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SUMMARY:Session G2. Using Data to Shape the Narrative of Program Impact
DESCRIPTION:Presenters:\nDr. Amanda Mayes\, Data Research Manager\, Delaware Department of Education\nEllamonique Baccus\, Executive Director\, Arts Partners Wichita\nEsther Runck\, Program Director\, Arts Partners Wichita  \nIn this session\, we will examine the data from Arts Partners Wichita’s Assistance for Arts Education program. The goal of the program is to provide arts integrated education to 5\,000 students. Through visual art and music lessons\, coupled with the stories\, the program aimed to improve ELA scores and social emotional learning/work habits in elementary program participants. We will use the data collected as part of the program evaluation to begin discussing how data can be used to shape narratives around arts programming impact. We will discuss how different data points can be used to tailor discussions to a variety of stakeholder audiences. Participants can come with some of their own programming in mind and we will discuss how their data can be used to shape narratives around the impact of their programming. 
URL:https://conference.youngaudiences.org/event/session-g2/
LOCATION:Ballroom A
CATEGORIES:Breakout Sessions G,Conference Sessions,Track: Educators & School Staff
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260327T114500
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260327T124500
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SUMMARY:Session F2. In Response to Place: Personal Postcard Collage as Storytelling Practice
DESCRIPTION:Presenters:\nLaura Pasquini\, Visual Arts Program Navigator\, Arts Integration Co-Lead\, Anne Arundel Community College\nAmy Carattini\, Ph.D.\, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Arts Integration Co-Lead\, Anne Arundel Community College\nBradley Austin\, Ph.D.\, Associate Professor of Geography\, Anne Arundel Community College\nAlex Colucci\, Ph.D.\, Assistant Professor of Geography\, Anne Arundel Community College  \nThis hands-on session blends human geography and cultural anthropology to explore how people make meaning through the places they hold dear. Participants will engage in the “Personal Postcard Collage” activity developed by the AACC Arts Integration Hub\, reflecting a meaningful place and translating its landscape\, memories\, and emotional qualities into visual and written narrative. Grounded in an ethnographic lens\, the activity invites individuals to consider both a sense of place (what we notice and observe) and the meaning of place (the stories\, routines\, and connections that shape our experiences). Through collage\, symbols\, and a guided writing prompt\, attendees will create a two-sided postcard that communicates the essence of a place that matters to them. A final reflection activity weaves multiple postcards into a larger story of shared connection. This session provides an accessible\, arts-integrated structure that helps students and communities tell their stories through imagery\, descriptive language\, and shared reflection. Participants leave with a replicable model that supports narrative expression\, belonging\, and authentic connection across classroom and community settings. 
URL:https://conference.youngaudiences.org/event/session-f2/
LOCATION:Ashlawn North
CATEGORIES:Breakout Sessions F,Conference Sessions,Track: Educators & School Staff
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260327T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260327T113000
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SUMMARY:Session E2. Beyond the Algorithm: Preparing Students to Think\, Feel\, and Create in an AI World 
DESCRIPTION:Presenter:\nIzzi Buikus\, Artist/Teacher/Coach\, Artfully Educate/University School of Milwaukee  \nWhen I first stepped into the art room\, I believed I was teaching students how to make art. Over time\, I realized something much more important was happening. In the quiet moments of threading a needle\, in the frustration of bending a wire that refuses to cooperate\, and in the calm of pouring wax into a candle jar\, students were learning who they are. They were learning how to handle struggle\, how to stay with a challenge\, and how to trust their own ideas. As AI becomes more present in our lives\, these human skills are becoming even more essential. Instead of technical skills\, students need resilience\, curiosity\, reflection\, and a sense of identity they can stand on. The art room has always been a place where these qualities grow. Now\, we need to nurture them with intention. This session shares stories from my journey as an artist turned educator turned instructional coach\, and from the real moments that often get overlooked in art class. Participants will leave with three practical tools: Name-Frame-Claim\, Creative Identity Mapping\, and the Resilience Studio Framework. Together\, these simple practices show how creativity prepares young people for a future that needs thoughtful\, confident\, deep thinkers. 
