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STEAM Consortium:<br />
<strong>Partnering</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong><br />
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Table of Contents<br />
Acknowledgments .............................................................. 3<br />
<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> Partnership Team. ................................................. 4<br />
Professional Development Participants ............................................. 5<br />
Integrating the <strong>Arts</strong> in Teaching. ................................................... 6<br />
STEAM Consortium: <strong>Partnering</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> ................................... 7<br />
Comprehensive Definition of <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> ........................................ 8<br />
<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> Partnership : Professional Learning and Development<br />
Pre-Service Teacher Professional Development . ................................. 9<br />
<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> and Teacher Education ........................................ 9<br />
<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> Teacher Professional Development ............................. 10<br />
Deepening Understanding: The How and What of <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> ................ 11<br />
Partners <strong>for</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong><br />
Principal Investigators . ..................................................... 16<br />
Assessment and Evaluation Team ............................................ 17<br />
<strong>Rutgers</strong> STEAM Professional Teaching Artists ....................................... 18<br />
References. ................................................................... 22
STEAM Consortium:<br />
<strong>Partnering</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong><br />
Acknowledgments<br />
The STEAM Consortium extends appreciation to the Superintendents and Principals of participating<br />
districts <strong>for</strong> their support.<br />
Brian Betze, Superintendent, Jamesburg Public Schools<br />
Chad Donahue, Principal, Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School<br />
Tami Crader, Ed.D., Superintendent, Neptune Township School District<br />
Sally A. Millaway, Principal, Gables Elementary School<br />
Mark Alfone, Ed.D., Principal, Neptune Middle School<br />
David A. Roman, Ed.D., Superintendent, Perth Amboy Public Schools<br />
Michael Heidelburg, Principal, Samuel E. Shull Middle School<br />
Anna Belin-Pyles, Superintendent, Plainfield Public School District<br />
Janet Grooms, Ed.D., Principal, DeWitt D. Barlow Elementary School<br />
We thank Wendy Liscow, Program Director, Education, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation <strong>for</strong> her vision<br />
and leadership.<br />
We extend appreciation to Dean Wanda J. Blanchett <strong>for</strong> her on-going support.<br />
Project Funded by:<br />
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation<br />
4 Maple Avenue, Suite 400, Morristown, NJ 07960<br />
www.grdodge.org<br />
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<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> Partnership Team<br />
Principal Investigators<br />
Saundra M. Tomlinson-Clarke, Ph.D.<br />
Professor, <strong>Rutgers</strong> Graduate School of Education (GSE)<br />
Penelope E. Lattimer, Ph.D.<br />
Director, <strong>Rutgers</strong> Institute <strong>for</strong> Improving Student Achievement (RIISA)<br />
Facilitators<br />
Willa Spicer, Assessment<br />
Former Deputy Commissioner, NJ DOE<br />
Adele Macula, Ed.D.<br />
Educational Consultant<br />
<strong>Arts</strong> Organizations<br />
George Street Playhouse<br />
Education Department<br />
Grounds <strong>for</strong> Sculpture<br />
Education & Engagement<br />
NJ Participating School Districts<br />
Jamesburg Public Schools<br />
Neptune Township School District<br />
Perth Amboy Public Schools<br />
The Plainfield Public School District<br />
University Partner<br />
<strong>Rutgers</strong>, Graduate School of Education (GSE)<br />
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<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong><br />
Professional Development<br />
Participants<br />
Jamesburg Public Schools • Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School<br />
Ellen Blashkovsky, Math Teacher<br />
Susan Strumwasser, Math Teacher<br />
Neptune Township Public Schools • Gables Elementary School<br />
Nicholas Bowden, Art Teacher<br />
Neptune Middle School<br />
Mark Alfone, Ed.D., Principal<br />
