Professional Development

We believe that Teaching Artists offer a unique contribution to the lives of students, teachers and communities. We envision a network of support between Teaching Artists and arts education specialists to develop skills, share resources, and strengthen the field to benefit New Jersey's students by providing essential/critical learning of and through the arts.

Current Offerings

The American Repertory Ballet

ARB's Princeton Ballet School offer Open Enrollment classes as well as Master Classes for a variety of dance styles. Please visit our Website for a complete listing of professional development opportunities: www.arballet.org or contact Nicole LaFleur Amadeo at 732.2498.1254 ext.19/ namadeo@arballet.org

NJPAC

NJPAC is currently accepting applications for teaching artists. Interested candidates can send resumes to Caitlin Evans Jones, Associate Director for Residencies, NJPAC One Center street, Newark, NJ 07102 or via email at artseducation@njpac.org with teaching artists in the subject line.

State Theatre

     Musical Adventures: A Door to Writing
     Monday, March 31, 2008, 4pm - 7pm
     For teachers of grades: 2-8
     Registration: $20
     Professional development credit: 3 hours

Music can stimulate the creative mind and help students develop powerful sensory images that fosterlanguage and vocabulary development. This participatory workshop introduces techniques for integrating music into the teaching of creative writing so that young imaginations take flight! Participants learn how to guide students through a process of listening to music, developing visual images, brainstorming descriptive vocabulary, analyzing their vocabulary choices, and synthesizing their vision through creative writing. The workshop is led by Marcia Daft, who is known for creating original instructional methods for teaching music as well as integrating music into other areas of the curriculum. A frequent workshop presenter at the State Theatre, Ms. Daft also works with organizations including the Kennedy Center, the Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, and the Smithsonian Institution.

SPECIAL OFFER: Mention the New Jersey Arts Education Collective and receive a $5 discount off the already low registration fee.

New Jersey State Council on the Arts

The Council supports artists in several important ways, through a wide array of programs and services that recognizes, encourages and showcases their talents. In turn, such recognition brings their work to the attention of organizations and communities everywhere to embrace and support this remarkable "creative capital" that helps make New Jersey great. For more information on specific programs, please visit: http://www.njartscouncil.org/artistservices.cfm#casp_ar or contact Don Ehman, Program Associate - Artists' Services at don@arts.sos.state.nj.us

New Jersey Arts Education Collective "Charting The Course" Conference

Date: Monday, April 21st, 2008
Location: Hyatt in New Brunswick, NJ
Keynote Speaker: Sir Ken Robinson

To see more about Sir Ken, please visit http://www.ted.com

To register, go to: www. njtheatrealliance.org

Beyond New Jersey

Arts Education Partnership Forum:

Arts Education: Taking Stock of the Future

This one-day symposium will engage participants in an interactive discussion of major advances in arts education that have occurred since the Arts Education Partnership was founded and in recommending areas of focus and actions needed to advance the field in the future.
Location: The Symposium will be hosted by the U.S. Department of Education at their Barnard Auditorium. An evening event will follow (at a location to be identified) to honor and celebrate the exceptional leadership of Richard J. Deasy.
Hotel: A block of rooms has been reserved under “Arts Education Partnership” at the Washington Court Hotel for the nights of June 23 and 24. Please call 1-800-321-3010 to book your rooms as soon as possible to guarantee availability. The deadline for the room block is Friday, May 9, but the room block may fill up prior to that date. More information can be found at www.washingtoncourthotel.com.
Registration: Online registration will be available soon for the Symposium and evening event via AEP’s website at www.aep-arts.org.

For more information or to register, please visit: http://aep-arts.org/forums/savethedate_june2008.pdf

NAEA Annual Conference

Join the National Art Education Association (NAEA) for their annual conference from March 26-30 in New Orleans, LA.

The NAEA annual convention is to provide substantive professional development services that include the advancement of knowledge in all sessions, events, and activities for the purpose of improving visual arts instruction in American schools. As such, it is the world's largest art education convention.

The 5-day convention includes over 850 participatory workshops, panels, seminars for job-alike groups . . . research reports, discussions, exhibits, and tours . . . keynote addresses by world-acclaimed educators, artists, researchers, and scholars . . . a once-a-year opportunity to meet in a major American city and meet colleagues from all over the world.

For more information, visit: http://www.naea-reston.org/convention-nopostcard.html