Embodying Literacy: Professional Learning Community
Posted Sunday September 07 2014 at 6:15 pm in Education
A professional learning community tailored to your needs as an arts educator . . .
- Learn effective inclusive strategies using the arts.
- Collaborate with peer arts educators.
- Examine literacy through drama and dance.
EMBODYING LITERACY
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY
The Embodying Literacy professional development program will enable 12 Boston Public Schools (BPS) Arts Teachers to explore arts integration strategies to support literacy and inclusion of students with and without disabilities. Through discussions with fellow participants and coaching from the instructors, participants will develop inclusive, arts-integrated literacy curricula based on Dance, Drama and English Language Arts Common Core standards. The program is open to arts teachers in any discipline, but will focus on drama and dance techniques and processes. It will be led by two VSA MA master teaching artists; dance instructor Priscilla Harmel, M.Ed, BC-DMT and drama instructor Marianne Adams, M.Ed.; both faculty members at Lesley University. Each participant will receive a $400 stipend and up to 23 PDPs after completing the program between November 2014 - June 2015.
First Meeting: Saturday, November 15, 2014 9:30am - 3:30pm
Location: The NonProfit Center, 89 South Street #101, Boston, MA 02111
*Five additional meeting dates and locations will be decided by each cohort of teachers. A classroom visit by one of the instructors will also be scheduled in February.
Register by Friday, October 10, 2014 on BPS My Learning Plan.
Contact education@vsamass.org
or 617-350-7713 for more information.
This program is made possible through a generous award granted by the BPS Arts Expansion Initiative.
