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It Works for Me…Sharing Successful Techniques and Ideas 10.4

Baldwin Hills Charter/LEARN Elementary and Magnet School has embarked on an exciting new model project to create ongoing links between Los Angeles’ rich community-based arts programs and classroom learning. The goal of this innovative program, tagged “Arts in the City Improves Literacy,” is to improve student achievement and encourage active …

It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques, thoughts, and ideas. 10.2

Docents at the Indiana University Art Museum follow-up on their comradeship and work as educators by publishing a literary magazine. The Docents’ Lunching Society Writes! includes opinions, experiences, images, poetry, and “thoughtful trivia.” This poem, which appeared in that magazine, was submitted to The Docent Educator by its author. N’est-çe …

It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques, thoughts, and ideas. 7.1

Docents at the Bayly Art Museum of the University of Virginia know that an activity called, “Academy Awards” is a sure winner. The docents distribute cards labeled “Best Actor,” Best Actress,” “Best Costumes,” “Best Set Design,” and “Best Screenplay” to individuals or small groups. After the visitors have made their selections …

It Works for Me . . . Sharing successful techniques and ideas. 4.4

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art, located in Brunswick, Maine, is an integral part of Bowdoin College, a four-year co-educational liberal arts institution established 1794. The Museum’s art collection is encyclopedic in scope ranging from classical antiquities to significant holdings of American and European paintings, sculpture, works on paper, and …