Alex DiGiovanni, Art Teacher<br />
Tiffany Gobac, Science Teacher<br />
Glenn Swindell, Visual <strong>Arts</strong> Teacher<br />
Perth Amboy Public Schools • Samuel E. Shull Middle School<br />
Rachel Wintemberg, Art Teacher<br />
Plainfield Public Schools<br />
DeWitt D. Barlow Elementary School<br />
Kathy Maldonado, Music Teacher<br />
Linda Reid, Elementary- ELA/Science Teacher, Grade 4<br />
South River Public Schools • South River High School<br />
Jennifer Wistuba, Visual Artists/Art Teacher<br />
Titusville Academy (K-12)<br />
Ebony Lattimer, Principal<br />
Jaime Spampinato, Teacher<br />
Zachary Warren, Teacher<br />
Participating <strong>Rutgers</strong> GSE Faculty<br />
Professor Nora Hyland<br />
Professor Carrie Lobman<br />
Kaitlin Northey, GSE Doctoral Candidate<br />
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STEAM Consortium:<br />
<strong>Partnering</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong><br />
According to <strong>Arts</strong>Edge (2014), changing education through the arts requires a partnership<br />
that includes an arts organization and a school district. Our arts integration partnership known<br />
as the STEAM consortium began in 2013 and is comprised of teachers from four New Jersey<br />
School Districts (i.e., Jamesburg, Neptune, Perth Amboy, Plainfield), the <strong>Rutgers</strong> Graduate<br />
School of Education, and professional teaching artists from arts organizations located in Central<br />
New Jersey. The primary focus of the STEAM consortium is to provide teacher professional<br />
development that promotes <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> as an integral component of the school curriculum.<br />
Incorporating multiple art <strong>for</strong>ms (i.e., dance, music, theatre, visual), teachers engaged in arts<br />
integration professional development with professional teaching artists from the George Street<br />
Playhouse, Grounds <strong>for</strong> Sculpture, <strong>Rutgers</strong> Mason Gross School of the <strong>Arts</strong>, and Zimmerli Art<br />
Museum at <strong>Rutgers</strong> University.<br />
Our goals include:<br />
• Facilitating professional learning and practice of arts integration,<br />
• Increasing teacher effectiveness by facilitating student creativity and engagement in<br />
learning, and<br />
• Fulfilling the requirements of the New Jersey Curriculum Standards <strong>for</strong> Visual and<br />
Per<strong>for</strong>ming <strong>Arts</strong>.<br />
Our work focuses on teaching creativity and innovation through the integration of the arts with<br />
other subjects. Professional teaching artists introduced the arts and arts integration as part of<br />
sequential year-long professional development workshops. Working in school teams provided<br />
support <strong>for</strong> teachers as they developed arts integration lesson plans that will prepare their<br />
students with 21st century skills needed <strong>for</strong> success in a complex, global economy.<br />
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Comprehensive Definition of <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong><br />
Of critical importance to this process is an agreed understanding of the meaning of arts<br />
integration. We adopted Silverstein and Layne’s (2010) definition as the foundation <strong>for</strong> arts<br />
integration teacher professional development. This definition guided our work with teachers<br />
and defines <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> as:<br />
• An approach to teaching in<br />
which students construct and<br />
demonstrate understanding<br />
through an art <strong>for</strong>m.<br />
• Engages students in a creative<br />
process that connects an art<br />
<strong>for</strong>m and another subject area<br />
and meets evolving objectives<br />
in both.<br />
<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> Solutions (2011) describe integration as “…the process of merging the arts<br />
with content learning in the classroom through mindful instructional practice that engages<br />
students in learning. It is the process of using multi-faceted strategies which, when used<br />
effectively, have been scientifically proven to engage a wide range of learners and advance<br />
mastery of all concepts” (p. 6).<br />
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<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> Partnership<br />
Professional Learning and Development<br />
Pre-Service Teacher Professional Development<br />
Goal: Introducing pre-service teachers to a variety of art <strong>for</strong>ms and <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong><br />
as an approach to teaching diverse learners.<br />
Workshops Offered:<br />
