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Episode 42: Artful Teaching Podcast Special Episode: Native Voices Framework Heather 0:00 Welcome to the artful teaching podcast! It's been a while. This is Heather Francis and I am back as a co-host for this show to produce a special episode with my friend Stephanie West. She and I are going to be discussing a framework that she has developed as part of her doctoral studies. It's called the Nativ...

Episode Resources: Utah Department of Culture and Community Engagement Native American Teaching Artist Roster : Utah Division of Arts and Museums List of Utah Title VI Coordinators   Native American Curriculum Initiative Website www.advancingartsleadership.com/naci Native American Lesson Plans www.education.byu.edu/arts/lessons About the BYU ARTS Partnership  https://advancingartsleadership.com/no...

41. Native American Series 4 | Utah 4th-Grade Song “Utah Indians” Episode Keywords: NACI, Native American Curriculum Initiative, teachers asking appropriate questions about Native content, cultural appropriation, addressing Native stereotypes, indigenous pedagogy, Native American lesson plans, authentic voice, Artful Teaching podcast, Native American, classroom, indigenous pedagogy in the classroo...

Episode Keywords: Indigenous pedagogy, teachers asking questions, Native American voices, amplify Native voices, history, importance of multiple perspectives, transcontinental railroad lesson plans, Native American historical timelines, answering questions, cultural appropriation, reflective listening, asking with genuine intent, honoring the no, listening, listening to amplify Native voices Episo...

  Episode Keywords: Native American pedagogy and the arts, indigenous pedagogy, Native American lesson plans, authentic voice, Artful Teaching podcast, Native American, intuition, classroom, artist, indigenous pedagogy in the classroom, lesson plans, Native American, tribe, NACI authentic experience, teachers, culture keepers, share, curriculum, lessons Episode Resources: BYU ARTS Partnership YouT...

Heather Francis: What we have for you in this series is really special. At the end of 2022, we took Brenda Beyal into a studio to video record an interview.  When Brenda presents for teachers, a whole flock of teachers gather around her at the end of her sessions. And, our sessions don't always end on time, because there's so much that Brenda has to share with teachers—teachers just keep raising t...

Terry Goedel, World Champion Hoop Dancer and retired Math Educator shares how he sees mathematical patterns in the hoop dance, the importance of this Native tradition to his family, the story he performs with his hoops, and his individual journey to hoop dancing.

35. Native American Series 3 | What I learned about the White Mesa Community Bear Dance | Emily Soderborg Episode Summary In this episode, Emily Soderborg shares her experiences attending the Bear Dance with her family on the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation. Emily shares what she learned about the White Mesa Community and their Bear Dance stories and traditions. Episode Keywords: Native American, cla...

34. Native American Series 3 | How to Support Native Families Connections to School | Brenda Beyal   In this episode, Brenda Beyal and members of the Native American Curriculum Initiative team offer ideas for supporting Native families' connections to schools. This conversation responds to several questions submitted by a teacher who desires to help Native families find a cultural space in their s...

Brenda Beyal and members of the Native American Curriculum Initiative team answer teachers questions about Native content in the classroom. In this episode, the question is "I want to teach Native American art projects but don’t want to appropriate. Any tips on this? Also, do you know of any Native Americans near Utah county that would be willing to come to my classroom?"   Transcript coming soon.

Links Mentioned in this Episode: University of Utah’s Marriott Library Book Arts Program for Teachers Peter and the Wolf Flight of the Bumblebee William Tell Overture Arts Express Summer Conference Three STEM + Arts Research Participants Share Their Educational Experience and Backgrounds Today’s guests are arts integrators in the research practice partnership through BYU and the Provo City School...

Links Mentioned In This Episode: The Arts Educate the Whole Child An Unusual Route to Becoming a Visual Arts Educator “Being in the arts endorsement course saved my life.” Marie Mattinson, visual arts educator at Edgemont Elementary School, is this week’s guest. Marie graduated with a bachelor's in psychology. She worked as a PE teacher and loved working as an aide for an autistic student. She com...

