professional development

Workshops for TEachers

Are you planning a teacher in-service day at your school or community site? If so, consider scheduling one of these dynamic, interactive, three-hour workshops for your teaching staff.

Looking for motivational activities for students or progressive approaches to teaching the core curriculum? Check out these new teacher workshops offered in addition to the shorter workshops already offered by a number of our artists.

Each of the following five artists has developed the workshop(s) below after being selected to participate in the intensive Kennedy Center Seminar, Artists as Educators: Planning Effective Workshops for Teachers. Young Audiences of Indiana is pleased to offer you these workshops developed in collaboration with our Kennedy Center Partner, Clowes Hall of Butler University.

Bringing Math Problems to Life through Puppetry.
Facilitated by David Wright and Robin Lee Holm, Adzooks Puppets

Weather Dance: Learning Earth’s Processes through Movement.
Facilitated by Melli Hoppe, modern dance professional

The Power of Listening: Practical Skills to Resolve Conflict and Facilitate Classroom Discussion.
Facilitated by Len Mozzi, theatre professional

Math in Your Feet I: Teaching Geometry and Algebra through Rhythm and Movement.
OR
Math in Your Feet II: Teaching Transformation and Symmetry through Dance and Movement.
Facilitated by Malke Rosenfeld, percussive dance professional

Lifting Together: Building Strong Writers through Storytelling Collaborations.
Facilitated by Bob Sander, storytelling professional

Each three-hour Workshop: $525
NOTE: Any of these workshops may be available as two 1 1/2-hour sessions.  Please contact the Arts for Learning office for pricing, maximum number of participants, and other details.