INSPIRE, CREATE, REFLECT: THE POWER OF PEDAGOGY is the California Dance Education Association’s 2020 statewide conference held at California State University, East Bay, February 1- 2, 2020. This year’s theme focuses our attention on dance advocacy and how we as dance educators advocate for dance for all children at our schools, in our communities and statewide. How do dance teachers create work to speak to the value of dance education in our state? How do our pedagogical habits undergo refinements…

The Super Power in ME celebrates the artistic accomplishments of individuals with disabilities. In partnership with the Orange County Department of Education and VSA Orange County, the annual "Very Special Arts" Festival is held each spring to culminate year-round, school and community based arts program efforts, including hands-on workshops, demonstrations, performances, and a visual art exhibit, serving all ages and all disabilities. Although we are unable to gather in person this year, we hope that you will join us in…

A blended professional development, modeled after the essentials of Arts Integration, and created exclusively for K-6 Educational professionals at no cost.

Dancers in Leadership: Dancers have the power to imagine possibilities and create change, and to step up as leaders to advocate for our art and our values. What does leadership in dance mean or look like in this climate? What is the role and possibility of dance now? How can I use my creative practice in how I consider leadership and advocacy? How do I listen deeply and examine my own biases when in a position of power? How do I…

Louisa Higgins is the Arts Administrator for Riverside County Office of Education.  She has fourteen years of experience as an elementary classroom teacher, and another fourteen years as an arts educator and administrator.  She is a practicing artist and poet, and a passionate advocate for the need for arts access for every student! This webinar will explain how the arts enhance social/emotional learning and cultural relevancy, while at the same time making learning less intimidating for second language learners. Louisa…

Engaging ALL Learners Through The Arts Join us for The Music Center's first-ever virtual Arts Integration Symposium! This three-day online symposium will feature a variety of virtual professional development sessions for TK-12 classroom teachers, arts teachers and educators led by expert teaching artists in dance, music, theatre, visual and media arts. This year’s Symposium will also feature work by two national partners, The Art Institute of Chicago and Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE), to help guide educators in developing skills and strategies to…

Teaching Visual Art virtually. It's your superpower.

The iAspire Arts Integration Summit 2020 will be an exciting and engaging learning experience providing participants with the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to integrate the arts. The first two days will be online with the final day of face-to-face learning to be scheduled when it is safe and appropriate. Working with the iAspire team, participants will be creative, have fun and learn more about the arts. At the Summit, participants will be provided with model arts integrated units to…

The AME Virtual Institute is the back-to-school resource for AME teachers. Gain access to incredible speakers, roundtable discussions, opportunities to interact with industry and tech, and community of practice conversations. Each day will offer 2-3 hours of specific content for each AME pathway.

Interested in learning the basics of a social emotional arts approach to art, movement, music, and writing without a long training commitment? Learn how to deliver social emotional arts activities in four art forms and how to accommodate any age group, ability, participant number, and budget. Four sessions over two weekends: Saturday & Sunday August 8 – 9 & August 22 – 23, 2020

Los Angeles City Controller Ron Galperin will be joining Arts for LA on August 12th at noon for a special session on mapping LA’s arts assets and other arts resources, as well as a training on Control Panel LA— the city’s innovative tool for learning about the budget, finance, and identifying underutilized City assets. The session will conclude with a training on the questions you should be asking candidates running for elected office to ensure they continue to be an…

To best serve your needs, we are convening the same great Symposium you know and love in a virtual venue. Mark December 11-13, 2020 on your calendar for another wonderful year of inspiration, collaboration, and professional learning. As a #CASTEAM20 participant, you can expect: Focus On Best Practices For Every Learning Environment! Excellent peer-led professional learning highlighting ideas, strategies, and innovations that work for ALL students. Our goal: Advancing STEAM Equity In All Learning Environments. Global Participation! No longer limited…

This year, Arts for LA's STATE OF THE ARTS SUMMIT will include five individual digital events. Throughout September, Arts for LA will host a series of four Community Strategy Sessions each focusing on a different topic impacting the creative community. This session focuses on EQUITABLE ARTS EDUCATION and is a chance for you to share your experience, ideas for change, and help shape Arts for LA's 2021 public policy agenda.

How have arts providers and teaching artists adapted to the distance learning environment? What opportunities have emerged for arts integration and social emotional learning in the arts? How might we address the challenges that persist for students and teaching artists alike? Leaders from P.S.ARTS, Teaching Artists Guild and Luna Dance Institute share promising practices and stories of success from the field

This virtual half-day event, open to all, will explore the synergistic relationships between the arts and Social Emotional Learning (SEL). Join us for stimulating breakout sessions, engaging presentations from arts education leaders, and a post-conference reception and networking opportunity. Due to the interactive nature of this event, advanced registration is required.*

Led by ACLU's Arts Fellow, GenUp, and students from RYSE, this webinar will provide attendees tools and strategies to involve and collaborate with students.

This year the theme is "Connecting the Dots of Theatre Education," inspired by the new CA Arts Framework. You don't want to miss this essential event for understanding and implementing the new framework and other issues essential to California Theatre Educators.

2020 is a crucial election year. Learn how you can affect change on the local level by engaging your school board candidates.

Please join Arts Administrator for RCOE, Louisa Higgins, as she explains cultural relevancy and the arts, through the lens of Social and Emotional learning (SEL). She will take participants through two hands-on arts lessons: Four To Know (elementary) and Equity Arts Study (secondary) to ensure an engaging process that will lock in the concepts and give teachers the skills and understanding to start incorporating cultural relevancy into all areas of their classroom practice.  

Rural communities face specific challenges when working to deliver arts education to students. Learn from several experts who have created tailored approaches for rural communities

Join us for an interactive webinar where state partners will share about the newest resources and essential information about Arts Education in the new landscape of Distance Learning.  Participants will be the first to access the newly revised Parent Guide to the new Arts Standards! Featured Speakers: Erin Jenks, California State PTA Sarah Anderberg, California County Superintendents Educational Services Association Letty Kraus, California Department of Education Aaron Bryan, Fresno County Superintendents Office Pat Wayne, Create CA

Planned focus themes for each day, including  lessons or demonstrations aligned with the theme and general workshops on other topics. Day rates are available. Wednesday, Nov. 4 keynote topic will be Choice-Based Art Education. Melissa Purtee, author of Making Artists and The Open Art Room, will be the keynote speaker at 4 PM. Thursday, Nov. 5 keynote will be focused on the new California Framework. The California Arts Project and Kris Alexander will provide an overview of the new Framework and a series of…

This virtual conference will feature two days of professional development addressing the conditions of the new environment of learning and teaching. Sessions are curated with a strong focus on integrated learning, inclusion, and culturally responsive teaching through the arts while continuing to feature standards-based workshops in the arts and arts integration.