Links Mentioned In This Episode:  Elementary Lenses of Integration & Visual Arts SEEd Science Standards One-page Summary  Elementary Lenses of Integration Music Elementary Lenses of Integration Drama Elementary Lenses of Integration Dance Elementary Lenses of Integration ALL FINE ARTS Draw the Name of Your Favorite Animal Lesson Plan Bob Smith, Alpine School District Elementary Arts Coach The last...

Links mentioned in this episode: Rocky Mountain Arts and STEM Think Tank Supporting Teachers with STEM and Arts Integration in the Classroom **Listeners, take note: this is not a STEAM podcast series, but a series of episodes focused on STEM and the arts. Today’s host Heather Francis, with co-host Tina McCulloch, introduces a series on STEM and the Arts. This podcast is important because teachers...

Links Mentioned In This Episode: Piet Mondrian’s Broadway Boogie Woogie Visual Thinking Strategies Critique as a part of Visual Thinking Strategies Don’t forget to peruse the bank of lesson plans produced by the BYU ARTS Partnership in dance, drama, music, visual arts, media arts, and more. Search by grade level, art form, or subject area at www.education.byu.edu/arts/lessons . How to Integrate ST...

Links Mentioned In This Episode: The Brain Dance by Anne Green Gilbert Utah Teaching Artist Roster Building an Arts-Rich School Performances & Exhibitions First Steps in Teaching Creative Dance to Children by Mary Joyce Dance Integration—36 Dance Lesson Plans for Science and Mathematics by Kaufmann & Dehline Jana Shumway Dance Lesson Plan - Utah Animals Creative Dance Integration Movement Resource...

Dovie Thomason at the Arts Express Summer Conference 2022  Today, we have a treat for you—-a sneak peek of what you’ll get at Arts Express Summer Conference from one of our fabulous presenters, Dovie Thomason, a Native American storyteller and author. After we tell you a bit more about Dovie and her experiences, we will share a recording of one of the stories she performed and recorded for the Uta...

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Amplify Native Voices in the Classroom is an asynchronous and interactive online course developed by the BYU ARTS Partnership. The course includes approximately 14 hours of instruction, two projects, and several discussion board activities. Teachers can earn 1 USBE credit for successful completion of the course. The course is open to all educators from Pre-K to High School. By the end of the NACI...

Turtle Island Art Collective Heather Francis and Brenda Beyal speak with two artists from the Turtle Island Art Collective, Crystal Begay and Alan Groves. Crystal is an artist who specializes in Plains Indian-style moccasins. Alan is a teacher and artist who works with quilt work and beadwork. The Turtle Island Art Collective’s mission is to empower Indigenous artists, showcase Indigenous artists,...

Dance Tells a Story   Story is a theme in the lesson plans that have been developed about the hoop dance.  The hoop dance is a way of storytelling. As students learn about the dance, they will be learning about stories and that words are not the only means to telling stories. Each Hoop Dance comes from a different background, different history and, often, a different family. According to Jamie, on...

Brenda Beyal, program coordinator for the Native American Curriculum Initiative, Stephanie West, an instructional designer working on the NACI asynchronous professional development course, and Heather Sundahl, a writer and editor with the Native American Curriculum Initiative, join Cally Flox to discuss the term ‘sovereignty.’ What does it mean to be a sovereign nation? How can we talk about triba...

Culturally-Responsive Classrooms: Helping Students Become Global Citizens Chris Roberts, Provo City School District Arts Coordinator and Beverly Taylor Sorenson Arts Integration Coach, became involved in the Native American Curriculum Initiative when he and Brenda Beyal connected while teaching together in Nebo School District. Brenda and Chris’s “creative discontent” with teaching the same way ev...

Partnering with Native Tribes Over the past three years, Brenda Beyal and her Native American Curriculum Initiative team have worked to create a culture of respect and inclusivity, building relationships of collaboration and creating lesson plans that include the native voice. The inception of this work began when the NACI team asked  representatives from native tribes, “What do you want the child...

Cally Flox, the Director of the BYU ARTS Partnership, seeks to build teacher leaders and administrative capacity in people to serve the needs of public education. She loves working with people, finding creative and innovative solutions, and making an immediate difference in people’s lives. Directing the BYU ARTS Partnership has given her concrete evidence that change happens one person and convers...