[BHS etree] EVENTS: Art Is Education Symposium: March 9/10

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<http://www.artiseducation.org>www.artiseducation.org

The Alameda County Office of Education's Alliance for Arts Learning 
Leadership invites you to the Art Is Education Symposium on March 9 
and 10.

Superintendent Michele Lawrence will be receiving an award on behalf 
of Berkeley Unified School District's Leadership in bringing all the 
arts back for every child in every school every day!

To see schedule and register go to website homepage 
<http://www.artiseducation.org>www.artiseducation.org

The Art IS Education Symposium on marks Alameda County Office of 
Education's 8th annual celebration of youth learning in and through 
the arts.  This celebratory event will feature David Perkins 
(professor, senior researcher, and an acclaimed academic on 
educational leadership from Harvard's Project Zero) Friday, March 9th 
at a reception and presentation from 5:30pm-8:30pm at Mills College 
Concert Hall.  David Perkins will talk about "Whole Game Learning". 
 Superintendent Sheila Jordan will present Arts Learning Leadership 
Awards to Berkeley, Oakland and Emery School districts as they are 
playing a leadership role in bringing systems and structures for 
equitable classrooms through arts learning for every child, in every 
school, every day.

Saturday, March 10 the Art is Education Symposium features:

  professional development panels with Dr. Lois Hetland from Harvard's 
Project Zero and educators from Arts Learning Anchor Schools in 
Oakland, Berkeley and Emery School Districts
  workshops and a resource fair for administrators, teachers, artists, 
parents and arts providers learning how to make the best of new 
historic state funding for arts learning in California - 600 million 
dollars in 2007
The Art Is Education Symposium is Co Sponsored by Mills College, 
ACOE's History and Social Studies Network, and the Arts Education 
Initiative at UC Berkeley.

For financial aid to this event contact:  "Louise Music" 
<lmusic at acoe.k12.ca.us>