Teaching Our World through the Arts, 2011-2012
Teaching Our World through the Arts is a professional development program that prepares K–Grade 12 teachers to use theater, dance, music, and visual arts and in their classrooms. Teachers learn strategies for creating and implementing arts-based curricula that connect to existing units and lessons. Coursework includes classroom workshops, gallery tours and live performances at the Skirball, and lesson planning.
The course is divided into four strands. Teachers are welcome to sign up for any combination of up to four strands. Each strand consists of four full-day Saturdays of training, accompanied by a gallery tour or live performance at no additional charge.
Strand One: THEATER
Four Saturdays • October 22 and 29, November 12 and 19, 2011 • 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
In this strand, teachers will gain multiple types of teaching tools from the world of theatre and film to deepen instruction in cross-curricular subject areas including Social Studies, Literature, Science, and Math. Classes include a filmmaking workshop led by teaching artist Frank Guttler and a special program utilizing the Skirball exhibition Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide led by London-based actor and director, Tim Crouch. This strand will also include storytelling methods and presentation skills led by our own Noah’s Ark at the Skirball educators and classroom theatre integration lesson modeling by Los Angeles-based master teacher, Desiree Friedman. Teachers will receive free admission to Skirball’s presentation of Tim Crouch’s theatre piece, ENGLAND presented in the Half the Sky exhibition galleries.
Strand Two: DANCE
Four Saturdays • February 4–25, 2012 • 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
In conjunction with the exhibition Half the Sky, this strand will help teachers explore how dance has become a format for women across the world to express themselves and deal with cultural oppression. Teachers will also learn how to help students voice their emotions and thoughts through movement and meaningfully integrate dance and movement into classroom instruction. Dance artists, movement experts, and cultural historians including teaching artist/dancer, Rosalie Tucker; members of the critically acclaimed dance troupe, Lineage Dance; Robyn Conrad, Skirball in-school dance residency teaching artist; and Contra Tiempo dance troupe.
Strand Three: MUSIC
Four Saturdays • March 10–31, 2012 • 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
These artist-led workshops provide teachers with vocabulary and inquiry-driven teaching tools for connecting music to language arts, math, science, and history. Teachers will engage in fun, quick activities that can be adapted for multiple levels of instruction and use a range of musical genres and teaching tools. Experts in the field will discuss the rich cultural histories of featured performers and the musical genres they represent. Teaching artists and experts in the field such as pianist and educator Beth Sussman as well as representatives from Education Through Music. Teachers will receive free admission to attend musical performances at the Skirball by the featured performers discussed in class.
Strand Four: VISUAL ARTS
4 Saturdays • April 14–May 5, 2012 • 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
The visual arts strand will instruct teachers in developing lines of inquiry based on a variety of works of art. Using works of art from the Skirball’s collection and changing exhibitions, teachers will learn the process of building curriculum units with a work of art at the center and explore various methods of integrating artwork with core subject matter.
Fees:
Any one strand (four classes): $80
Any combination of two strands (eight classes): $120
Any combination of three strands (twelve classes) $160
All four strands (sixteen classes): $200
* Schools that send 3 or more staff will receive a 50% reduction in course fees for each participant (this offer excludes single class registration).
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