Frameworks for Inspired Learning: Art Teacher Professional Development Day

Spend the day exploring a variety of impactful methods for fostering inspired learning in the studio classroom.

Arts learning is inspired learning – learning that thrives not only through demonstrated outcomes but through meaningful processes. Through hands-on exploratory learning, arts education fosters curiosity, creativity, imagination, and innovation, while encouraging learners to develop authentic, relevant, innovative, and engaging ways of creating and expressing ideas. The frameworks that support inspired learning vary, and there is no one-size-fits-all approach. In this all-day professional development workshop for art teachers, participants will explore multiple frameworks for inspired arts learning. Several breakout sessions will also be offered.

Participants will:

Get to work with guest presenter Dennis Inhulsen, former Chief Learning Officer for the National Art Education Association (NAEA) and past president of the NAEA and MAEA, to discover how to share instructional units through guided conversations.

Learn how to crosswalk units of study with Michigan and National Visual Art Standards; specifically using the artistic processes of Creating, Presenting, Responding and Connecting.

Learn how to use a model for collaborative planning that will aid in communicating how learning in art education is vital to stakeholders.

Learn new art making techniques, methods, and materials to bring into the classroom.

Deepen community connections to expand classroom reach and impact.

Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Tenets
Challenged, Safe, Supported, and Engaged

Date/Time
April 15 / 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Location
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey

Target Audience
Teachers grade K-12, specific focus will be for Art teachers. Teachers of other subjects and areas are        welcome to participate.

Presenters
Keynote presenter: Dennis Inhulsen, former Chief Learning Officer for the National Art Education Association (NAEA) and past President of the NAEA and MAEA. Breakout sessions presenters: Kelcey Coveyou, Blackbird Elementary Art Teacher; Jim Beckering, Boyne City High School Art Teacher, Trish Morgan, Artist; Sheila Ruen, Crooked Tree Arts Center Studio Coordinator.