Resources
Professional Development Opportunities
Whether you are a current educator or considering a career in education, there are numerous programs in the Philadelphia area providing strategies and tactics to enhance arts integration into your classroom. Learn more about these programs, their objectives, and how to participate, below.
Wachovia Education Center at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Wachovia Education Resource Center, located in the Museum's Perelman Building, offers teachers an unequaled collection of materials, technology, and services to enhance teaching through connections between various curricular areas and the visual arts—all at no cost.
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University of the Arts Professional Institute for Educators
The Professional Institute for Educators empowers educators across disciplines to continually advance their teaching skills to improve learning for all students. Through graduate courses, PIE develops innovative and creative educational programming to serve the professional development needs of K-12 teachers in and through the arts.
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Moore College of Art + Design Teachers Summer Institute
Moore’s Teachers Summer Institute 2011, with the theme "Recharge, Refocus, Reconnect!" is designed to enhance the culture of teaching and to empower learning in and through visual art. A professionally directed program of studio-based workshops offers educators the opportunity to recharge batteries, deepen personal direction, hone skills, expand concept development, and discover new applications for educational practice.
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Tyler School of Art Continuing Education Program
Throughout the year, Tyler School of Art opens its doors to the community through its rich and varied Continuing Education and Non-Credit programs. High school students, teachers, professional artists and talented amateurs come to Tyler to sharpen skills, explore new territory, and find inspiration to fuel their personal pursuits in the field of art.
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Smithsonian Institution Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum
Cooper-Hewitt’s dynamic educational programs provide insight into the ways in which design shapes our lives every day, encouraging us to understand how design can best be used to shape a positive future. Many of the Museum’s programs present “design” as a verb, engaging audiences in the design process, and bringing participants closer to design professionals and resources. Their educator programs have become models throughout the country, demonstrating the potential for design to enhance teaching and learning across the K-12 curriculum.
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The Bartol Foundation
The Bartol Foundation offers a number of professional development opportunities for teachers and for teaching artists, focused both on running a successful class and workshops on non-classroom topics like proposal writing.
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