CEI ARTS EDUCATION presents student-centered, hands-on visual art and music programs that directly teach academic content, strengthen social emotional learning (SEL) skills, and align with NYS Standards and NYC Arts Blueprint. With a team of arts educators and teaching artists with decades of experience, CEI ARTS EDUCATION offers a wide range of programs for all K-12 schools that serve STUDENTS (arts residency programs), TEACHERS (professional development workshops), and PARENTS (educational arts resources and activities). Programs are customized to the specific needs of each school and serve all student populations.

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CEI ARTS EDUCATION offers student programs that serve all student populations and include:

• ACADEMIC-BASED VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMS include a myriad of projects that connect with the core subjects. From creating Animal Diversity Board Games and Historical Figure Puppets to Poetry Pop-Up Books and Mathematical Mobiles, all projects are hands-on, fun and engaging for students.
  

• ACADEMIC-BASED MUSIC PROGRAMS include many programs that use the power of song and rhythm to teach core subjects. Programs range from writing Ecosystem Songs to creating Multiplication Percussion pieces to learning to play a musical.

• SOCIAL-ACTION ARTS PROGRAMS inspire young people to tackle major social issues and become engaged citizens and social activists through creating works of art with messages for social change – in WALLS4CHANGE students create social action murals at their schools, in SOS students create individual social action pieces, and in BENCHMARKS students paint social action murals on benches for public display. The Benchmarks program culminates in a high-profile, citywide exhibition of social-action benches in parks in all 5 boroughs

professional development

CEI ARTS EDUCATION offers professional development workshops, coaching, and modeling for classroom teachers and school leaders to incorporate arts-based instructional strategies in Visual Art and Music into academic instruction across disciplines. Strategies utilize an experiential and project-based learning model and a student-centered, inquiry-based approach, and are aligned with NYS Standards. Professional Development workshops include CTLE credit.

In 2018, CEI was awarded a four-year Assistance for Arts Education Development and Dissemination Grant (AAEDD) from the Office of Innovation & Improvement of the United States Department of Education to implement its ETA (Education Through Art) program.

ETA utilizes VISUAL ART and MUSIC as instructional strategies to directly teach Literacy and Mathematics while strengthening Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Skills. ETA serves students and teachers of grades 3-5 in NYC School District 75 for students with disabilities. All lessons and projects align with NYS Standards and Dynamic Learning Maps: Essential Elements. ETA includes:

• STUDENT ARTS RESIDENCIES for students including trips to a museum and concert. The ETA curriculum and arts-based instruction is developed to address the needs of all students with disabilities in NYC School District 75.
  
• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS, COACHING AND MODELING for teachers to learn how to integrate arts-based instruction into their teaching of literacy and math.
  
• TRAINING TEACHER MENTORS to enable a select group of teachers to turn-key instruction.
  
• A LESSON PLAN LIBRARY RESOURCE – a compilation of arts-based lessons and projects to serve District 75 teachers citywide.

Based on the success of the CEI ETA program, in 2021, CEI was awarded a five-year Assistance for Arts Education (AAE) from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education to implement its Meridian program.

Meridian is a professional learning program for teachers of K-5 self-contained classrooms of students with disabilities. Meridian utilizes an innovative arts integration model that incorporates differentiated instruction. Meridian utilizes VISUAL ART and MUSIC as instructional strategies to directly teach Literacy and Mathematics while strengthening Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Skills. Meridian serves classroom teachers of grades K-2 in NYC School District 75 and teachers from San Juan Educational Region, Rochester City School District, Baltimore City Public Schools and Bridgeport Public Schools. All Meridian lessons and projects align with state standards and Dynamic Learning Maps: Essential Elements. Meridian includes:

• PROFESSIONAL LEARNING WORKSHOPS
  
• PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY SESSIONS
  
• VIDEO MODELING for teachers to learn how to integrate arts-based instruction into their teaching of literacy and math.
  
• TEACHER LEADERS TRAINING
  
• META RESOURCE LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT
  
• NATIONAL SUMMER CONFERENCES