Presented by George Street Playhouse, Education and Outreach<br />
• <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> in the Early Childhood Classrooms: Risk-taking, Trust and<br />
Collaboration<br />
• Voice of an image: Constructing Character from Civil War Photographs<br />
• The Whipping Man: Preshow Workshop and Play<br />
• The Honeybee and the Robber: Integrating Theatre and Science<br />
Presented by <strong>Rutgers</strong> GSE Teacher Education Faculty<br />
• Integrating Per<strong>for</strong>ming <strong>Arts</strong> into Pre-service Teacher Education<br />
<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> and Teacher Education<br />
Teachers’ initial connection with arts integration is considered to have a significant influence on<br />
their evolution (Donahue & Stuart, 2006). <strong>Rutgers</strong> GSE teacher educators and their students<br />
engaged in pre-service teacher professional development focused on arts integration. For<br />
students who were aspiring teachers, professional development complemented their learning<br />
in teacher education, suggesting innovative ways of thinking about subject content and making<br />
connections between content areas. For faculty, professional development learning experiences<br />
renewed and extended knowledge and understanding of arts integration. To ensure continuous<br />
growth, teacher educators must seek out placements <strong>for</strong> pre-service teacher in schools where<br />
the arts are valued and arts integration is central to teaching and learning.<br />
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<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> Teacher Professional Development<br />
Goal: Providing sequential learning experiences on a variety of arts <strong>for</strong>ms to deepen<br />
understanding and experience with developing arts integration lessons.<br />
Workshops Offered:<br />
Presented by Grounds <strong>for</strong> Sculpture, Education and Engagement<br />
• Patternmaking in 3D and Guided Tour<br />
Presented by George Street Playhouse and Barry Wyner<br />
• Music <strong>Arts</strong> Workshop<br />
Presented by George Street Playhouse and Michael Mastro<br />
• Theatre <strong>Arts</strong> Workshop<br />
Presented by Dr. Adele Macula and Willa Spicer<br />
• Assessing the Work: Making Meaning <strong>for</strong> Teachers and Learners<br />
Presented by NJ Participating STEAM Teachers<br />
• Presentations: <strong>Arts</strong> integration Outcomes <strong>for</strong> Teachers and Learners<br />
Presented by Dr. Adele Macula<br />
• Essential Elements of <strong>Arts</strong> integration Techniques: Evaluation that Benefits the<br />
Classroom Teacher<br />
Presented by Susan Riley-Education Closet<br />
• Winter 2016 STEAM & <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> Online Conference<br />
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Deepening Understanding:<br />
The How and What of <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong><br />
<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> Professional Development provided the foundation <strong>for</strong> teachers to identify<br />
themes in developing lessons that connected concepts and processes from multiple art<br />
<strong>for</strong>ms. Professional learning experiences facilitate teachers’ understanding of the “how and<br />
“what” of arts integration in developing quality instructional strategies <strong>for</strong> student engagement<br />
and motivation in learning. Incorporating new and different arts <strong>for</strong>ms in teacher professional<br />
development <strong>for</strong> arts integration provide continuous learning opportunities <strong>for</strong> teachers to<br />
explore and create in a safe and supportive environment. Teachers were given the freedom to<br />
design lessons that fit with their curriculum units, and were consistent with the comprehensive<br />
definition of arts integration. Supporting teachers in their development of multiple arts<br />
integration lessons <strong>for</strong> use with their students enables teachers to refine their understanding<br />
and deepened their knowledge of arts integration as an approach to teaching.<br />
Effective Delivery of <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong>:<br />
Making Connections to the Curriculum<br />
A key component of quality arts integration is the connections made to the curriculum.<br />
There<strong>for</strong>e, the effective delivery of arts integration requires teachers to:<br />
• Connect student learning in meaningful ways.<br />
• Challenge students through an enriched curriculum.<br />
• Engage students in a creative process connecting art <strong>for</strong>ms and another subject (i.e.,<br />
science, technology, engineering, math, literacy).<br />
