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ARTS RESIDENCY, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • SIMs (Structured Improvisation Models) are arts integrated residencies designed and developed by Christopher Eaves to help students better understand history by inhabiting it with characters and families they themselves create. Students get to live history from the inside out! SIMs are integrated into and support sociohistorical curriculum and provide students with a dramatic exploration of paradigm shifts in culture and social order.
SIMs are also available as professional development for educators—where educators are trained in methodology for directing individual and group improvisation. While this may sound contrary to the nature of improvisation, a student's ability to freely improvise often grows stronger when direction elicits an awareness of the many choices available to them.
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FAQ: What is it? A theatre arts residency integrated into a sociohistorical curriculum. Which curriculum? Ellis Island Immigration, American Revolutionary War, The Civil War, The Industrial Revolution, First Nations...you name it! Does everyone participate? Yes, each student will have opportunities to collaborate, improvise and perform. Do we need to find a special space? No. SIMs work well in typical classroom settings. How long is a SIMs residency? We could squeeze it into 8 sessions. 15 would really do the trick! [#literacy #socialstudies #humanities]
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS, ARTS RESIDENCY, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • Whether a keynote address, an arts residency or a professional development, Eaves’ Multiple Intelligences—Multiple Solutions is tailored to the individual group’s needs and the big ideas remain. How are we smart and how can we leverage our intelligences for the wellbeing of our students, our peers and ourselves? How can we use our intelligences to move toward our fullest potential as teachers and learners?
Multiple Intelligences—Multiple Solutions provides participants with an introduction and overview to Multiple Intelligences Theory and how it informs teaching and learning. Eaves takes you on a tour of art history and teaching pedagogy to ignite critical thinking and inquiry. Multiple Intelligences—Multiple Solutions features an array of group games and artful activities designed to become a meaningful part of an educators’ classroom practice.
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Multiple Intelligences—Multiple Solutions provides students and educators with a creative space and time to come together and "think about how we think!" This offering is well-suited for professional educators and for elementary, intermediate, high school and university students.
Specialized Versions: keynote address, arts residency, professional development (full or half day), 12-hour sequential learning course, full day student workshop.
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS, ARTS RESIDENCY, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • With The Art of Questions, Eaves provides a framework for educators, administrators and teaching artists to explore the integral role inquiry plays in scientific method, artistic process, development of critical thinking and cultivation of curiosity. Sometimes poignant and other times hilarious, The Art of Questions explores the nature of inquiry, its place in education and art, and the manner by which educators and teaching artists may not only affirm and strengthen student inquiry but also learn well from the questions that we are being asked.
Are we asking the right questions? Are we listening for multiple answers? Are we listening for the questions were not looking for? What is the most important question that a student has ever asked you and why? Have you heard about 'No Questions Day'? |
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After presenting The Arts of Questions as a Keynote Address and Professional Development, Eaves developed The Art of Questions arts residency during which students are challenged to artfully respond to their own higher order thinking questions. And at the end of the initial residency 76% of students reported having more questions than when the residency began while 98% reported that the residency had strengthened their ability to answer questions.
The Art of Questions is available as a keynote address, a professional development and as an arts residency.
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ARTS RESIDENCY, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • Architects + Builders will put some STEAM in your STEM! This cooperative game designed, created and developed by Christopher Eaves builds collective and cooperative spirit and is well suited for elementary, intermediate and high school students.
Architects + Builders serves as scaffolding upon which literacy, math, social studies, science, may be integrated. When students play Architects + Builders teachers are provided with a formative assessment while the students cheer for each other to win!
In addition to being an arts integrated residency, Architects + Builders has been played by grade K–12 educators as part of professional development seminars for over a decade.
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FAQ: What is it? A cooperative game. How many persons may participate? Everyone in the group will be offered an opportunity to participate. When a group is larger than 30 we may stage multiple games simultaneously. Can the level of difficulty be adjusted? Yes, there are varying levels of difficulty that are implemented as needed. Do we need to find a special space? Architects + Builders requires an open space of approximately 12 feet by 18 feet. [#literacy #math #socialstudies #science]
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ARTS RESIDENCY, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • Performing Sequence is a cooperative game designed, created and developed by Christopher Eaves and has been presented as part of arts integrated residencies for elementary and intermediate school students.
Performing Sequence provides an engaging kinesthetic pathway for students to literally move their way through math. It challenges and builds students' working knowledge of sequencing, tallying, geometry and fractions.
It's also an engaging professional development and has been played by grade K–8 educators, as part of professional development seminars, for more than 15 years.
FAQ: What is it? A cooperative game. How many persons may participate? Everyone in the group will be offered an opportunity to participate. When a group is larger than 30 we may stage multiple games simultaneously. Can the level of difficulty be adjusted? Yes, there are varying levels of difficulty that are implemented as needed. Do we need to find a special space? Performing Sequence requires an open space of approximately 18 feet by 18 feet. [#literacy #math]
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Christopher Eaves' Performing Sequence at Lincoln Middle School, CT.
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Christopher Eaves presented the Professional Development workshops ARCHITECTS + BUILDERS and MIME FUNDAMENTALS at the 41st Annual ASAH Conference in Atlantic City. NJ on November 16, 2018. He is honored to have worked with ASAH educators since 2002.
ASAH is a not-for-profit organization of private schools and agencies in New Jersey which provide highly specialized services to more than 11,000 infants, children and young adults with disabilities. The ASAH Conference provides Professional Development opportunities for these incredible educators. |
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"Christopher Eaves was an amazing presenter who
was extremely motivating, informative, kind, and fun
- by far - my favorite workshop at ASAH."
—ASAH Conference Educator, 2017
Learn more about ASAH at www.asah.org.
photo: Zachary Z. Handler
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ARTS RESIDENCY, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • Christopher Eaves' Mobile Statuary at the Higher Order Thinking (HOT) Schools 23rd Annual Summer Institute "Storytelling ~ an Artful Journey" held July 11-15, 2016 in Hartford, CT.
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