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CEI MERIDIAN is a professional learning program for teachers of K-5 self-contained classrooms of students with IEPS. Building on the statistically significant results regarding increases in student and teacher outcomes in CEI's seminal Education Through Art program, CEI MERIDIAN utilizes a differentiated arts integration pedagogy and is designed to teach core content through two art modalities and presents six versions of all projects and materials to enable teachers to differentiate instruction and address a wide range of student levels and abilities to meet the needs of a heterogeneous classroom. The CEI MERIDIAN program utilizes VISUAL ART and MUSIC as instructional strategies to directly teach English Language Arts (literacy) and mathematics. All CEI MERIDIAN lessons and projects align with special education and general education standards and skills.
The CEI MERIDIAN pedagogy incorporates:
- An arts integration approach
- Teaching the same content through music and visual art
- Six versions of projects and curricular materials to easily differentiate instruction for students in a heterogeneous classroom
THE VALUE OF ARTS INTEGRATION
An arts integration approach utilizes the arts as a way to teach core content. Individuals naturally receive, learn, and understand information and concepts in different ways through their senses (based on Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences and other works). Students who are auditory learners may need to hear something to comprehend it, so those students may respond to teaching content through music, while visual learners, who may need to see something to understand it, may respond to using visual art as a conduit for teaching academics.
TEACHING THROUGH TWO ART MODALITIES
CEI MERIDIAN utilizes BOTH music and visual art to directly teach ELA (Literacy) and MATH skills. In this way, students are learning the same core content through two art modalities, presenting alternative ways for students to learn the material and understand the concepts being taught.
SIX LEVELS OF DIFFERENTIATION
The CEI MERIDIAN model meets the needs of a wide range of students with disabilities in heterogeneous classrooms, facilitating effective differentiation with modifications for six learner levels so that all students are being challenged and create the same music and visual art projects at their level. The CEI MERIDIAN model includes six (6) versions of all projects, lessons, curriculum maps, embedded schedules, and classroom slide decks for implementation that all align with standards and skills to meet the needs of the varying levels of students' abilities.
The Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) is an educational nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. CEI believes the school should be the center and driving force of public education, innovation, and reform. Every child deserves a quality education. With a focus on equity and innovation, CEI works directly with school leaders, teachers, students, and families to create high-performing schools in under-resourced communities to help all children succeed. www.the-cei.org
The Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) is an educational nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. CEI believes the school should be the center and driving force of public education, innovation, and reform. Every child deserves a quality education. With a focus on equity and innovation, CEI works directly with school leaders, teachers, students, and families to create high-performing schools in under-resourced communities to help all children succeed. www.the-cei.org
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