Dear Key Communicators,

We just wanted to update you on Professional Development that is still open and some other opportunities.  Please share the professional development opportunities.

Please take the Fall 2013 Arts for Every Student and Professional Development experience surveys.  We will be following up! We've also included an opportunity to do some fun projects with your students for the National Cherry Blossom Festival Youth Art Contest and a scholarship opportunity.

All Best,

The DC Collaborative Team 

 

2014 National Cherry Blossom Festival 

Youth Art Contest

"Step into Spring" Contest Deadline- March 4th

   

Entry Form, Resource Guide and Guidelines

2014 YOUTH ART CONTEST THEME

Every year, the National Cherry Blossom Festival attracts more than one million people to Washington, DC, who come to enjoy programming, celebrate spring, and view the cherry trees around the Tidal Basin.

How would you like to "Step into Spring" with the Festival when the cherry trees are in bloom?

ELIGIBILITY

Students in DC Public and Charter Schools, Grades K-12

Grade groupings for judging are as follows: K-2; 3-5; 6-8; and 9-12

View Entry Form, Resource Guide and Guidelines 

DEADLINE

Entries must be turned in to the three locations listed on the guidelines form by 6 p.m. on March 4th.

Please contact info@dccolalborative.org prior to dropping off so we know when to expect you.

   AFES and PD Experience Surveys

Upcoming Professional Development Workshops!

You can view the complete list of open Professional Development Opportunities and register HERE.  You can also view the events on www.dccollaborative.org.

 Coming in February! 

2/21/2014- SITAR ARTS CENTER and SYLVIA ZWI

It's in the "How" 

Date: Friday, February 21, 4-6 p.m.

For Teachers grades CDA, Pre-school, Pre-K, Kindergarten and 1st. RECENTLY ADDED 1ST GRADE!

Using folk, traditional and classic material from children's literature and song book, teachers, parents and caretakers will be led through activities aimed to engage young children in learning experiences.

Strategies presented in the workshop will enable teachers to integrate arts learning into early childhood curriculum and techniques for positive behavior management in the classroom.

Register HERE

2/26/2014- C.H.I.M.E. 

Percussion Techniques Useful for Voice and All Instruments and Music Styles with Tom Teasley

Date: Sunday, February 26, 4-6 p.m.

For Teachers grades Pre-K, K-12th 

The use of South Indian rhythmic solfege is used to connect correct sounds and rhythms with the voice. This is a useful technique for all students to implement when playing any instrument. Learn to incorporate traditional world rhythms with American jazz and funk in addition to other musical styles.

Register HERE

Straight From the (Primary) Source

Date: Sunday, February 26, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

For Teachers grades K-12th 

Explore paintings through primary sources. See how analysis of historic documents such as letters, manuscripts, newspapers, and photographs can make works of art come alive for your students. Library of Congress and Corcoran Gallery educators facilitate. Teaching tools and curriculum connections included. 

Register HERE

2/26/2014- NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

Haiku as Verbal Sketching

Date: Sunday, February 26, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

For Teachers grades K-12th

Explore practical strategies for connecting poetry and art through a creative interplay of word and image. Instructors demonstrate how to compose haiku using works of art to elicit a poetic feeling or image that may be captured through sensory language and verse.  After engaging the artwork through careful observation, description, and written interpretation, workshop participants edit and refine their haiku through a collaborative process. This interdisciplinary workshop is ideally suited to any educator seeking to strengthen student skills in visual analysis, creative writing, editing, and critical judgment.

 Register HERE

   2014 DC Leadership 1000 Scholarship Now Accepting Applications