Dear Key Communicators and Colleagues,

Arts for Every Student is closing out this year with about 25,000 reservations for fieldtrips and in-school performances!  

Spring Professional Development opportunities are still available School Year.  Please note, there is no cost for the professional development opportunities if you register through the DC Collaborative.  Email tracey@dccollaborative.org to sign up!

There is an opportunity for DC Public and Charter Public School Art Teachers  to register for Art Supply Grants through Creative Canvas, DC- presented by The DC Collaborative.  

The DC Collaborative is hosting a fun jewelry trunk show event on April 17th.  

Read more about these opportunities, and Cherry Blossom Festival results in this issue.

Best,

DC Collaborative Team 

 Framing the Constitution: Teaching the Preamble Through Documentary Photography

For Teachers of Grades 5-10

Are you looking for ways to help students investigate the relevance of the Constitution in the 21st Century? In this workshop, learn how to help students use cellphone cameras to capture expressive images depicting how the six ideals in the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution manifest themselves in daily life. Join Barry Kleider, Minnesota photographer and teaching artist, as he shares how to use new media to explore, analyze, and question the document that founded our country's government over two hundred years ago.

Date: Tuesday, April 23, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Location: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

2700 S Street Washington, DC 20566

National Museum of the American Indian

Celebrate the Chesapeake:

Native Stories from the Chesapeake Region

For teachers grades K-12

What can place names tell us about the history of where we live? What was the real story of Pocahontas, and what is contemporary life like for some Native Chesapeake peoples today? Join us as we learn about the stories that objects, maps, documents and images can tell us about the Native peoples of the Chesapeake, past and present.

In this workshop, teachers will learn how to evaluate primary and secondary sources for historical accuracy and bias, experience the Museum's popular Chesapeake school tour, and learn more about the Pamunkey Tribe of Virginia's continuing pottery-making tradition while making their own clay pot.

This workshop is recommended for K-12 teachers and meets DC/MD/VA Social Studies and Common Core English Language Arts Standards.

DATE: Saturday, April 20, 2013 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. 

 Location: Room 3010, National Museum

of the American Indian

4th Street & Independence Ave., S.W.

Washington, DC 20560

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President Lincoln's Cottage

 

Living Lincoln: A Workshop for Teachers

For teachers grades K-12

During his presidency, Abraham Lincoln developed a unique leadership style that continues to resonate with today's leaders. In Living Lincoln: A Workshop for Teachers, a museum educator facilitates an interactive workshop for school leaders that uses Lincoln's pragmatic style as a model for helping students develop the skills they need to be effective leaders. In this workshop, educators receive a customized tour of the Cottage, a resource packet of reflection activities and lesson plans, and an introduction to Lincoln's Toughest Decisions: Debating Emancipation.

DATE:  Tuesday May 7, 2013 4:30 p.m.- 6:30 p.m.

Location: President Lincoln's Cottage

Entrance at intersection of Rock Creek Church Rd and Upshur Street NW, Check-in at Robert H. Smith Visitor Education Center

GPS: 140 Rock Creek Church Road NW, Washington, D.C. 20011

Free on-site Parking

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The Washington Ballet

Bringing Dance into Your Classroom

For elementary school teachers.

This workshop Provides resources and strategies to support creative movement in elementary education.  It offers material for movement studies through exploration of artistic self-discovery.  Teachers will come away from the workshop with ideas about how to integrate dance with core curriculum subjects and use dance to boost student's self esteem and discipline.

DATE:  Saturday, May 11th, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Location: Washington Ballet @THEARC, 

1901 Mississippi Ave SE, Washington, DC

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Library of Congress

 

Introduction to Teaching with Primary Sources 

from the Library of Congress

For Teachers K-12 

In this workshop, teachers of all grade levels will explore the power of primary sources to engage students, build Common Core skills, and support content goals. In a hands on session, we will demonstrate a variety of strategies, and teachers will have opportunities to reflect and make applications to their own classroom settings. Participants will leave with concrete tools and resources they can use or customize for their own lessons. The session will include a brief overview of the free resources available on the Library's web site and set teachers up to continue exploring on their own as they complete the current year and plan toward the next school year.

DATE:  Thursday, May 16th 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Location:  Library of Congress, 

101 Independence Ave, SE

Washington, DC 20540

Madison Building LM637