Professional Development for Teachers & Teaching Artists
Helping teachers use art in the classroom.
ASU Gammage, Peoria Unified School District and Mesa Public Schools are members of the Partners in Education program of the John. F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Partners are selected because of their demonstrated commitment to the improvement of education in and through the arts, and participate in collaborative efforts to make the arts integral to education.
Throughout the year ASU Gammage and our Partners in Education will provide Professional Development workshop opportunities for teachers. Professional Development workshops are led by Kennedy Center teaching artists from across the country. These teaching artists are noted for their extensive knowledge of their art form, their experience teaching the art form to students and teachers as well as the art form’s connections to the curriculum.
Goals of Professional Development Workshops:
- Improve and increase teachers' knowledge of the arts and culture;
- have a positive and lasting impact on classroom instruction;
- provide new strategies for teachers to meet the challenges of student engagement;
- develop new ways to work with students with diverse learning styles;
- promote collaborative learning within schools.
2009-2010 Professional Development Workshops:
Two Professional Development Workshops were held:
Responding to Diversity: Creating Artists' Books with ELL Students on November 18 at the Peoria Unified School District Office; and
Poetry in Motion on February 18, 2010 at Mesa Creative Arts Center
