Visual & Performing Arts

Framework & Standards

Learning Outcomes

• We will begin to explore the VAPA Framework and Standards.

• We will begin to establish connections between the VAPA standards and our curriculum design and teaching.

VAPA Frameworks & Standards

Strands:

• Artistic Perception

• Creative Expression

• Historical & Cultural Context

• Aesthetic Valuing

• Connections, Relationships, and Applications

Artistic Perception

• Processing, analyzing, and responding to sensory information through the language and skills unique to dance, music, theatre, and visual art.

Creative Expression

• Creating, performing, and participating in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.

Historical & Cultural Context

• Understanding the historical contributions and cultural dimensions of dance, music, theatre, and visual art.

Aesthetic Valuing

• Responding to, analyzing, and making judgments about works on dance, music, theatre, and visual art.

Connections, Relationships, & Applications

• Connecting and applying what is learned in dance, music, theatre, and visual art to learning in other art forms and subjects and to careers.

What’s in the VAPA Standards?

• Split into groups and select a reporter

• Look at grade level and art discipline

• What’s new?• What are the

connections?• What would you like

to learn?

Connections Mind Map

Share Out!What’s new?What are the connections?What would you like to learn?

Reflecting…

• Given our time together, please share out:– Recollections– Insights– Applications– What you would

like to learn