Monday October 18: Northeastern Ontario Regional Arts Conference

Educators from Rainbow Schools and beyond will take part in the Northeastern Ontario Regional Arts Conference (NORAC) at Sudbury Secondary School on Monday, October 18, 2010. Over 100 educators, student teachers and community artists from across Northeastern Ontario are expected to attend.

“Sudbury Secondary School is once again proud to host this arts extravaganza for elementary and secondary educators from across Northeastern Ontario,” said Ralph McIntosh, Arts Education Co-ordinator for Rainbow District School Board and Chair of the Conference Organizing Committee. “Participants will gain practical strategies they can introduce in their classrooms to expose students to dance, drama, music and the visual arts.”

McIntosh commended the various sponsors for coming together to make this conference possible. “This is a wonderful example of partnerships in action for the benefit of arts education and students in our schools,” he said.

Conference Schedule:
3:30 pm – Registration and trade fair (cafeteria)
4:00 pm – Welcome and musical activity
4:30 pm – Workshops: Session 1
5:45 pm – Dinner and trade fair
6:45 pm – Workshops: Session 2

The Northeastern Ontario Regional Ontario Arts Conference is being sponsored by Rainbow District School Board, Sudbury Catholic District School Board, Near North District School Board, Laurentian University, Nipissing University, the Council of Ontario Drama and Dance Educators (CODE), the Ontario Music Educators’ Association (OMEA), the Ontario Society for Education through Art (OSEA), the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF), and Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA).

Special guest clinician will be Mike Ford of Moxy Fruvous. Mike Ford is a Juno-nominated artist whose concerts and recordings have garnered critical and popular acclaim from coast to coast.

Over 20 workshops will be presented in dance, drama, music, visual arts and media arts for all teaching divisions. French-language workshops will be presented for elementary Core French and French Immersion teachers.

The cost to register is $40 for teachers or community artists.
Conference registration is open until Friday October 8.
To register, contact Ralph McIntosh at [email protected]


WORKSHOPS



Discovering Line, Pattern and Shape with Mixed Media
Nancy Gareh-Coulombe, Art Gallery of Sudbury


Jackson Pollock Painting
Chris Johnston, Nipissing University

Media Arts and Literacy
Chris Walkling, Near North District School Board

Digital Imaging in Art Education
Dr. Kathy Browning, Laurentian University


Out of the Box: 2-and 3-dimensional Sculpture
Nancy Gareh-Coulombe, Art Gallery of Sudbury

So you think you can’t Dance?
Brooke Charlebois, Peel District School Board

Integrated Arts in the Early Years
Emily Caruso Parnell, Rainbow District School Board

The Music Business: A dual credit package
Jim Palmer and Stephen MacKinnon, Upper Canada District School Board

Music the Kodaly Way
Kim Eyre, Nipissing University


Canada Needs You! Song-writing Projects
Mike Ford, Juno-nominated artist

Integrating Social Justice and the Arts

Alan Macdonald, OMEA

Teaching for Independent Musicianship in Grade 5-10 Vocal Music
Dr. Adam Adler, Nipissing University

New Elementary Music Resources and Differentiated Instruction
Alan Macdonald, OMEA

Supports for the Revised Secondary Music Curriculum
Jim Palmer, OMEA

Lincoln Centre’s New Ideas for Imaginative Education!
Jan Buley, Laurentian University

High Status/Low Status: Exploring Issues of Power through Drama
Kim Snider, CODE

Outside In: A Physical Approach to Drama in the Classroom
Jenny Hazelton, Laurentian University

L’art dramatique et la danse: Un point de début
Line Roberge and Emily Caruso Parnell, Rainbow District School Board

Deux accords et un millier de chansons/Two Chords and a Thousand Songs
Nicole Rocheleau, Rainbow District School Board

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Media Contact:
Ralph McIntosh, Arts Education Co-ordinator,
Rainbow District School Board, 705.674.7551, ext. 6850