The Teaching Artist Institute (TAI) is a comprehensive professional development program for teaching artists that build artists’ capacity to contribute to student learning in and through the arts.
The program trains teaching artists in the use and understanding of the state curriculum and the Common Core Standards, as well as arts integration strategies to assist the artist in engaging teachers and students. Topics such as classroom management strategies, designing, writing, and teaching artist-in-residence lessons, and educator needs are covered, as well as opportunities for field testing and feedback.
This comprehensive training program for professional artists is a partnership between Young Audiences (YA), the Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance (AEMS), and the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC).
There will be two TAI seminars this year:
TAI I: Bringing Your Art Into the Classroom is for artists seeking to learn how to create an arts residency for the classroom.
TAI II: Integrating to the Core is open only to seasoned teaching artists interesting in growing their knowledge of arts integration.
To read more, and to apply online, visit http://www.yamd.org/programs/teaching-artist-institute/