Professional Development for K-12 teachers

Sangamon Auditorium and Springfield Public Schools are pleased to announce this year's season of events in the Partners in Education program.  


Through the Partners in Education program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the two local entities work together to create and develop arts programs for the education of teachers. This includes expanding teachers’ abilities to integrate the arts into the curriculum using the best teaching practices and building their confidence, comfort, and enthusiasm in teaching in and about the arts. 


Participation in the Partners in Education professional development events is encouraged for fine arts teachers and any teachers wanting to integrate arts learning with other subject areas.

2011-2012 Partners in Education Workshops
All workshops are $15 per person.  If you register for two or more workshops they are only $10 per person.  If two or more people from your school register for the same workshop, you will also receive the discounted price of $10 per person.  To register for these workshops, please call the Ticket Office at 217.206.6160 or click here for the online registration form.

DOCUMENTING THE POWER OF LEARNING THROUGH THE ARTS*
Friday, February 3, 2012, 1-4 p.m.
Regional Office of Education Staff Development Center
For Teachers of All Grade Levels, Art Specialists, and Administrators
Workshop leader:  Melanie Layne
3 CPDUs

Communicating what students have learned through arts-integrated instruction can be complex and challenging. How do we share the learning process or the depth of student understanding when a product or performance only shows a part of it? In this session, explore purposes, components, and formats for communicating arts-integrated instruction and student learning, and consider ways to align them to the needs of various constituencies, such as school administrators and parents. Melanie Layne shares a wealth of experience and authentic examples of documentation that demonstrate student learning in a variety of art forms and subject areas.

POETRY OFF THE PAGE*
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. (a light meal will be provided)
Regional Office of Education Staff Development Center
For Teachers of Grades 5-8
Workshop leader:  Glenis Redmond
3 CPDUs

This workshop is based on the belief that poetry, in addition to being written and read, should be performed.  Teachers will learn ways to help students use brainstorming, imagery, and layering to write powerful and effective poems.  Clear and easy poetic structures and formats empower students to expand their imaginations and to cross creative boundaries.  Participants will also examine ways to involve students in memorizing and performing their poems to further communicate the written word with appropriate voice projection, physical stance, and gesture.

TOYING WITH SCIENCE TEACHER WORKSHOP
Monday, March 26, 2012, 5 to 7 p.m. (a light meal will be provided)
Sangamon Auditorium stage (enter through Sangamon Auditorium lobby)
For Teachers of Grades 2-8
Workshop leader:  Garry Krinsky
2 CPDUs

Through his “Toying with Science” teacher workshop, Garry Krinsky encourages participants to experience content that integrates scientific principals with creative performance skills.  Participants will experience the information in three ways: 1) as learners (students), 2) as appliers (teachers), and 3) as adapters. Teachers will first experience and digest this new information for themselves, as their students do. After each activity, they will then explore how they would apply this experience to their classrooms, adapting it to their individual needs and themes. Topics include gravity and air resistance, juggling, simple and compound machines, and exploring mechanics through mime.

READING PORTRAITS AS BIOGRAPHIES*
Thursday, April 19, 2012, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.  (a light meal will be provided)
Regional Office of Education Staff Development Center
For Teachers of Grades 1-5
Workshop leader:  Melanie Layne
3 CPDUs

There’s more to a portrait than you might think. Portraits are often viewed as a mere depiction of a person when in actuality they are a visual text that can be read as biographies that communicate significant information about a person’s life. This engaging workshop teaches how to help students build background knowledge. Teachers can apply this strategy to teaching historical and literary figures across the curriculum.


*These workshops were developed in association with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and are partially underwritten by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Committee for the Performing Arts.
Payment Options:

• Mail a check payable to Sangamon Auditorium Ticket Office, University of Illinois Springfield, One University Plaza MS PAC 292, Springfield, IL 62703. Please write the name of the workshop in the memo line of the check.
• Pay with credit card over the phone at 217.206.6160, Monday through Friday, 10 am to 5 pm.
• Pay in-person at the Sangamon Auditorium Ticket Office (Level 2 of the Public Affairs Center on the UIS campus), Monday through Friday, 10 am to 5 pm.

Payment is due one week prior to the workshop.
If you have any questions, please contact Carly Shank at 217.206.6150 orshank.carlyn@uis.edu