• Trans<strong>for</strong>m the curriculum by integrating the arts and making connections across<br />
subjects.<br />
• Develop and use lesson plans that meet the definition and objectives of arts<br />
integration.<br />
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The <strong>Arts</strong> are not just a tool <strong>for</strong> teaching - rather arts integration is an approach<br />
to teaching and learning. <strong>Arts</strong> integration:<br />
• Engages students in their learning<br />
• Makes meaningful conceptual and process connections between subjects<br />
• Deepens student understanding<br />
• Instills creativity and self-expression<br />
• Increases student motivation<br />
From Research to Practice<br />
During our workshop on Assessing the Work: Making Meaning <strong>for</strong> Teachers and<br />
Learners teachers identified the following experiences and growth areas:<br />
• The arts are present the arts are active<br />
• Changed the experience of learning and teaching<br />
• Enjoyed the social aspects of arts and learning<br />
• Valued the collaboration with other learners and teachers<br />
Benefits of <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong><br />
Participating teachers engaged in <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> identified the following as benefits to their<br />
students:<br />
• Helps students to understand and create systems<br />
• Enhances creativity and innovation<br />
• Provides <strong>for</strong> alternative explanations<br />
• Promotes unexpected discovery<br />
• Increases retention of in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
• Facilitates opportunities to master the core content<br />
• Allows <strong>for</strong> ownership and mastery of learning<br />
• Increases sensory recall- creating the visual<br />
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Positive student behaviors included:<br />
• Responsibility<br />
• Team work<br />
• Sharing<br />
• Character awareness<br />
• Ownership<br />
• Thoughtfulness<br />
Assessment and Evaluation<br />
Reflection on <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> Professional Learning and Development<br />
Reflective <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> Practitioners are continual learners who<br />
• Seek opportunities to enhance their knowledge and skills in arts integration,<br />
• Reflect what they already know and understand,<br />
• Seek opportunities to deepen their foundational knowledge and practices,<br />
• Develop the knowledge and skills to facilitate effective arts integration learning experiences.<br />
Process of Becoming Reflective Practitioner in <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong><br />
1. Not Yet Present<br />
I have not begun to develop my knowledge of arts integration practices/strategies<br />
2. Beginning<br />
I am interested in learning more and started to develop my knowledge of arts<br />
integration practices/strategies<br />
3. Developing<br />
I continue to develop my knowledge of arts integration practices/strategies<br />
4. Skillfully Accomplished<br />
I have deep knowledge of arts integration and implement arts integration strategies in<br />
my teaching<br />
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1<br />
Not yet Present<br />
2<br />
Beginning<br />
I do not yet seek out, attend<br />
or participate in professional<br />
learning opportunities to<br />
introduce to arts integration<br />
teaching practices/ strategies.<br />
I seek out, attend and participate<br />
in professional learning<br />
opportunities to introduce me<br />
to arts integration teaching<br />
practices/ strategies.<br />
I have not begun to develop<br />
collaborative partnerships with<br />
an arts specialist teacher and/ or<br />
other content area teachers to<br />
design and implement a unit of<br />
study blending arts integration<br />
strategies with complex<br />
content standards and learning<br />
expectations in my academic<br />
discipline.<br />
I am interested in and beginning<br />
to develop at least one<br />
collaborative partnership with<br />
an arts specialist teacher and/<br />
or other content area teacher to<br />
design and implement a unit of<br />
study blending arts integration<br />
strategies with complex<br />
content standards and learning<br />
expectations in my academic<br />
discipline.<br />
I am not a reflective practitioner<br />
focused on changing, adjusting<br />
and enhancing my practices<br />
by planning, preparing, and<br />
delivering arts integration lessons<br />
and units to the students that I<br />
teach.<br />
I am learning to be a reflective<br />
practitioner focused on changing,<br />
adjusting and enhancing my<br />
