PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

Exceptional Learners 101

Hands-on workshop for teaching artists designed to put you in the seat of the exceptional learner.   Come

away with a better understanding of how to adapt your work for students with a variety of impairments and

learning styles.   This workshop will address multiple arts disciplines, including visual art, dance and

and movement, music and theatre.  This workshop is co-presented by two experts in special education

 and the arts.  Presenter Laura Tunis is on the staff of the New Jersey Commission for the Blind, and is a

 former teacher of special needs students.  Presenter Amanda Newman-Godfrey was an art teacher for

exceptional learners for over ten years and is currently pursuing a doctorate in Arts Education for

Exceptional Learners from Columbia Teacher's College.

Friday, February 19, 2010

9:00-12:00

Perkins Center for the Arts

30 Irvin Avenue

Collingswood, NJ  08108

Registration Form HERE

Contact: Karen Chigounis

kchigounis@perkinscenter.org 

856-833-0109 ext. 201

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

21st Century Learning - Arts and Technology

An update of our previous training Tech 101. This

session will focus on blogs and wikis and other

online tools for creating community, documenting

our work and extending our resources.

Date TBD

Exceed Education

Edison, NJ

Please contact Michele Russo to register

mrusso@yanj.org

at 609-243-9000 ext 207 

 

 

MEETING

Quarterly Collective Meeting

March 11, 2009

10:00 -12:00

Location TBD

 

 

HOT TOPICS ROUNDTABLE

Beyond the Classroom and Urban Smarts

Hear from a panel of experts on the opportunities and

challenges in working with urban schools, and in working

with community or family settings. 

March 25, 2009

Institute of Music for Children

Elizabeth, NJ

Please contact Michele Russo to register

mrusso@yanj.org

609-243-9000 ext 207

 

NETWORKING EVENT

Celebrating and Sharing Our Work--a free networking event for any NJ teaching artist!

Thursday April 8, 2010

5:30 Pre Show Cocktail Party

7:30 Smokey Joe's Cafe

Paper Mill Playhouse

Milburn, NJ

Please contact Lisa Cooney to register

lcooney@papermill.org

 

 

HOT TOPICS ROUNDTABLE

CCCS Discussion

What you need to know about the new Core Curriculum

Content Standards, recently adopted by the Department

of Education.  Discover how your work addresses the

standards, and how to make it visible to teachers and

administrators. 

TBD April - June

Location TBD

Please contact Michele Russo to register

mrusso@yanj.org

609-243-9000 ext 207

 

MEETING

Quarterly Collective Meeting

June 17, 2009

10:00 - 12:00

American Repertory Ballet

New Brunswick, NJ