Art Educators' Professional Development

Listings shown here and links to organizations and individuals are provided to art teachers as a service. AEI claims no endorsement or support for courses offered or credit given. External links may change without notice. We attempt to list events chronologically and delete listings as the dates pass.

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National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for Teachers: This class is filled!

Exploring the Past: Archaeology in the Upper Mississippi River Valley
 
Walking beside thousand-year-old burial mounds, flaking raw stone into tools, learning how potsherds tell us about human behavior, and understanding how humans adapt to complex, ever-changing environments­our 2012 NEH Summer Institute features all this and more.
 
The Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse will offer a three-week NEH Summer Institute on July 9–27, 2012.  This dynamic learning experience for K-12 teachers will explore how Native Americans and Euro-Americans have adapted to the Upper Mississippi River Valley over the past 13,500 years, and how archaeology leads to an understanding of how human cultures change and adapt through time. 
 
The Institute will feature a one-day excavation experience, field trips to archaeological sites, hands-on laboratory and workshop activities, demonstrations, and classroom activities. Individual projects will help participants tailor the content to their own teaching areas. NEH Summer Scholars receive a $2,700 stipend to help offset their expenses.
 
Application and other information on the Institute will be available online at http://www.uwlax.edu/mvac/neh.htm.  The deadline for applications is March 1, 2012.

For questions, contact

Bonnie L. Jancik
Director of Public Education
Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center
at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
1725 State Street
La Crosse, WI 54601
Phone: 608-785-6473
Fax: 608-785-6474
E-mail: bjancik@uwlax.edu
 

 

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Online Courses for Art Teachers

Jessica Balsley, an AEI Member is teaching Graduate Courses Online through her website The Art of Education. This is the first of it's kind in Iowa and perfect for some of those teachers who may not live close to an AEA where they can easily take a class that is relevant to art education.

All of the course descriptions and information and sign up processes can be found on this page:
http://theartofeducation.wordpress.com/classes/ Here are some of the upcoming classes:

• Clutter Free Teaching
• The Element: Where Passion Meets Talent
• Exploring the Art Museum
• Creativity in Crisis

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More Professional Development Opportunities

Champion Creatively Alive Children. A grant opportunity from Crayola.

The most convenient sources for re-certification credits are Iowa Area Education Agencies (AEA): http://www.iowaaea.org/vnews/display.v/SEC/AEA%20Directory

Iowa Learns: a central, Web-based catalog of Iowa distance learning resources:
http://www.iowalearns.org/default.cfm

Iowa PD Online: coming soon an online means of gaining credits through online courses. More info...

VSA Iowa: Watch this page for information about summer VSA Iowa workshops.

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Professional Organizations, Resourses, and Associations

Many of these organizations offer summer and weekend workshops. All will inspire you to do your own art work. Check them out!

Amana Arts Guild: http://www.amanaartsguild.com/workshops.html

Central Iowa Art Association: http://www.centraliowaartassociation.com/

Colored Pencil Society of America: http://www.cpsa.org

Fiber Arts Guilds of Iowa: http://fiberarts.org/directories/guilds/Iowa

Guild of American Papercutters: http://www.papercutters.org/index.php

International Association of Pastel Societies: http://www.pastelinternational.com

Iowa Art Museums, Non-profit Organizations, Galleries, and Art Centers: http://art-collecting.com/nonprofits_ia.htm

Professional Development for Teachers: http://www.360-edu.com/ (Find Artedia on their resources link: http://www.illinois-teacher.com/resources/arts.htm

Iowa Art Galleries: http://art-collecting.com/galleries_ia.htm

Iowa Art Pottery Association: http://iapa.110mb.com/home.htm

Iowa Woodcarvers: http://www.woodburning.com/carving.asp#IA

National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society: http://www.noaps.org

National Watercolor Society: http://www.nationalwatercolorsociety.org

On March 25, 2011 the Fourth Annual Art Teacher Hands-on and Sharing Workshop, hosted by Liz Lyon, was held at Tri-center Elementary. More... and now photos...
If you have questions about doing your own Art Teacher Workshop, contact Liz.