URL:https://conference.youngaudiences.org/event/session-e2/
LOCATION:Ballroom C
CATEGORIES:Breakout Sessions E,Conference Sessions,Track: Educators & School Staff
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260326T144500
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260326T154500
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SUMMARY:Session D2. Dramatic Adventures: Creating Original Stories with Children
DESCRIPTION:Presenter:\nAli Oliver-Krueger\, Master Teaching Artist\, Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts  \nParticipants will explore drama strategies for creating lively stories and miniature plays with young children. The story-building process provides children with opportunities to practice key literacy\, cognitive\, and social emotional skills\, use their imaginations\, collaborate\, and have fun! No prior theatre experience is needed… just a willingness to explore\, imagine\, and try something different! In this session\, participants will explore and apply strategies/techniques for creating\, or “devising” stories collaboratively with a group of young children. This session centers around supporting young children through the full storytelling process using different types of text. The session demonstrates how to center the voices of young children in creating and telling stories\, emphasizing developmentally appropriate practice for collaborating with young children and encouraging their leadership in the crafting\, telling\, and sharing of stories. 
URL:https://conference.youngaudiences.org/event/session-d2/
LOCATION:Ashlawn North
CATEGORIES:Breakout Sessions D,Conference Sessions,Track: Educators & School Staff
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260326T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260326T143000
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SUMMARY:Session C2. I Will... Centering Youth Voice in Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:Presenters:\nAshley Edinger\, Creative Career Programs Coordinator\, Sitar Arts Center\nChloe’ Smith-Morgan\, Bloomberg Arts Intern\, Sitar Arts Center\nA’mirah Wallace\, Bloomberg Arts Intern\, Arts for Learning Maryland \nIn a world where narratives shape power\, opportunity\, and belonging\, whose voices are we centering when we tell the story of our work? In this interactive\, youth-led session\, Bloomberg Arts Interns from Baltimore\, MD and Washington\, DC invite participants to examine the guiding question: Which voices are centered in our stories\, and how does this impact what is told\, how it’s received\, and how it’s retold and shared? Drawing from key practices in the Bloomberg Arts Internship—developing an artist statement or college essay\, crafting an elevator pitch\, and leading a culminating presentation—the interns will guide attendees through the very prompts that helped them clarify and claim their own voices. Participants will experience firsthand how these activities foreground student agency\, strengthen authentic storytelling\, and reshape how arts educators represent young people in narrative\, fundraising\, and program reporting. The session concludes with a spoken-word style call to action: “How will you center student voices in the stories you tell?” Attendees will leave with concrete\, youth-tested strategies\, and a personal commitment to amplifying student-led narratives in their work. 
URL:https://conference.youngaudiences.org/event/session-c2/
LOCATION:Ballroom A
CATEGORIES:Breakout Sessions C,Conference Sessions,Track: Educators & School Staff
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260326T123000
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SUMMARY:Session B2. Lessons Learned Through Dance: The Impact of Our RAISE Program Grant
DESCRIPTION:Presenters:\nTara Bach\, Art Educator\, Washington Avenue School\, Pleasantville Public Schools\nLiz Winter\, Education Operations Director\, Young Audiences Arts for Learning of New Jersey & Eastern Pennsylvania  \nThis session offers an inside look at Washington Avenue Elementary School’s multi-year RAISE Program Grant\, implemented as a dance residency for third\, fourth\, and fifth grade students in a school without an existing dance program. While students learned technique\, style\, and discipline\, the heart of the project was the intentional space created for them to share their perspectives and craft their own narratives through choreography. We will explore the project’s approach\, the stories that emerged from both students and the teaching artist\, and the impact these narratives had on our school community. Central to the discussion is how storytelling through movement and reflection helped build trust\, strengthen relationships\, and establish alliances essential for sustaining arts-based learning. As the grant period concludes\, we will focus on how to carry this work forward: How can the narratives generated through this residency guide our next steps? How can they help us forge and sustain the partnerships needed to expand arts opportunities for our school\, district\, and community? Participants will leave with insights on leveraging narrative as a tool for collaboration\, continuity\, and meaningful program growth. 
URL:https://conference.youngaudiences.org/event/session-b2/
LOCATION:Ashlawn South
CATEGORIES:Breakout Sessions B,Conference Sessions,Track: Educators & School Staff
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