Meeting the Needs of English Learners in Arts Education

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No matter how you say it, “Art” reaches across languages and geography. All students deserve to have access to high-quality arts instruction, which includes ensuring that our English Learners are able to participate in Visual Art, Dance, Theatre, and Music programs.

The language for learning these subjects is typically in English, and therefore it is imperative to equip Arts Education teachers with resources and the tools necessary to meet the needs of their English Learners. The four key language uses of Narrate, Argue, Inform, and Explain are the instructional language used by those teachers regardless of content, and can be leveraged by educators to make choices about prioritizing and coordinating content and language integration.

Language Uses in Arts Education Documents

These documents, created in collaboration with the Arts Education team, focus on how the arts teacher will approach ELD support. The most prominent Key Language Uses and modes of communication are the basis for its language expectations and are marked with a filled in circle (). The half-filled circle and the open circle indicate lesser degrees of prominence of each Key Language Use. 

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Watch the webinars below to learn more. 

Language Uses in Arts Education Webinars

The NCDPI ESL/Title III and Arts Education Teams have prepared a series for both District ESL and Arts Education Leaders to understand why utilizing the ELD Standards Framework in Arts Education is important, hear how arts teachers are meeting the needs of ELs in the field, and explore a new NCDPI resource with concrete examples of supporting English Learners all four arts areas. Leave the series excited to set up an ESL-Arts Education Collaboration to meet the unique needs of their English Learners, resources for further learning, and funding streams to tap into for professional development of Arts Educators in this area.

Please Note: Even though this session will be geared toward District Arts Education Leaders, anyone who works with English Learners or Arts Education (including teachers) is more than welcome to attend.

Part I - Arts Education for ALL English Learners

Part II: Classroom Applications for English Learners

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