Essential+Questions

=Defining Each Project's Essential Question=

This question will look different for each building and grade level. In Spring 2011, as a part of their residency planning, teachers whose classrooms were involved in a residency gathered to tease out what this question would look like in their particular space with their particular students. The results are the large inquiry questions below:
 * How can arts infused instruction improve teaching and learning?**

How can arts integration facilitate meaning making by developing sensory intelligence, enhancing communication skills in their various forms and challenging students through critical thinking and literacy?
 * Second District Elementary*** – 5th & 6th Grade (Spring 2011)

How can arts infusion support leveraging time and resources to make classroom learning exciting and meaningful to all students?
 * Union City Elementary** – K & 1st, 2nd & 3rd Grade (Spring 2011)

How can arts infused teaching and learning inspire student academic success by developing self regulation and focusing skills?
 * Cambridge Springs** – K & 1st Grade (Spring 2011)

How can arts integration facilitate meaning making by developing sensory intelligence, enhancing communication skills in their various forms, and challenging students through critical thinking and literacy?
 * Cambridge Springs** – 2nd & 3rd Grade (Spring 2011)

//* In Fall 2011, Second District was replaced by First District.//