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Professional Development

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Videos

Annenberg offers a variety of PD through Video on Demand. They are of high quality and well worth the time it takes to watch them.

The Arts in Every Classroom: A Video Library K-5
http://www.learner.org/resources/series165.html

The programs in this video library show classroom teachers and arts specialists using the arts in a variety of successful ways. The 14 video programs — filmed in elementary schools around the country — along with a print guide and companion Web site, serve as a professional development resource for K-5 teachers seeking new ideas for integrating the arts into the classroom.

The Arts in Every Classroom: A Workshop for Elementary School Teachers
http://www.learner.org/resources/series174.html
This video workshop provides new ideas about working with the arts for K-5 classroom and arts specialist teachers. The eight one-hour video programs show workshop leaders from the Southeast Center for Education in the Arts working with Learner Teams — teachers, principals, and arts specialists — from three elementary schools. The Learner Teams work through a curriculum unit based on a multi-arts performance piece by Cirque du Soleil. Classroom segments show schoolchildren engaged in the same lessons.

Connecting With the Arts: A Teaching Practices Library, 6-8
http://learner.org/resources/series198.html

This video library features a variety of meaningful arts integration approaches taking place in middle school classrooms around the country.

Connecting With the Arts: A Workshop for Middle Grades Teachers
http://learner.org/resources/series199.html

This video workshop shows middle school teachers why and how to integrate the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual art) with other subjects (language arts, social studies, science, and math).