practices by planning, preparing,<br />
and delivering arts integration<br />
lessons and units to the students<br />
that I teach.<br />
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3<br />
Developing<br />
4<br />
Skillfully Accomplished<br />
I seek out, attend and participate<br />
in professional learning<br />
opportunities to introduce me<br />
to arts integration teaching<br />
practices/ strategies.<br />
I seek out, attend and participate<br />
in professional learning<br />
opportunities to extend my<br />
knowledge of arts integration<br />
teaching practices/ strategies.<br />
I have developed at least one<br />
collaborative partnership with<br />
an arts specialist teacher and/ or<br />
other content area teachers to<br />
design and implement a unit of<br />
study blending arts integration<br />
strategies with complex<br />
content standards and learning<br />
expectations in my academic<br />
discipline.<br />
I develop collaborative<br />
partnerships with arts specialist<br />
teachers and/ or other content<br />
area teachers to design and<br />
implement units of study<br />
blending arts integration<br />
strategies with complex<br />
content standards and learning<br />
expectations in my academic<br />
discipline.<br />
I strive to be a reflective<br />
practitioner focused on changing,<br />
adjusting and enhancing my<br />
practices by planning, preparing,<br />
and delivering arts integration<br />
lessons and units to the<br />
I am a reflective practitionerchanging,<br />
adjusting and<br />
enhancing my practices by<br />
planning, preparing, and<br />
delivering arts integration lessons<br />
and units to the students that I<br />
teach.<br />
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Partners <strong>for</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong><br />
Principal Investigators<br />
Saundra M. Tomlinson-Clarke, Ph.D.<br />
Saundra M. Tomlinson-Clarke is a Professor in the Department of<br />
Educational Psychology at <strong>Rutgers</strong> Graduate School of Education and<br />
a licensed psychologist. Her grant work has focused on interventions<br />
that increase opportunities <strong>for</strong> student learning and achievement. Dr.<br />
Tomlinson-Clarke’s research examines multicultural and socio-political<br />
issues in society and in education that affect learning, identity and<br />
development. Integrating a strength-based perspective, Professor<br />
Tomlinson-Clarke has examined historical and socio-political factors<br />
that can serve to trans<strong>for</strong>m education and society.<br />
Penelope E. Lattimer, Ph.D.<br />
Penelope E. Lattimer is the Director of <strong>Rutgers</strong> Institute <strong>for</strong> Improving<br />
Student Achievement (RIISA) at <strong>Rutgers</strong>, The State University<br />
of New Jersey. Dr. Lattimer held a number of positions at the NJ<br />
State Department of Education which included: Special Assistant<br />
and Assistant Commissioner <strong>for</strong> the Central Region, Chief of Staff<br />
and Assistant Commissioner <strong>for</strong> the Division of District and School<br />
Improvement. Prior to joining the senior staff at NJDOE, Penelope<br />
Lattimer was employed by the New Brunswick City Board of Education.<br />
Dr. Lattimer serves on the Boards of the Children’s Specialized<br />
Hospital, George Street Playhouse (Board President), Grounds <strong>for</strong><br />
Sculpture and Crossroads Theatre Company (<strong>for</strong>mer Board Chair, currently Board Member<br />
Emeritus). In 2014, Dr. Lattimer received the Ernest Boyer Outstanding Educator of the Year<br />
from NJ Association <strong>for</strong> Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD).<br />
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Assessment and Evaluation<br />
Adele T. Macula, Ed.D.<br />
Dr. Adele T. Macula is an educational professional focused on creating highly effective schools<br />
through a commitment to excellence. Dr. Macula presently serves as the Director of Curriculum<br />
and Instruction <strong>for</strong> NJ EXCEL (Expedited Certification <strong>for</strong> Educational Leadership) developed<br />
and offered by NJPSA’s Foundation <strong>for</strong> Educational Administration<br />
(FEA). She previously held the position of Associate Director of Special<br />
Projects <strong>for</strong> FEA and coordinated the USDOE $5m/5-year School<br />
Leadership Project (SLP) grant in 3 New Jersey districts. Dr. Macula<br />
spent her professional career in the Jersey City, NJ Public Schools,<br />
and held the position of Associate Superintendent–Curriculum and<br />
Instruction (K-12) until she retired from the district. As a consultant, Dr.<br />
Macula provides professional learning opportunities <strong>for</strong> administrators<br />
