Course Description: This session will provide dance educators with strategies and activities to be implemented during the DRAFT phase of the creative process. By exploring this scaffolded approach of movement invention, participants will experience how providing structure can lead to richer connections to the Big Idea and overall intention of the choreography.

Facilitator: Lacey Sheppard

Bio: Lacey Sheppard is the Arts Integration Teachers Specialist for Anne Arundel County Public Schools. Previously, she was the dance educator and performing and visual arts department chair at Brooklyn Park Middle School. She holds a BFA in Dance Performance with K-12 Certification, a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Arts Integration, and a Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Arts Infusion from Towson University. Lacey serves as the K-12 Administration board member for the Maryland Dance Educators Association (MDEA). Lacey is grateful for her ever-growing career in the arts, and is excited to continue working with fellow arts educators and classroom teachers with MC3!

Key Teaching and Learning Strategies explored in this course: 

• Perception - SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING: With intention, model and develop social-emotional learning competencies. (Self-Awareness)

• The Creative Process Map - BIG IDEAS: Guide participants through a creative response to a relevant and exciting concept.

• Facilitator Role - ARTIST HABITS OF MIND: Model and cultivate the Artist Habits of Mind. (Envision)

• Artist Communities - VOICE & AGENCY: Integrate authentic opportunities for participants to share their perspectives and experiences, make choices, and provide and receive peer feedback.

To download the full MSDE Fine Arts Office Professional Learning Framework, please click here.