SCRAP NEEDS YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT!
Create home-grown adaptations to empower people with diverse abilities to make art. You don't need to purchase fancy adaptations to create! In this workshop, participants will leave with a tool kit of materials to adapt art making such as a pencil with yarn wound around it, felt or silicone mats and a ballpoint pen for making tactile images, cardboard with binder clips to stabilize materials, and more! This workshop is perfect for any educator whether it be in a traditional classroom, after school space, workshop environment, and anywhere in between. Great for all ages!
Creative and multi-dimensional assessment techniques give us a more comprehensive picture of our students. We will explore multiple final assessment formats that offer both structure and creative space. We will dive into rubrics and their capacity to increase student skills and accountability without requiring conformity. Most importantly, we will enjoy the creative process ourselves as we investigate, share great ideas and support our own continued learning.
Creative thinking is an invaluable skill that results from tinkering with loose parts and open-ended materials. In this workshop we will engage with loose parts, and experience for ourselves the possibilities they afford. Those include collaboration, innovation, self-regulation, intrinsic motivation, natural curiosity, amongst many others! Participants in this workshop can expect to tinker, play and even create something of their own. They will also learn ways to introduce loose parts into their classrooms and how to utilize them to teach any areas of curriculum.
As we limp … *ahem* … soar gracefully toward a holiday break, educators and learners can benefit from some research-supported ideas for decreasing stress and anxiety in the classroom. In addition to diminishing stress, these ideas are associated with increasing engagement, learning, a sense of belonging, and a host of other positive educational outcomes. Participants will learn activities and ideas before collaborating with other educators to develop direct applications in their own classroom. During and following the workshop, participants will gather ideas about using SCRAP resources to support their new activities. Join Dr. Stephanie Rafanelli for a workshop offering concrete curricular and pedagogical ideas for your middle or high school classroom.