and instructional staff members in the New Jersey/NY metro area. Dr.<br />
Macula is a faculty member <strong>for</strong> NJEXCEL and she has taught as an<br />
Adjunct Professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University and at Seton Hall<br />
University. Dr. Macula models being a lifelong learner and is purposeful<br />
in her expectations of administrators, teachers and students in their pursuit of excellence in<br />
teaching and learning.<br />
Willa Spicer<br />
Willa Spicer is the <strong>for</strong>mer Deputy Commissioner of Education of New Jersey. She led New<br />
Jersey Per<strong>for</strong>mance Assessment Alliance as Project Director, and prior to that served as<br />
Assistant Superintendent <strong>for</strong> Curriculum and Instruction at South Brunswick Township Public<br />
Schools. She served as both a high school principal and an elementary principal in the same<br />
District. Mrs. Spicer served on the Board of Education in Lawrence Township and taught in<br />
Trenton High School and Trenton Alternative School. She has coauthored several publications<br />
dealing with assessment and has served the USDOE as a site visitor and a member of the<br />
review panel <strong>for</strong> the Blue Ribbon Schools program. In New Jersey, she served on a variety<br />
of professional committees and is a board member of Young Audiences. Mrs. Spicer was<br />
recognized as an outstanding educator by the <strong>Rutgers</strong> Graduate School of Education and Rider<br />
College Education Department. She received the Ernest Boyer Distinguished Educator Award<br />
from the Association <strong>for</strong> Supervision and Curriculum Development and the community award<br />
<strong>for</strong> distinguished women from Princeton YWCA.<br />
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<strong>Rutgers</strong> STEAM Professional<br />
Teaching Artists<br />
Theatre <strong>Arts</strong><br />
Jim Jack, Director of Education<br />
George Street Playhouse<br />
Jim Jack is the Director of Education and Outreach <strong>for</strong> the George<br />
Street Playhouse (GSP). As Director, Jim supervises GSP’s Academy,<br />
School-based Residency Programs, and acclaimed Educational<br />
Touring Theatre. For GSP’s Educational Touring Theatre, which<br />
annually reaches 40,000 students across New Jersey, Jim recently<br />
commissioned and produced Austin the Unstoppable, a new musical<br />
comedy that explores how a New Jersey family faces the challenges<br />
of childhood obesity and type II diabetes. Prior to GSP, Jim co-founded<br />
Bronx Theatre High School, a New Century High School in partnership with Roundabout<br />
Theatre Company. Jim served in many capacities <strong>for</strong> Roundabout Theatre Company, most<br />
notably as Acting Director of Education. He has worked as a teaching artist with the 92 Street Y,<br />
<strong>Arts</strong>Connection, Metropolitan Opera Guild, SUNY Albany, Westfield State College and Northern<br />
Stage. Jim currently teaches Shakespeare <strong>for</strong> the MFA Acting Program at Brooklyn College. He<br />
received his MFA from the Academy <strong>for</strong> Classical Acting at George Washington University. As<br />
an actor, Jim has per<strong>for</strong>med with the Shakespeare Theatre, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival,<br />
San Jose Repertory Theatre, Northern Stage, and Everyman Theatre to name a few and a<br />
proud member of AEA and SAG.<br />
Michael Mastro, Resident Artistic Director<br />
George Street Playhouse<br />
Michael Mastro has visited George Street Playhouse previously<br />
as both actor and director, and officially joined the GSP family<br />
<strong>for</strong> the 2015-16 season as Resident Artistic Director. He directed<br />
last season’s The Fabulous Lipitones at George Street Playhouse,<br />
as well as The Subject Was Roses with Stephanie Zimbalist<br />
several seasons ago. He has also appeared on stage here in such<br />
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productions as The Sunshine Boys, The Pillowman, Fox on the Fairway and Inspecting Carol.<br />
He is currently the associate artistic director of the Delaware Theatre Company in Wilmington,<br />
Del., where he appeared in Any Given Monday two seasons ago, and where he directed a<br />
production of Ingmar Bergman’s Nora (an adaptation of Ibsen’s A Doll House) last season. In<br />
recent years, he has helmed several NYC celebrity play readings to benefit non-profits. Past<br />
directorial assignments include assisting GSP’s David Saint in the mounting of the first national<br />
tour of West Side Story, as well as directing many new American one-acts <strong>for</strong> several NYC<br />
