Note: My actual name & some other info. altered to maintain some semblance of privacy.
January 27, 2009
Dear D.J.,
Thank you for accepting the aTimpact Fellowship. This letter provides information on the next steps of your participation in the Fellowship Program.
IMPORTANT NEXT STEPS
1. Our first Fellows meeting will take place Saturday, March __, 2009 from 3-5pm at William
Paterson University, Wayne, NJ after the aTi follow up from 9am-3pm.
At this meeting, you will be presented with an official certificate of your fellowship recognition and have the opportunity to meet the other fellows. We will discuss the details of the fellowship program, outline participation requirements, discuss what a best practices guide is and answer any questions you have. Please RSVP to http://us.mc515.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=michele@artshorizons.org or 201-567-1766 x114 immediately to confirm your participation.
2. Arts Horizons new website, http://www.artshorizons.org/ has a special section devoted to the aTimpact Fellowship Program. Go to the Artist/Teacher Institute link and click on
“aTimpact”.
This site provides you with regular updates and information on the Fellowship Program.
Participate in online discussions on the “aTimpact blog” at http://atimpact.blogspot.com/
where you can share your thoughts and ideas as the group develops the best practices guide.
3. By February 1, 2009, please submit a one page profile that will be posted on the aTimpact
website. Send your profile to http://us.mc515.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=michele@artshorizons.org or mail to aTimpact Fellowship
Program, Arts Horizons, 1 Grand Avenue, Suite 7, Englewood, NJ 07631.
Your profile should include:
- Your name, school, grade level(s) and subject(s) taught.
-In your own words, describe who you are, how you came into teaching, what
drives you to teach, your interest in the arts and why you think the arts are
important to education.
-Describe how you benefited from attending the Artist/Teacher Institute (aTi)
and why you are participating as a fellow in the aTimpact Fellowship Program.
Please contact me if you have any questions at http://us.mc515.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jenifer@artshorizons.org or 201-567-1766 x102.
Sincerely,
Jenifer Simon, Director
NJ Programs and Partnerships
Artist/Teacher Institute
Congratulatory letter for aTi Fellowship I was selected for
Note: My name and contact info. altered for privacy purposes
January 20, 2009
D.J.
____ High School
Newark, New Jersey
Dear D.J.,
This letter is to confirm the acceptance of your fellowship in the Artist/Teacher Institute’s 2009 Teacher Fellows Program, an initiative of the NJ Artist/Teacher Institute funded by the Dodge Foundation. Your active participation in the first year of this prestigious fellowship program called “aTimpact” will document how your participation at aTi has impacted your teaching and students. As an aTi participant, you were selected based on your accomplishments at aTi, dedication to documentation and reflection, commitment to arts-in-education curriculum, aTi instructor nominations and educational community.
You will join a distinguished group of nine other fellows who represent a variety of subject areas, grade levels and schools throughout the state of New Jersey. Together, you will envision and create a best practices guide with expert guidance from renowned education evaluators, teaching artists, and aTi alumni. Your work will help build a model for other teachers and schools to use in their arts-in-education curriculum. It will be available to the larger community of New Jersey teachers, administrators and artists in a variety of media formats demonstrating the positive impact of aTi and highlighting how you integrate the arts into your development as a teacher for enhanced student learning.
As an aTimpact Fellow, your out-of-school time participation will include:
· A full scholarship to attend the Artist/Teacher Institute summer 2009 where you will take a hands-on arts workshop and participate in the aTimpact Fellows workshop while earning 60 NJ Professional Development Credits.
· Participation in roundtable discussions with other aTimpact Fellows, school administrators, arts specialists and education evaluators.
I look forward to working with you and transforming the role of the arts in education in NJ! An announcement of your fellowship has been sent to your school principal and district superintendent to let them know of this distinguished honor.
Sincerely,
Jenifer Simon
Director of New Jersey Programs, Partnerships and aTi
January 20, 2009
D.J.
____ High School
Newark, New Jersey
Dear D.J.,
This letter is to confirm the acceptance of your fellowship in the Artist/Teacher Institute’s 2009 Teacher Fellows Program, an initiative of the NJ Artist/Teacher Institute funded by the Dodge Foundation. Your active participation in the first year of this prestigious fellowship program called “aTimpact” will document how your participation at aTi has impacted your teaching and students. As an aTi participant, you were selected based on your accomplishments at aTi, dedication to documentation and reflection, commitment to arts-in-education curriculum, aTi instructor nominations and educational community.
You will join a distinguished group of nine other fellows who represent a variety of subject areas, grade levels and schools throughout the state of New Jersey. Together, you will envision and create a best practices guide with expert guidance from renowned education evaluators, teaching artists, and aTi alumni. Your work will help build a model for other teachers and schools to use in their arts-in-education curriculum. It will be available to the larger community of New Jersey teachers, administrators and artists in a variety of media formats demonstrating the positive impact of aTi and highlighting how you integrate the arts into your development as a teacher for enhanced student learning.
As an aTimpact Fellow, your out-of-school time participation will include:
· A full scholarship to attend the Artist/Teacher Institute summer 2009 where you will take a hands-on arts workshop and participate in the aTimpact Fellows workshop while earning 60 NJ Professional Development Credits.
· Participation in roundtable discussions with other aTimpact Fellows, school administrators, arts specialists and education evaluators.
I look forward to working with you and transforming the role of the arts in education in NJ! An announcement of your fellowship has been sent to your school principal and district superintendent to let them know of this distinguished honor.
