All Institute workshops take place at Cal Shakes' rehearsal hall 701 Heinz in Berkeley (off Seventh and San Pablo)
Third Workshop Registration Now Open!
Saturday January 23, 2010 (rescheduled from Sept 12, 2009) Doors Open 8:45
9:00 a.m. til 4:30 p.m. (includes light breakfast and lunch)
Arts Integration Methodology Speed Dating: Key Teaching Frameworks for Teaching Artists
Get Comfortable with Key Teaching Frameworks & Get the Job You Want This day-long workshop introduces key concepts and vocabulary from a range of arts pedagogies. Short and sweet workshops will orient you to the most effective and popular teaching frameworks used by teaching artists today including the Lincoln Center Institute for Arts in Education, Kennedy Center’s ArtsEdge program, Reggio Emilia, Visual Thinking Strategies, Studio Habits of Mind and kinesthetic movement pedagogies of learning.
Facilitators: Arlene Shmaeff (Reggio Emilia); Sabrina Klein and Dave Maier (Lincoln Center Institute); Rica Anderson (Kennedy Center); Jill Randall (Movement); Sarah Lenoue (Visual Thinking Strategies); Tana Johnson (Studio Habits of Mind).
Cost: $65 for TAO Associates / $50 if you've taken either half- day workshops (*includes breakfast snacks and light lunch) REGISTER AFTER NOV 8th.
All workshops open to TAO Associates. It's free to become a TAO Associate -- click here.
If you signed up for either Oct 3 or Nov 7, you'll save $15 off Jan 23rd day-long workshop.
Who should come:
Experienced TAs looking to improve their business skills, deepen their understanding of methodologies, or expose themselves to new resources.
Emerging TAs looking for tips to get started or to get more work, to develop vocabulary to discuss their work with teachers and principals.
Neophyte or hopeful TAs, who are looking for structures to organize their classroom practice and articulate their approach to potential employers, or who are seeking an arts learning home but aren’t sure what that home should look like.
Why you should come:
The emerging profession of the Teaching Artist offers dozens of pathways for TAs to follow to become better teachers, deeper artists, and smarter communicators about their work. You can choose from an array of short (60-90 minutes each) workshops that will introduce you to, or clarify for you, the principles underlying classroom practice for arts learning. Each methodology is taught by local and national experts who offer courses of study that might be of interest to you as the field moves toward professionalization.
And you’ll meet some of the regional leaders in arts learning training and practice, network with fellow TAs and learn more about the growing community that is Teaching Artists Organized..
For More Low Cost, High Quality Professional Development Offered our partners, click here.
TAO needs you!
We're in start-up mode and depend upon volunteers (lots of them!), seed grants, and donations--and we could use your support. We do not charge anyone to become a TAO associate and charge nominal fees for services. If you can support our early development, please click here and make a donation through our fiscal sponsor, Community Initiatives or go to http://cifunds.org/teaching-artists.html, Thanks in advance for your support.
News of interest: See interview with NY State Association of Teaching Artists director Dale Davis here.
We are looking forward to hearing from you. You can contact us at our e-mail address: tao@teachingartistsorganized.org or call us at 510.493.7533.
