Discover new ways to incorporate the arts into your practice. In-depth professional development introduces teachers to engaging and creative activities and skills that sustain learning and are easily incorporated into the classroom.

Participate in experiential workshops. Get up, move around, experiment with sound and make art to discover new ways to incorporate creative arts activities in the classroom. Engage in learning experiences much like those that are offered to students.

An interactive workshop to explore the purpose and role of arts integration and enhance student achievement in the arts and other academic subject areas. Reflect on the dual impact of arts-integrated learning, explore model arts-in-education programs, and learn about services and resources for expanding your school's arts-integration initiatives.

Learn to use the Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts and national learning standards as a springboard for arts learning. Examine existing standards as a springboard for arts learning. Examine existing curricula and classroom strategies for entry points to introduce arts-based education and enhance student learning.

Evaluating Student Work

Better understand how students address and solve problems while expressing creativity. In this collaborative workshop, learn protocols for looking at student work to objectively assess the learning exhibited by students and to speculate on the next steps for effective teaching.

Arts in the Special Education Classroom

Learn new strategies to meet the specific needs of the special education student population. Work with teaching artists to identify activities to increase student motor skills, maintain concentration and a vast array of special education needs.

Professional Development workshops can be tailored to meet the needs of your school, staff or community, and fine-tuned to individual grade or developmental levels. If interested in customizing a professional development workshop, contact the Program Department at 212.319.9269 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Bright Light Partnership Program is a collaborative residency model with extensive professional development and team planning for classroom teachers and teaching artists. Created from a five-year research and evaluation initiative (2002-2007) and carried out in partnership with Bank Street College of Education, Bright Light focuses on in-depth arts education partnerships, supports through strategic professional development, in order to craft well-integrated curriculum that enhances student learning experiences.