MILE Music Integrated Literacy Enhancement

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MILEMusic Integrated Literacy Enhancement

• Oakland Unified School District
• Oakland, California
• Advancing Music for Changing Times

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MILE Program Overview

• Currently a network of 5 music teachers and 5
  classroom teachers who collaboratively design and
  implement integrated music curricula
• Grades 1-3
• Oakland Unified School District
• Music in Schools Today (MuST)
• Music-in-Education National Consortium (MIENC,
  not MENC)
• Linked to the National Learning Laboratory School
  Network through Thornhill

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MILE Timeline

• The first MILE cohort started designing
  curriculum during the 04-05 school year
• 05-06 (this school year) was the Pilot Year
• Prospective teachers (YOU!) can join the 2nd MILE
  Cohort, and begin participating in 06-07
• The future of MILE possible 4-Year Research
  Study with a national network of schools
• Expand the program to other schools in the
  district

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MILE Goals

• Establish music as a core academic subject
  (music for musics sake) AND a springboard to
  other academic subjects
• Form collaborative partnerships with classroom
  teachers, administrators, and artists
• Design and implement engaging, integrated music
  curricula that support student achievement and
  learning in all academic areas
• Document student learning to provide evidence of
  learning across academic subject areas
• Maintain the Instrumental Music Program, Grades
  4-5

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MILE Curriculum

• Comprehensive--Students do all that a musician
  would do listen, create, perform, question,
  reflect, and assess musical works, including
  their own
• Authentic Music lessons that integrate learning
  strategies and concepts of other academic areas
  whenever and wherever appropriate
• Shared curriculum ideas, individualized by music
  specialist and classroom teacher at each school
• Standards-Based
• Co-Taught with collaborating teachers

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MILE Teachers and Schools

• Claudia McCarthy _at_ Kaiser
• Janan Apaydin (1st Grade) Collaborating Teacher
• Alison Streich _at_ MLK and Glenview
• Teri Salvatore (3rd Grade), Collaborating Teacher
• Deb Sarnoff _at_ TCN (Think College Now)
• Jason Greenwald _at_ Lazear
• Eric Swihart _at_ Thornhill
• Alyson Swihart (4) and Karen Gibson (3),
  Collaborating Teachers

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The MILE Network

• Music Specialists
• Classroom Teachers
• Music Consultants
• Principals
• OUSD Administrators
• Artists
• University Partnerships

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What do students gain from the MILE Program?

• Previously disengaged students become engaged,
  inside and outside the classroom, in and through
  music
• Student learning in music serves as a springboard
  to language arts and math
• Students develop a new literacy for language
  arts, music, and math
• Students make useful and meaningful connections
  across academic subject areas

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What do music specialists gain from the MILE
Program?

• De-Isolation
• Rich professional collaborations with classroom
  teachers and colleagues
• Improved teaching strategies, and shared
  vocabulary and concepts
• The opportunity to play a more integral role in
  the school community
• Additional instructional time during Language
  Arts Blocks-- because music curriculum includes
  language arts concepts and learning strategies

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Becoming a MILE Teacher

• Bi-Weekly meetings during school hours
• Every other Wednesday 200-400
• Stipend for designing and implementing integrated
  music lesson plans and units
• Stipend for completed units
• Professional Development Workshops and Training

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MILE Survey

• Please fill out the brief survey and take a
  flyer!
• We hope youll join us for the 2006-07 school
  year
• Advancing Music for Changing Times

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Music in Education

• Advancing Music for Changing Times