In-Depth Virtual Zoom Session Details
Dates: Saturdays – Final Session on August 12
Times: 9am – 3pm PST
Location: Virtual via Zoom
For: Emerging, Mid-Career, and Experienced Teaching Artists
Artist-Educator Institute application deadline has passed. Stay-tuned for our next artist-educator professional development opportunity!
This carefully curated professional development program is tailor-made for teaching artists who are eager to collaborate with teachers and transform learning through art integration. Throughout the program, you’ll learn differentiated learning approaches, constructivist learning theory, project-based learning techniques, and collaborative inquiry to create a more equitable and exciting platform for learning. The program includes four powerful virtual sessions, as well as eight smaller virtual socratic seminar-style meetings and one-on-one mentoring/coaching support. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to co-work in a CoTA after-school program, and upon completion, you’ll receive a generous stipend. Apply now and join us on this incredible journey of growth and transformation.
The Artist-Educator Institute is multi-faceted. Components include:
- Four in-depth virtual Zoom sessions that explore: (1) differentiating between arts enhancement and arts integration, (2) reading and unpacking the academic standards, (3) ways to align art strategies to classroom learning goals, (4) constructivist theory as it applies to arts integration, (5) authentic assessment, and (6) lesson design. (24 hours)
- One showcasing celebration for participants to share and discuss their original arts-integrated lessons (6 hours)
- Eight smaller virtual socratic seminar-style meetings for you and your cohorts to discuss and process the covered material as it relates to your work and experience (up to 16 hours)*
- Mentoring/Coaching support for refining lesson plans, developing assessments, and managing classroom activities (up to 15 hours)*
- An opportunity to work with high school teachers and students in CoTA’s after school program Curated Spaces (8/2023 – 6/2024)
*The hours are spread out and will take place between May and August