2009 Summer Institute

Special opportunities for Artists and Arts Organizations

The ARTS (music, drama, dance and visual arts) are powerful tools for teaching and learning in schools and communities. This Institute will give artists the inspiration, knowledge and skill to provide students in schools and in community settings with a complete education . This professional development opportunity, open to anyone interested in learning in , through and about the arts, provides an unusual opportunity for artists and community arts organizations to explore arts integration in a team setting with school administrators, arts and classroom/subject area teachers.

In addition to sessions in which artists will learn along with educators, a special session for artists will be offered on Wednesday, July 23. Artists are invited to share their artist-in-the-schools programs and to network with participating schools during Round Table Discussions at lunch on Wednesday. Individual planning for arts integration as well as review of your current artist-in-the-classroom materials will be offered.

There will be a special session for artists :

• To build understanding and skill in sharing your art form with school groups as an “artist-in-the-classroom”
• The “language” of the school
• Standards-based learning
• Making connections with schools

Planning for arts integration :

Sessions will be offered to artists and arts organizations planning for arts integration; facilitators will work directly with you in the planning process.

• To develop a strategic plan for you to integrate the arts in your work.
• Participants will work with the artist facilitator who will assist them in planning for cross-curricular arts integration and for school/community change