theatre companies. He is a member of the Actors Center in NYC.<br />
Christa Cillaroto, Manager Of School-Based Programs<br />
George Street Playhouse<br />
Christa Cillaroto has been with George Street Playhouse since 2007.<br />
She has served the theatre in various capacities over the years in<br />
both the Marketing and Education Departments. She has been the<br />
Manager of School-Based Programs since 2012. Christa is proud to<br />
have earned her BA in Theatre <strong>Arts</strong> from Douglass College, <strong>Rutgers</strong><br />
University. Her background in theatrical per<strong>for</strong>mance, design and<br />
directing has served her well throughout her career. Christa has<br />
directed Peacemaker and New Kid <strong>for</strong> George Street Playhouse’s<br />
Education Touring Theatre and had served GSP as a Teaching Artist<br />
<strong>for</strong> 9 seasons. She has also taught <strong>for</strong> the Children’s Acting Academy<br />
in New York City. Christa is a founding member of coLAB <strong>Arts</strong>, a New Brunswick-based<br />
nonprofit art collaborative dedicated to connecting arts engagement with community issues<br />
and community-based organizations. She has also served on the Leadership Board <strong>for</strong> New<br />
Jersey Emerging <strong>Arts</strong> Leaders, a development and cultivation network <strong>for</strong> young professionals<br />
in the arts and arts advocacy created by ArtPride New Jersey. Christa has been a proud<br />
member of the New Brunswick Community <strong>Arts</strong> Council since 2013.<br />
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Annie Rutger<strong>for</strong>d Lutz, Teaching Artist<br />
George Street Playhouse<br />
Annie Rutger<strong>for</strong>d Lutz is a per<strong>for</strong>mer, teaching artist, and director with<br />
degrees in Theatre <strong>Arts</strong> and English from Douglas College at <strong>Rutgers</strong><br />
University. She has had the pleasure of per<strong>for</strong>ming Off-Broadway<br />
and on several National Tours, including Laura in the National Tour of<br />
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Dorothy in the National Tour of The Wizard of Oz,<br />
Gran Bear in The Berenstain Bears, Live! Off-Broadway, and in George<br />
Street Playhouse’s production of Our Town starring Boyd Gains. She<br />
had the miraculous good <strong>for</strong>tune of becoming a Teaching Artist with<br />
George Street Playhouse during her nine-month contract acting in their<br />
Educational Touring Company. Annie works with students ages 3-18 across the state of New<br />
Jersey, leading programs in musical theatre technique, improv, the creation of original plays<br />
and musicals, and the production of a full-scale musical each summer. She is also a Teaching<br />
Artist with the Story Pirates, Dreamcatcher Rep, Lustig Dance Theatre, Playwrights Theatre, and<br />
McCarter Theatre. Most recently, she has also become a resident Director with The Secret Opera<br />
as well as the Director of Education with Bullet Theatre Collaborative.<br />
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Music<br />
Barry Wyner, Choral Director<br />
Lynnbrook High School, New York, NY<br />
Barry Wyner has been a full-time chorus teacher <strong>for</strong> 15 years at the<br />
Middle and High School levels. As Choral Director at Lynbrook High<br />
School in Long Island, he currently leads the Mixed Chorus, Concert<br />
Choir, Show Choir, and musical theater programs. Mr. Wyner prides<br />
himself on offering a fun, positive, outside-the-box learning experience<br />
to his students, leading to polished, heartfelt musical per<strong>for</strong>mances. In<br />
addition to being a dedicated teacher, Mr. Wyner is an active musical<br />
theater composer who has won the Richard Rodgers Award, Jerry Bock Award, Kleban Prize, and<br />
Noel Coward Prize. His musical CALVIN BERGER was developed at Gloucester Stage, Barrington<br />
Stage, and George Street Playhouse, where it was directed by 3-time Tony Award winner Kathleen<br />
Marshall. Barry Wyner has won the Kleban Prize, the Jerry Bock Award, the Richard Rodgers<br />
Award, and the Noel Coward Prize, as well as an IRNE nomination <strong>for</strong> best new play. His musical<br />
Calvin Berger has had full productions at Gloucester Stage Co., Barrington Stage Co., and George<br />
Street Playhouse. He also recently completed a one-act musical called “The Counselor”, and<br />
other original musicals include Sugar Plum (Company Carolina), Something To Say (Reading,<br />
Manhattan Theater Club) and Stop! (Access Theater). He was the original arranger and music<br />
director of Gutenberg! The Musical! at UCB Theatre. Barry is a member of the BMI Advanced<br />
Musical Theatre Workshop.
