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a novice teaching artist how to begin designing professional development workshops ; rather , it would give early and mid-career teaching artists a resource to strengthen and improve their ongoing work . For that reason , we chose to focus on the ‘ how ’ and ‘ why ’ of arts integration professional development for classroom teachers (‘ How do I best reach classroom teachers to ensure they transfer the learning into their classroom ?’ ‘ Why do classroom teachers need time to discuss or practice facilitating the strategies or techniques ?’). As the teaching artists themselves would best know their own art form , we minimized the ‘ what ’ (‘ What dance strategies work best for first graders studying the rainforest ?’).
The Arts Integration Framework , as it came to be known , consists of three sections and nineteen various-sized components with select supporting materials that help guide how to make the best use of the components . We challenged ourselves to be brief without sacrificing clarity to offer teaching artists a basic understanding of each component and encourage them to seek additional resources ( many of which are included in the Framework ) to deepen their knowledge and skill .
The Framework also includes : Workshop Design : Suggestions for how to include the components in PD experiences of various sizes Component Checklist : Questions focused on the components that help fine-tune or revise a workshop . The most popular feature on the site with a downloadable version . Resources : Downloadable templates , articles , and examples , as well as the increasingly popular video examples of teaching artists demonstrating how they address and incorporate the components in their own workshops .
We made the resource freely available because we desire to support the work of our local teaching artists , but we also felt this could serve as our contribution to achieving that bigger dream . In addition , an online resource can grow and change over time . We hope that teaching artists everywhere will take advantage of the site . We encourage all readers to give us feedback about the site and its usefulness . And in our ideal world , we hope that teaching artists will agree to share their own valuable resources through the site .
Daniel A . Kelin II , Honolulu Theatre for Youth Director of Drama Education since 1987 , was a 2009 Fulbright- Nehru Senior Research Scholar in Education in India and has had fellowships with Montalvo Arts Center , Theatre for Young Audiences / USA and the Children ’ s Theatre Foundation of America . Daniel served as president of AATE and is on the Teaching Artist roster of the John F . Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and has been affiliated with theatres , schools and youth organizations in American Samoa , the Marshall Islands , Pohnpei , Guam , India , Nepal and Sri Lanka . His latest book , The Reflexive Teaching Artist : Collected Wisdom from the Drama / Theatre Field was awarded AATE 2015 Distinguished Book of the Year .