PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Pre-Qualified Teaching Artist Pool 2010
The Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission (SMAC) seeks to expand its pre-qualified teaching artist pool and invites artists to submit qualifications for potential inclusion in the pool.
The SMAC Pre-Qualified Teaching Artist Pool is a list of qualified teaching artists who have been screened by a panel of arts experts for their skills as artists and their strengths as teachers. Once in the Pool, artists will be considered for contracts to teach in programs such as the Kennedy Center’s Any Given Child initiative in Sacramento. Artists may specialize in different age groups, disciplines, and settings such as social services organizations, assisted-care housing centers, after-school programs or in-school programs. Artists selected for this pool are considered for current education projects and for any future SMAC arts education projects over the next five years with a variety of populations at various sites throughout Sacramento County. Once artists are accepted in the pool, they are considered for appropriate education projects and invited to appear before individual selection committees convened to review artists’ qualifications for teaching for a specific project.
The deadline for applying is September 1, 2010. Please click here for the Request for Qualifications (application process). Teaching artists currently in the pre-qualified teaching artist pool do not need to re-apply, though they are welcome to submit updated information for their files.
For more information contact Chelsea Greninger.
Teaching Artist Workshop Series (TAWS) 2010
TAWS is a series of distinct workshops on a variety of topics of interest to artists who also want to teach and build careers as teaching artists. The series is developed and presented by the Arts Commission’s Education staff with regional and national presenters from the visual and performing arts and education fields. You must be a working artist who either lives or works in Sacramento County to participate. For more information contact Chelsea Greninger
Schedule:
Please check back for information on the 2010-2011 schedule of events or register to receive our newsletter to find out when the new series is released.
Past Workshop Titles:
January 13, 2010: Effective Arts Experiences for Drop-in Settings
February 27, 2010: Arts Integration Speed Dating: Get Comfortable with the Key Arts Teaching Methodologies
March 16, 2010: Arts Lesson Planning Strategies and Templates
April 9, 2010: Creating Effective Interactive Music Performances with Marcia Daft, Kennedy Center Teaching Artist/Presenter
May 19, 2010: Teaching Artists as Entrepreneurs; the Business of Being a Teaching Artist
Artist Residency Institute (ARI):
The Artist Residency Institute (ARI) is a series of workshops for performing, visual and literary artists to strengthen their teaching skills and increase their effectiveness at developing and delivering effective, exciting artist residencies. In addition to participating in a series of workshops, the participants also plan and deliver an artist residency in a community or school setting.
Artists learn how to: design and deliver effective lessons in the arts; develop site-specific artist residencies; effectively use the California Visual and Performing Arts Standards; teach to the developmental levels and special strengths of their students, assess the effectiveness of their teaching, effectively manage a classroom and develop peer coaching skills to share with their fellow teaching artists. For more information, please contact Arts Education staff Chelsea Greninger.
Arts Education Networking Meetings
Arts Organizations and Arts Education Providers are invited to attend a series of networking meetings facilitated by the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission. Meeting times and topics are emailed to our mailing lists. If you are not already on our mailing list, please contact Erika Kraft.
Workshops and Technical Assistance
The Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission provides many workshops and technical assistance opportunities over the course of the year. These are often offered in conjunction with grants, model arts programs and professional development programs.
Examples include:
* Grant writing assistance for Arts Commission granting programs
* Orientation for project start-up, once grants are awarded
* Information and guidance in preparing materials and marketing for artist residencies or the Arts Resource Directory
* Information meetings on upcoming Art Education opportunities
Scheduled Workshops
Please see each program description for a list of current technical assistance workshops.
For technical assistance questions or to schedule individual appointments, please contact Chelsea Greninger.
