four video conferences over the 2015-16 school year with pilot districts and schools. Your federal programs director, business manager, principal and two teachers should be present at each video conference. We’ll slate these meetings in October (2015), and in January, April, June (2016). Once we set specific dates, we’ll let you know.

These are two-way opportunities for conversation about the pilot, and a check-in that will cover the programmatic components and fiscal responsibilities that accompany the use of these federal funds.As you know, districts use their Title I, Part A allocations to supplement instruction, curricula and services in the core subjects of ELA, math and science for students who need extra academic support.

New! VC Dates and Times. All Mondays at 3:00 p.m.

  • August 31
  • January 25
  • April 25
  • June 6

Materials and Supplies

Here is a list of materials and supplies by grade level. Teachers will need these suppliesas they set up classrooms for the 2015-16 school year.

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