Dancing and Teaching in the Age of Corona: Our Resources

We at DEAW know that the amount of resources available right now can shift from helpful to overwhelming very quickly. We’ve kept our ideas simple and short so you can come back to them when you’re feeling lost.

Community

First, find and reach out to your immediate community and others who are in the same sector. We are all in the same boat right now and it helps to talk about it! We recommend taking advantage of NDEO’s message boards, as there are new threads for teaching online. There are also new Facebook groups being created for specific teaching sectors. DEAW is in the process of creating a member group and will update you as soon as it is completed. It’s also good to have a digital hang with your teaching buds! Invite your friends for a virtual happy hour.

Arts Education Unified Statement

Arts Education is Essential Unified Statement

Teaching

Second, we want to remind you that we are all building our planes as we are flying them right now, so it’s okay to keep it as simple as possible while we move courses online. If you want ideas, here are a couple of resource lists to keep the creativity flowing. There are also come recommendations and guidelines for returning to the classroom:

DEAW’s Recommendations for School Dance Classrooms

WA Interscholastic Activities Association Return to Play Guidelines (Dance included)

DOH Guidelines for Schools

DOH Fall Guidance

OSPI Considerations for the Arts

From OSPI: The Arts are Essential 2020

Dance Studies Association: Resources for moving Dance-Based Pedagogy Online

Places to Watch Art (working list)

Places to Take Class (working list)

DEAW’s Lesson Planning Brainstorm (working list to read and add ideas to)