SUNDAY
ALL SESSIONS ARE IN-PERSON (FACE TO FACE) UNLESS NOTED IN THE TITLE OF THE SESSION.
Room assignments are at the end of the session title. Maps are posted in the hallways.
Pages can be printed as a PDF for a hardcopy.
Act 48 Credit Information
Most sessions qualify for Act 48 credit. If a session does not qualify for Act 48 credit, it will be indicated in the session description. Within a day or two of the in-person conference, participants will receive Google form links via email to fill out for their Act 48 credit. The forms will close at midnight on November 21, 2021, giving participants several weeks to complete the virtual sessions. Act 48 hours will be uploaded to PDE in December 2021. Please contact Jill Anders at directorofprogramming@paea.org if you have Act 48 questions.
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM – Registration - Lobby
9:00 – 9:50 AM
Contemporary Art and Increasing Student Engagement - Sarah Peter 202
Marita Fitzpatrick
Our students are creative beings who want to express themselves and gain art skills. Connecting the Studio Habits and contemporary art, make today’s art curriculum relevant to today’s students.
Best Practice - Middle/Secondary/Preservice/Choice
9:00 – 10:50 AM – Ticketed Workshops
A Mindfulness Artmaking Lightning Round: 10 Art Lessons that Support Diverse Learners - Wilson 235
Kristin Baxter
Support diverse learners through creating 10 hands-on art lessons based on mindfulness. Lessons are based on afterschool programs in Allentown, PA and Northampton County Juvenile Justice Center, Easton, PA.
Hands On Workshop
Dox Thrash: Celebrating a Printmaker and his Technique - Wilson 236
Marie Elcin, Marie Huard, Nicole Caracciolo, Amy Diaz-Newman, Zafka Banks-Christensen and Pam Toller
Learn about the legacy of Philadelphia printmaker Dox Thrash who pioneered the carborundum mezzotint technique and portrayed the life of Black Americans. Experience classroom friendly printmaking processes.
Hands On Workshop
10:00 – 10:50 AM
Choice-Based & Trauma-Informed: A Compassionate & Honest Venture - Sarah Peter 206
Alison Keener and Lindsay Knepp
We will discuss the qualities of Trauma-Informed classrooms, how those qualities seamlessly integrate in a TAB or choice-based classroom, and share stories from brave student artwork.
Best Practice - All
Small steps for big changes: equity in elementary art and music classrooms - Sarah Peter 202
Geena Teodecki and James Klingler
Using art and music curriculum as our springboard, we can open dialogues about representation, culture, and identity. Through the arts, we can include young students in our conversations about equity.
Best Practice - Elementary
11:00 – 11:50 AM
The Senses Project: Mindful Photography - Sarah Peter 206
Robin Brewer
The Senses Project encourages students to slow down and to use photography as a medium to focus and ground themselves through a mindful photography practice. Student examples will be highlighted.
Best Practice - All
Art for All: Engaging ALL Learners in the Art Classroom - Wilson 235
Maggie Weber
We are all artists: Tips and best practices for designing accessible, relatable, doable, differentiated art lessons that engage ALL students including students with diverse needs, abilities, and backgrounds.
Best Practice - Secondary/Middle/ED&I
Wish you were here! (Where am I right now): The pedagogy of postcards - Wilson 236
Sue Uhlig and Leslie Gates
In this interactive session, participants will create their own postcards while the presenters share historical context, previous projects, and pedagogical strategies using postcards.
Best Practice - All
An Introduction to BAR-WE (Building Anti-Racist White Educators) - Sarah Peter 202
Liza Johnson
White colleagues will lead discussion of the article 10 Things Every White Teacher Should Know When Talking about Race by Angela Watson and offer an overview of the BAR-WE Series.
Interactive Discussion - All
12:00 – 12:50
Keynote Speaker – Symone Salib - Great Hall
Symone Salib (she/her) is a first generation Cuban/Egyptian street artist, muralist, and educator based out of Philadelphia. Through acrylic paint and illustration she works to highlight the lives of people, with an emphasis on BIPOC across her city since 2017. She focuses on vibrantly sharing the stories of people in hopes we can connect and resonate with humans who are different from ourselves. She strives to spread joy and create a space where people are not only seen but heard. Her work is a reclamation of space both physically and politically as she asserts the humanity of black and brown bodies and the necessity for justice against police brutality, sexism and homophobia.