Wed, Nov 9, 2011

9:00AM - 5:30PM

Sponsored By: MetLife Foundation

Faculty: Larisa Gelman, Priscilla Kane Hellweg, Lucy Joan Sollogub, Beth Vogel

True partnerships, characterized by mutual understanding and commitment, collaborative planning, and shared responsibility and accountability, have powerful, long-term effects on students, faculty, institutions, and communities. The Arts in Education Partnership Institute provides the tools and training needed to launch or further develop successful partnerships with K-12 schools.

The Institute brings together multiple partnership stakeholders—executive, program and education directors; teaching artists; public school administrators; classroom teachers; and others—who want to advance their practice of partnership and collaboration. Through case studies, examinations of critical issues, dialogue with expert practitioners, and hands-on practice with planning and evaluation tools, we will discover what makes arts education partnerships effective over time.

As a participant, you will:

• Identify the benefits and challenges collaboration
• Discover the characteristics of effective, sustainable partnerships
• Learn the management skills necessary for establishing and sustaining effective partnerships
• Learn methods for overcoming common partnership challenges
• Practice applying tools for planning, implementing, and evaluating partnerships and work with experts and peers to address your particular partnership challenges
• Increase your skills and confidence in developing new or existing partnerships
• Develop a partnership action plan for your organization.

Join us and gain the tools, resources, and know-how needed to increase access to arts education through robust, effective partnerships with public schools!