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Arts Impact
Training Teachers to Teach the Arts
Arts Impact is a two-year program that trains elementary classroom teachers to independently teach visual and performing arts. Each year, teachers participate in:
One-Week Summer Institute
The summer institute is an intensive, hands-on, 30-hour training in foundational arts concepts and skills in visual art, dance and theater.
Mentorship
Teachers are paired with an artist-mentor for a 9-hour mentorship during the school year. The artist mentor assists the teacher in planning, writing, teaching and assessing arts lessons.
Free Cultural Study Trip for Teachers and Students
A classroom trip to the Tacoma Art Museum, Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, Seattle Art Museum or a Seattle theatre for an exhibit or live performance allows teachers and their students to observe firsthand the concepts and skills being taught. Performing arts visits to Seattle theatres are mostly directed toward King County schools involved in the program.
Supplemental Workshops
Numerous workshops are offered throughout the year to deepen learning of arts concepts and skills. Teachers choose a minimum of two workshops. Additional clock hours are available for each workshop.
Benefits
- Shared Lesson Plans
- Integration with Other Core Content Areas
- Training in Performance-Based Assessments
- Graduate Credit or Clock Hours
- Team of Arts Professional's Support and Individualized Instruction Throughout the Two Year Program
Kennedy Center Partners in Education Program
“fostering partnerships among arts organizations, schools and the community”
The Broadway Center for the Performing Arts and The Tacoma and Bethel School Districts are members of the Partners in Education program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Selected because of their demonstrated commitment to the improvement of education in and through the arts, the partnership team participates in collaborative efforts to provide professional development opportunities in the arts for educators. This program is one of approximately 80 in the nation and is currently the only partnership in the State of Washington.
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