Visual Arts Literacy Institute (Arts Integration)

This arts integration institute will center on visual literacy, with emphasis on the integration of visual art with History and Language Arts. Participants will begin with a virtual pre-institute workshop Defining Arts Integration: The What And Why followed by the sharing of new understandings. There will be four full days in June where the participants […]

Nature and Needs of the Artistically Gifted and Talented Learner

This institute is unique due to its observational approach and action learning. Each day the participants are involved in observing 3rd through 8th grade students identified as gifted/talented in either creative writing, dance, instrumental music, theater, visual arts, or music. For the observations, the participants will be paired with a different partner each day — […]

Muse STEAM Institute

This institute promotes inquiry-based learning for any classroom and uses the 2017 South Carolina College and Career Ready for Visual and Performing Arts Proficiency in its instruction. The course will stimulate creativity, curiosity, reflection, and innovative thought. The course provides hands-on challenges and activities, instruction in multiple intelligences, and guidance in using the arts across […]

Coastal Creatives

A FUN AND ENGAGING EXPERIENCE Fostering creative thinking, collaboration, and problem solving skills! Students in the Coastal Carolina program sharpen their imaginations, strengthen their imaginations, strengthen creative muscles, and make new connections to the world around them. Through artistic activities and challenges, they learn how to work with others to solve problems in creative ways– […]

Design Lab Teacher Institute

The Design Lab Teacher Institute is offered to support arts educators (dance, media arts, music, theatre, and visual arts) in the implementation of the 2017 College and Career Ready Standards for Design Proficiency which were written to be applicable across all content areas, creating a natural bridge between the arts and non-arts areas to support […]

Dance Technique Institute

The Dance Technique Institute will focus on authentic approaches to teaching jazz dance. With jazz an an integral part of K-12 dance education curricula across the state, the relevance, and timeliness of this topic will support a professional development opportunity that reflects current, best practices in the field, the latest research, and innovative methods for […]

Curriculum Leadership in the Arts (CLIA)

CLIA focuses on curriculum, instruction, assessment, and technology in the implementation of the 2017 south Carolina College and Career Ready Standards for Visual and Performing Arts Proficiency to emphasize student growth. CLIA helps to build partnerships between Arts teachers, community Arts organizations, and higher education. Participants are introduced to current issues and recent research in […]

South Carolina Arts Leadership for Success Academy (SCALSA)

SCALSA emphasizes the development of standards-based arts curricula, instructions, and assessment as teachers. The primary goal of this institute is to support young arts teachers to advocate and support the continuation of teachers in the arts profession and participation in future institutes offered by the South Carolina Department of Education while supporting student growth in […]

Choral Day

International Student’s Day