Paul Syme: Arts Education Consultant, art teacher, painter, Hantsport Nova Scotia Canada

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Paul Syme came to Nova Scotia in 1996 to do his MA In Art Education at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. After completing his NSCAD residency, Paul was assigned to an art teaching position at the new to be built technology infused Horton High School (opened 1998). Paul is now also the Arts Education Consultant for the Annapolis Valley Regional School Board.

Paul has dedicated much of his studies and practice into bringing together the pedagogies of traditional touch-media art and the paradigm of new electronic media. This pedagogical focus and experience has helped Paul to co-write five provincial curriculum documents (Design 11; Vis. Art 11, & 12; and Advanced Vis. Art 11 & 12) as well as a textbook (Art3: Multimedia Art Design).

As an arts education consultant, Paul works to elevate the success and relevance of the arts in the minds and experiences of students and the greater community.

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As the Arts Education Consultant for the Annapolis Valley Regional School Board, Paul works to improve the profile and impact of the arts in the lives of students. The Research is abundant and clear that a comprehensive arts curricula brings with it potent consequences on student engagement, life and academic success. Through rich multi-sensory experiences and student centered content, the arts can help students connect to their learning in deep and meaningful ways. With this in mind, Paul hopes to see more teachers integrating the arts into more subjects.
	ArtsEducation.ca is a site created to aid generalist and specialist teachers as well as administrators to embrace more arts education practices, This site offers free downloadable resources, student art and lesson exemplars and advocacy research. An Advocacy Point: The Arts build critical capacity in students to grow, change their world, and own their learning. The arts promote an ecology of inward and outward inquiry and critique of the status-quo -- qualities we seek in an inclusive learning community.



					Paul has participated in writing of these Nova Scotia arts curricula: Design 11 Visual Art 11 Visual Art 12 Advanced Visual Art 11 Advanced Visual Art 12



After the success of Holy Angels HS (Sydney NS) Fine Arts Certificate, teachers in the AVRSB sought to design their own FAC. In 2006, as the Fine Arts Consultant, Paul took the work done to date, fleshed-out the FA certificate process and designed the final document. Now, students can earn a FA certificate with 5 Arts credits and 12 major projects.



					This P-6 Visual Art document was created to support generalist teachers when aiming to do more art with students. With the aid of a lead team of P-6 classroom teachers, Paul compiled, edited, and published this resource.



*Art 3: Multimedia Art and Design* came from the success of Design 11. This complete course guide and workbook is available for teachers who want to teach art through computer and design media. View exemplars of student work.





	Please browse an interactive gallery for a selection of Paul's works from 1995 to 2008.





Since 1997, when Horton High School's art program was founded,Paul has provided students with a growing on-line resource of support materials, lessons, assignments, and rubrics. This site also hosts several galleries of student art.



The Horton Art Gallery Online features exemplars of student art & designs from grades 10 through 12 -- surveying the program since 1998. HAGO shows how students are making great art in traditional and computer based media.