The Educational Theatre Association, is excited to announce Phase II of the Connected Arts Networks Projects (#Connected Arts Networks) (#CAN) with openings for more theatre educators! As a part of a grant managed by the National Art Education Association and in partnership with the National Association for Music Education, the National Dance Education Organization, and the NYC Dept. of Education's Arts Office, we will be looking for more educators to join the hugely successful CAN professional learning communities project.
CAN is a multi-year grant initiative funded by the US Dept. of Education to create nationwide virtual Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) with educators in visual/media arts, music, theater, and dance. The purpose of CAN is to build a sustainable model of professional learning for arts educators in public schools and public charters to strengthen their pedagogy, instruction, and leadership skills in order to better serve students.
We are recruiting up to 150 theatre educators to join us to build a national cadre of over 600 arts educators working together to build stronger students, stronger classrooms and learn leadership skills to support their career path. Selected teachers will join a Professional Learning Community based on their discipline. These PLCs will meet virtually each month of the school year starting in January 2024 through June 2026 and will focus on professional learning in the areas of equity, diversity and inclusion; social emotional learning; and teacher leadership through standards-based arts instruction.
Join us become part of the CAN family already receiving
- high quality professional learning with nationally known leaders in the field
- mentorship and support from a community of peers who deeply understand what it means to be a theatre educator
Apply today, but hurry, this is a competitive process and we anticipate far more applying than we can accept.
Deadline to submit an application is October 16, 2023: https://www.arteducators.org/promo/can
Questions? Feel free to post here or contact me directly at cwilkerson@schooltheatre.org
You got this and we've got your back!
Cory
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Cory Wilkerson
EdTA chief Learning Officer
Educational Theatre Association
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