Sincerely,
Jenifer Simon
Director of New Jersey Programs, Partnerships and aTi
I've been nominated & selected by aTi instructors as 1 of 9 fellows!
I'm so happy and honored!!! The director of aTi informed me last month that I've been selected for this year-long program in which I will meet regularly with the other award-winners so we can produce a product to be used throughout NJ teaching best practices for integrating the arts into teaching! When I get time, I'll post the whole congratulatory letter here so stay tuned! This award is something new started this year and it caught me totally by surprise to be so honored right after I mailed off my Geraldine Dodge Teacher fellowship application!!! There weren't even any applications for this one!
2nd Major School Accomplishment This Month!
We all received an email earlier this month notifying us that our school received the Bronze Medal in the magazine "U.S. News & World Report" for being one of the top schools in the nation! Then this week, we received the following email (which for some reason looks messed up when pasted here):
Subject: FW: Arts High School's Performance on the Prompt Portion of the Biology EOC Exam> > > Great news!> > I happen to believe, Ms. Kilpatrick/Williams, that our> students> performed with higher success rates than the other schools> because they> are artists in training and have enough time in their> majors to enhance> the other portion of their brains that would not> necessarily be nurtured> and or/honed in a Science Academy. J> > Peace,> > Dennis> > > > > From: Pedro, Ricardo> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 3:08 PM> > > Congratulations and thanks to Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. Hooper> and Dr.> Hnatczuk for all they did in preparing their students for> this test.> > > > Great job!> > > > Ricardo Pedro> > Vice Principal> > Arts High School> > > > From: Kilpatrick, Ivory> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 2:37 PM> To: Pedro, Ricardo> Cc: De Antonio Jr, Michael; Hnatczuk, Oksana;> Newton-Hooper, Chenita;> Brown, Norma F.> Subject: Arts High School's Performance on the Prompt> Portion of the> Biology EOC Exam> > > > I just wanted you to know that I received the results for> the prompt> portion of the Biology EOC Exam yesterday. I am elated to> report that> Arts High School had the highest overall average of any> school in the> district.> > > > * Arts High School's female students scored an> average of 11.38> out of a possible 24; the state average was 11.68.> > * Arts High School's male students scored an> average of 10.51> out of a possible 24; the state average was 11.07.> > * All students scored an average of 11.03; the> state average was> 11.37.> > > > * Science High School's female students scored> an average of> 10.01.> > * Science High School's male students scored an> average of 8.02.> > * All students scored an average of 9.29; the state> average was> 11.37.> > > > * Technology High School's female students> scored an average of> 9.45.> > * Technology High School's male students scored> an average of> 9.22.> > * All students scored an average of 9.34; the state> average was> 11.37.> > > > * University High School's female students> scored an average of> 8.15.> > * University High School's male students scored> an average of> 4.25.> > * All students scored an average of 6.67; the state> average was> 11.37.> > > > Note:> > I believe that we were the only school to offer an after> school academy> for biology. Our academy was established for the purpose of> exposing> students to the nearly 40% of content that we were unable> to get to in> class. Imagine what our scores could have been if, we had> academy to> reinforce material already covered in class!
Subject: FW: Arts High School's Performance on the Prompt Portion of the Biology EOC Exam> > > Great news!> > I happen to believe, Ms. Kilpatrick/Williams, that our> students> performed with higher success rates than the other schools> because they> are artists in training and have enough time in their> majors to enhance> the other portion of their brains that would not> necessarily be nurtured> and or/honed in a Science Academy. J> > Peace,> > Dennis> > > > > From: Pedro, Ricardo> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 3:08 PM> > > Congratulations and thanks to Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. Hooper> and Dr.> Hnatczuk for all they did in preparing their students for> this test.> > > > Great job!> > > > Ricardo Pedro> > Vice Principal> > Arts High School> > > > From: Kilpatrick, Ivory> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 2:37 PM> To: Pedro, Ricardo> Cc: De Antonio Jr, Michael; Hnatczuk, Oksana;> Newton-Hooper, Chenita;> Brown, Norma F.> Subject: Arts High School's Performance on the Prompt> Portion of the> Biology EOC Exam> > > > I just wanted you to know that I received the results for> the prompt> portion of the Biology EOC Exam yesterday. I am elated to> report that> Arts High School had the highest overall average of any> school in the> district.> > > > * Arts High School's female students scored an> average of 11.38> out of a possible 24; the state average was 11.68.> > * Arts High School's male students scored an> average of 10.51> out of a possible 24; the state average was 11.07.> > * All students scored an average of 11.03; the> state average was> 11.37.> > > > * Science High School's female students scored> an average of> 10.01.> > * Science High School's male students scored an> average of 8.02.> > * All students scored an average of 9.29; the state> average was> 11.37.> > > > * Technology High School's female students> scored an average of> 9.45.> > * Technology High School's male students scored> an average of> 9.22.> > * All students scored an average of 9.34; the state> average was> 11.37.> > > > * University High School's female students> scored an average of> 8.15.> > * University High School's male students scored> an average of> 4.25.> > * All students scored an average of 6.67; the state> average was> 11.37.> > > > Note:> > I believe that we were the only school to offer an after> school academy> for biology. Our academy was established for the purpose of> exposing> students to the nearly 40% of content that we were unable> to get to in> class. Imagine what our scores could have been if, we had> academy to> reinforce material already covered in class!
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