Visual <strong>Arts</strong><br />
Heather Brady, Director Of Education & Engagement<br />
Grounds For Sculpture<br />
Heather Brady directed the education department at the Noguchi<br />
Museum, prior to her position as Director of Education & Engagement<br />
at the Grounds For Sculpture. At the Noguchi Museum, Heather<br />
developed programs to support visitors of all ages and audiences,<br />
and served as a liaison between the museum and its partners in<br />
education and the surrounding community. Brady shaped the vision<br />
<strong>for</strong> all on- and off-site education and community programs, including<br />
tours, workshops and experiences designed specifically <strong>for</strong> the<br />
museum’s permanent collection, temporary exhibitions and garden<br />
space. Previous to her most recent position with the Noguchi Museum, Brady served as the<br />
Director of Education with the Museum of Chinese in America, and earlier in her career was<br />
a Museum Educator at the Bronx Museum of <strong>Arts</strong> and the Museum of Modern Art in New<br />
York. Ms. Heather Brady studied fine arts and art education in New York at the School of<br />
Visual <strong>Arts</strong>, and later, took graduate courses in education, sociology, and community studies<br />
at NYU.<br />
Cassandra E. Demski, Curator Of Education<br />
Grounds For Sculpture<br />
Cassandra E. Demski is the Curator of Education at Grounds For<br />
Sculpture and manages the educational programming. She worked<br />
with young children <strong>for</strong> ten years be<strong>for</strong>e joining Grounds <strong>for</strong> Sculpture.<br />
She began working in the Museum Shop. With the many school<br />
groups that visit the shop, she encountered many young children.<br />
Working in the shop, she became more and more familiar with<br />
the Volunteer program and eventually started working as part-time<br />
Coordinator of Volunteer Services, and later become her position of<br />
Coordinator of Volunteer Services became full time.<br />
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References<br />
<strong>Arts</strong>Edge (2014). Changing education through the arts (CETA). Retrieved from<br />
https://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/how-to/series/arts-integration/changingeducation-through-the-arts<br />
<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> Solutions (2011). Assessment Guide. Retrieved from<br />
http://artsintegration.com/resources/<br />
Donahue, D., & Stuart, J. (2006). Working towards balance: <strong>Arts</strong> integration in preservice<br />
teacher education in an era of standardization. Teaching and Teacher Education,<br />
24, 343-355.<br />
Silverstein, L. B., & Layne, S. (2010). What is arts integration? In L. Silverstein, A. L.<br />
Duma, & S. Layne, <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Integration</strong> Schools: What, Why, and How (Tab 2, pp. 1-7).<br />
Washington, DC: The John F. Kennedy Center <strong>for</strong> the Per<strong>for</strong>ming <strong>Arts</strong>/Changing Education<br />
Through the <strong>Arts</strong> (CETA) program.<br />
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10 Seminary Place<br />
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1183<br />
gse.rutgers.edu