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Creative Teaching in the Classroom Institute (during Spoleto Festival USA)
Event Date and Time: to
Event Location and Address: Charleston and Spoleto Festival USA
Event Hosted By: Hosted by SC Department of Education
Event Contact Email: [email protected]
This institute is designed to equip elementary classroom teachers (administrators and arts specialists are welcome to attend) with the skills and knowledge needed to effectively integrate the arts into the core curriculum.
Participants will:
- Explore the stages of the creative thinking process and identify methods to engage students in creative thinking,
- Build knowledge of the basic elements of each major art form (Music, Drama, Visual Art, Dance),
- Refine lesson planning skills to embed opportunities for creative thinking and self-expression through the arts, and
- Identify “natural fit” connections between South Carolina content area standards and the arts.
- All materials, including books, and CDs,
- Three and one-half days in Charleston during the Spoleto Festival USA including hotel accommodations, workshops, and three evening performances
- Meals and travel expenses are NOT included in this institute.