Arts for Alaska activities will include:
- • An Art Director and Native Artists in Residence will be hired to deliver at least one hour of embedded coaching and mentoring in every Hoonah classroom each week, totaling at least 40 hours of PD each year.
- • Teachers will earn stipends for completing online workshops and coursework through the Alaska Arts Education Consortium or Institute for Arts Integration and STEAM.
- • A new, full-time Music Educator will be hired to lead classes in Music Education, Instrumental Music, and Vocal Music – reestablishing a Hoonah Chorus and Hoonah Band.
- • The Native Artists in Residence will provide ongoing opportunities for Hoonah students to complete culturally reflective arts experiences, both during the traditional school day and in an after school enrichment environment.
- • A contracted STEAM Art Teacher will push-in to science instruction at least once each month, leading fully integrated, hands-on arts experiences that align directly to content covered in science. Lesson plans will be shared with classroom teachers, building capacity for arts-integrated instruction.
- • Quarterly Arts Night events will be held, bringing generations together to experience the arts in coordination with the Director of Cultural Programming and Native Artist in Residence. To feature band and chorus presentations, Indigenous art creation opportunities, visual art showcases, and drama / theater productions.
- • The Curricular Team will work with the National Park Service and Sealaska Heritage Institute to create a vertically aligned Scope and Sequence for the Arts for statewide dissemination, building a wealth of Arts Education lesson plans for students K-12 that provide authentic instruction in Tlingit history, culture, and traditions.
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