Arts Ed NJ Professional Learning offers a variety of learning opportunities, featuring topics that can assist educators, teaching artists, administrators, school board members, and creative leadership teams to extend the impact of the arts in education. Featured topics such as Foundations of Artistic Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Student Empowerment In And Through Arts Education, or Arts Integration Foundations.
FEATURED TOPICS FOR IN-DISTRICT WORKSHOPS
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In-person (half day/full day) or Zoom (2hrs) Format
Offered January-December
In this workshop, educators will explore examples and tools to support social emotional learning (SEL) in ways that are embedded, intentional, and sustained. Participants will make direct connections between the four artistic processes and the five social emotional competencies through the Arts Education & Social Emotional Learning Framework and reflect upon practices for building classroom culture where artistic-SEL is a priority and every student will flourish. This workshop is effective for K-12 educators from all arts disciplines, as well as non-arts educators who are seeking to make interdisciplinary connections.
In-person (half day/full day) or Zoom (2hrs) Format
Offered January-December
In this highly interactive workshop, participants will explore the 2020 NJ Learning Standards in the Visual and performing Arts through new lenses. These new perspectives include understanding the four Artistic processes and the five social emotional competencies, making natural connections through the Arts Education & Social Emotional Learning Framework. This workshop is ideal for all K-12 arts educators and anyone responsible for ensuring the arts standards are taught with fidelity and in a manner that advances student identity, agency, and belonging.
In-person (this is a multi-part series, full-day or half-day Format)
Offered January-December
Arts integration is an effective strategy for cultivating positive climate and culture, as well as deepening student engagement. Sessions will immerse participants in the fundamental components of high-quality arts integration and arts-enhanced teacher practice. In each highly participatory session, the knowledge and skills needed to move confidently from planning to implementation will be explored. Drawing upon New Jersey’s Arts Integration Think and Do Workbook, participants will identify realistic goals and develop concrete actions steps to guide their arts integration work. This series is for all arts disciplines, PreK-12 educators. Teams/groups should include at least one arts educator and one non-arts educator.
CURRENT CO-SPONSORED SERIES
EXTENDED LEARNING COMMUNITY
The Culturally Responsive Arts Education (CRAE) Workout is an eight-week curated asynchronous and synchronous experience that focuses on developing the capacity of educators and administrators to think about how culturally relevant and responsive approaches can shift curriculum, instructional content, and teaching practices to more effectively represent and validate all students’ cultures and lived experiences.
For questions or to schedule an appointment contact CRAEWorkout@gmail.com
Annually January – March
Arts Ed NJ Launches Two-Part Course to Provide Self-paced Professional Learning Solution for NJ Arts Educators.
This course is ideal for all PK-12 arts educators, Arts Supervisors, and anyone responsible for ensuring the arts standards are taught with fidelity and in a manner that advances student identity, agency, and belonging.
View & Learn
Embracing the Arts: A Pathway to Well-Rounded Education was part of the 2018 Arts Education Series co-sponsored by Arts Ed NJ and the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association. During this day of professional learning, administrators and teacher leaders explored how the arts, as a core curricular area, are a meaningful component of the Every Student Succeeds Act.
View this suite of four videos to better understand how a consistent commitment to arts education leads to positive school climate, family and community engagement, as well as students’ academic and social-emotional development. Learn directly from practitioners and researchers about opportunities to include the arts as an important dimension of student learning and the impact of arts learning!
Questions?
Kira Rizzuto
Director of Learning Programs
Professional Learning Archive
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- Developing Impactful Arts Integration: From Planning to Practice
- Social Emotional Learning and the Arts: Exploring Connections and Implications
Transforming Schools Through the Power of the Arts
Equity, Assessment, and Participation – The Components of Model Program Design
A series of arts-based professional learning at FEA
Sponsored by FEA and the NJ Arts Education Partnership
This session will include practical strategies to address the major educational initiatives
