Course Description: When classroom teachers integrate the arts they can expect improvements in academic and social-emotional outcomes such as creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration skills. During this two-day workshop participants will explore and develop personal creative habits followed by arts-discipline specific instruction, led by master teachers, taught in studio environments to awaken the artist in each participant while providing a deep investigation of the latest artistic techniques.

Facilitator: Kimberly Brown

Bio: Kimberly Brown has 20+ years of experience in Arts Education. This California native earned her BA from UC Davis in Studio Arts and her Masters from Pace University in New York, before moving to Maryland to continue her journey in Arts Education. She has taught and learned from a variety of people and looks for new ways to advocate and increase knowledge through the arts. Currently, she teaches Fine Arts for Elementary school and is the Curriculum Director for the MC3 program through MSDE.

Key Teaching and Learning Strategies explored in this course: 

• Perception - METACOGNITION: Deepen the awareness of the personal creative and teaching & learning practice. For oneself and others.

• The Creative Process Map - BIG IDEAS: Guide participants through a creative response to a relevant and exciting concept.

• Facilitator Role - TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION: Align technology tools to learning goals.

• Artist Communities - COLLABORATIVE LEARNING STRUCTURES: Adopt collaborative learning structures to deepen learning goals.

To download the full MSDE Fine Arts Office Professional Learning Framework, please click here.