Professional Development for Educators & Artists
Gateway to the Arts has been offering professional development opportunities to educators, artists, teaching artists and arts organizations in western Pennsylvania for over 15 years. Teachers who participate in Gateway to the Arts' Institutes receive Intermediate Unit in-service hours and Act 48 credits. To date, teachers from 86 school districts have participated in these programs.
Current offerings:
| • | A Story with a Mission: Achieving curricular goals through interactive storytelling techniques | Saturday, May 16, 2009 |
| • | For Teaching Artists: Mental Health Diagnosis in Children: Symptoms and Intervention Approaches for the Learning Environment | Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
| • | For Teaching Artists: Differentiating Instruction For All Learners | Tuesday, June 2, 2009 |
| • | Gateway Arts in Education Institute | August 3-7, 2009 |
| • | Integrating the Arts into Early Childhood Curriculum Institute | August 13-14, 2009 |
| • | In-Service Workshops | Upon request |
| • | Arts in Education Roundtables | Three times a year |
| • | Teaching Artist Idea Exchange | February 18, 2009 |
| A Story with a Mission: Achieving curricular goals through interactive storytelling techniques | |
| Saturday, May 16, 2009 | Credit: 2 hours - certificate of attendance or Act 48 activity hours (Knowledge Area K2, Level 1; Topic Code 19) |
This hands-on workshop will demonstrate techniques for facilitating interactive storytelling to promote emergent literacy skills and foster development in other learning domains. Teaching artist Christina Farrell will help participants find the “drama” in a picture book and discover strategies for adapting children’s literature to facilitate child-directed storytelling experiences. Date:Saturday, May 16, 2009 | |
| Mental Health Diagnosis in Children: Symptoms and Intervention Approaches for the Learning Environment | |
| Thursday, May 21, 2009 | For Teaching Artists |
The first part of this presentation provides a brief overview of “internalizing” and “externalizing” mental health disorders including symptoms related to specific diagnosis and tips for working with students with those diagnoses. The second half of the presentation is specific to the diagnoses on the Autism Spectrum and will review characteristics of learners with autism and tips for successful teaching approaches. Date: Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
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| Differentiating Instruction for All Learners | |
| Tuesday, June 2, 2009 | For Teaching Artists |
Best practices in education allow for all students to learn and express their knowledge in a variety of ways. When working with students with learning, social and behavioral challenges, “differentiated instruction” is even more important. This session will focus on ways to individualize within an activity and structure your setting to meet the needs of all learners! Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 |
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| Gateway Arts in Education Institute | |
| August 3-7 | 30 Act 48 hours |
Father Ryan Arts Center, 420 Chartiers Ave, McKees Rocks, PA 15136 View Map For More Information: Contact Jamie VanderMolen by e-mail or at 412-362-6982. |
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| Integrating the Arts into Early Childhood Curriculum Institute | |
| August 13-14, 2009 | 12 Act 48 hours or DPW certificate |
Two days of professional development workshops for teachers and artists will be conducted by master teaching artists from the Vienna, VA -based Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts (http://www.wolf-trap.org/institute/). Teaching artists will model movement, music, drama and puppetry activities. There will also be a workshop on the topic of documentation. During these creative, nurturing, hands-on sessions, teachers will learn innovative arts-based teaching strategies and new techniques to help with classroom management, daily routines and transitions. Participating teachers may qualify for a follow-up artist residency in their classroom with the objective of teacher mastery of arts-based teaching strategies.
For more information: Contact Carol Wolfe by e-mail or at 412-362-6982. To register: return the registration form |
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| Teaching Artist Idea Exchange | Aesthetics Workshop |
| February 18, 2009 | |
Enjoy an evening with fellow teaching artists and instructors at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts deepening your knowledge of Aesthetics and its role in your children’s and adults’ classes, workshops, and residency projects. Through this fun, hands-on workshop we will explore specific techniques that inspire thoughtful art-making by looking deeply at works of art. Pot luck dinner, munchies, and beverages to follow. Cheryl Capezzuti is a visual artist and puppetmaker with a fifteen-year relationship with PCA. She has taught in the school, exhibited in the gallery, and currently works as an Artist-in-Residence and serves on the board of PF/PCA. She has an M. Ed. in Art Education from Penn State, is a Master Teaching Artist in Gateway to the Arts’ Aesthetic Education program, and teaches Visual Arts in the School of Education at Duquesne University. For Artists: TAie (Teaching Artist idea exchange) is a series of informal gatherings held throughout the year for artists working in school, community and museum settings. The purpose of these get-togethers is to provide a forum for networking, idea sharing and support. Events are co-sponsored by the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts/Pittsburgh Filmmakers. To add your name to the TAie listserv, email Carol Wolfe at Gateway to the Arts. |
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| In-Service Workshops | |
| Upon request | Act 48 credits available |
| Gateway to the Arts' staff and teaching
artists are available to conduct full or half-day in-service workshops. Each workshop
is tailored to meet the objectives of the school and/or school district. Workshops generally focus on integrating the arts into the curriculum and may
include hands-on activities. In-services are also available for specialists seeking professional development in the use of specific media or topics such as the
creation of murals, installation art, song-writing, film/video, etc.
Current offerings include:
Cost: Contact Gateway to the Arts for more information. To register: Contact Carol Wolfe by e-mail or at 412-362-6982. |
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| Arts in Education Roundtables | |
| Three times a year | |
| Conducted three times a year,
Gateway to the Arts' Roundtables feature panel discussions by leaders in the arts and
education and focus on specific themes and best practices in the region in
arts-in-education. The roundtables are open to teachers, administrators, artists and
parents.
Dates: To be announced Cost: Free or minimal charge. Contact Gateway to the Arts for more information. For more information: Contact Carol Wolfe by e-mail or at 412-362-6982. |
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