The mission of The Right Brain Initiative is to achieve a measurable impact on learning by integrating the community’s arts and cultural resources into the education of every K-8 student in the region’s school districts.
These outcomes will mark our success:
- Increased experiences with many modes of expression through experiences in multiple art forms.
- Improved the instructional practices of teachers and teaching artists achieved through joint planning, teaching, assessment and reflection in the context of integrating the arts and other core curriculum areas.
- Increased levels of student written and oral communication skills across a range of media and formats.
- Increased student engagement with learning.
Here’s how we track progress along the way:
- Collecting student work samples before, during, and after arts experiences to provide evidence of student learning. Samples are also used to inform professional development sessions, and to provide benchmarks for future residencies.
- Conducting 30-minute “Imagination Interviews” with a sample of students from each school, offering learners the chance to reflect more deeply about their own creative thinking style.
- Meeting with teachers and teaching artists after each residency for insights on best practices, student engagement, and shifts in school culture. All to fuel ideas for future learning goals.
Read more stories on the blog about how we are measuring our impact.