This page includes sessions and presentations for Thursday, March 31. Click here to view the full conference agenda.
Session descriptions and presenter bios coming soon!
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Welcome, Opening Remarks, & Keynote Presentation | 8:45 am – 9:30 am CT
Dryades Ballroom, NOPSI Hotel
Keynote Speaker: Deirdre Johnson Burel, Program Officer, W.K Kellogg Foundation
Breakout Sessions A | 10:15 am – 11:30 am CT
NOPSI Hotel
A1. Prints to Prose: Using Creating, Presenting, Responding, & Connecting to Enhance Reading, Writing, Speaking, & Listening
Deb Hansen, National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) / Education Associate for Visual & Performing Arts (retired), Delaware Department of Education
A2. Focus on Special Education in the Arts
Kristin Morrell, Arts Integration Coordinator / SPED Specialist, Young Audiences of Louisiana
Todd Shaffer, Curriculum Specialist / Teaching Artist, Young Audiences of Louisiana
A3. The Miami Gardens Music Alliance
Sheila Womble, Executive Director, Arts for Learning Miami
Arts & Action Panel Discussion (w/ lunch) | 11:45 am – 1:45 pm CT
Dryades Ballroom, NOPSI Hotel
Akua F. Kouyate-Tate, Vice President, Education, Wolf Trap
Dr. Denese Shervington, Professor, Tulane University / Founder and President, Institute for Women and Ethnic Studies
Emily Wolff, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Youth & Families, City of New Orleans
Moderated by Jenny James, Executive Director, Young Audiences of Louisiana
Breakout Sessions B | 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm CT
NOPSI Hotel
B1. Focus on Teaching Artist Initiatives from Across the YA Network
B2. Focus on Project Evaluation: Using Formative Data to Inform Best Practices in Program Research, Communications, and Outreach
Dr. Yvette Clinton, Principal Investigator, ICF
Susanne Harnett, Managing Senior Associate, Metis Associates
Moderated by David A. Dik, National Executive Director, Young Audiences Arts for Learning
B3. Creating Frameworks Rooted in Institutional Values
Breakout Sessions C | 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm CT
NOPSI Hotel
C1. Panel Discussion: YA Credentialed Teaching Artists
C2. Focus on Federal Funding Opportunities
Sessions & Presentations as of 2/7/2022. Schedule subject to change.