Affiliated with the national Young Audiences Arts for Learning network
Application Timeline
| Friday, July 14, 2022 | Application cycle opens |
| Monday, August 15, 2022 | Applications due by 5 pm PST |
| Tuesday, September 6, 2022 | Notification of accepted participants |
Calendar Overview
CORE COURSE
November-December 2022; April 2023
These are days of intensive study to help align artistic practices and teaching practices. Sessions are planned to be hosted on Zoom. Daily work will include group discussions, arts activities, analysis, and presentations from guest speakers and panelists relating to the multi-faceted work of a teaching artist. There will be one to two hours of work outside of the group meetings each week.
COHORT MEETINGS
December 2022-March 2023
These monthly, peer-led sessions will be a time to reflect on concepts from the core course and further develop your teaching practice in a community setting. Zoom meetings will be set up by YA, but leadership, specific topic areas, and times of day for each meeting will be determined by the cohort.
STUDIO RESIDENCY
January-March 2023
For this optional portion of the program, particicpants may propose an area of their work in the TA Studio to research and develop further. The intended result will be the development of a new (or revised) lesson plan, and the opportunity to test it on a group of young learners. These teaching artists will receive one-on-one mentoring with mentors from the TAS Staff, as well as feedback on one of their classroom days.
Program Schedule
Pre-Week
| Thursday, November 3, 2022 | Pre Work Assignment Pt. 1 | Variable | Core Course |
| Friday, November 4, 2022 | Pre Work Assignment Pt. 2 | Variable | Core Course |
Week 1: The Reasons We Teach & Focusing Our Work
| Thursday, November 10, 2022 | Zoom Meeting | 9:30am-3pm | Core Course |
| Friday, November 11, 2022 | Zoom Meeting | 9:30am-3pm | Core Course |
Week 2: Designing for Engagement
| Thursday, November 17, 2022 | Zoom Meeting | 9:30am-3pm | Core Course |
| Friday, November 18, 2022 | Zoom Meeting | 9:30am-3pm | Core Course |
The week of November 21 will have no group meetings.
This will instead be a time for reflection and one-on-one virtual meetings with TA Studio Mentors
Week 3: Building Learning Environments & Peer Teaching
| Thursday, December 1, 2022 | Remote Individual Work | Variable | Core Course |
| Friday, December 2, 2022 | Zoom Meeting | 9:30am-3pm | Core Course |
Week 4: Peer Teaching, Making Learning Visible & Planning with Schools
| Monday, December 5, 2022 | Due: Residency Proposals | 5pm | Studio Residency |
| Tuesday, December 8, 2022 | Zoom Meeting | 9:30am-3pm | Core Course |
| Friday, December 9, 2022 | Zoom Meeting | 9:30am-3pm | Core Course |
Interim Work: Cohort Meetings & Residencies
| Wednesday, December 14, 2022 | Zoom Meeting | TBD | Cohort Meeting |
| December 2022- February 2023 | Window for Planning Meetings | Variable | Studio Residency |
| January 9 - March 24, 2023 | Window for Residency Teaching | 9:30am-3pm | Studio Residency |
| Wednesday, January 18, 2023 | Zoom Meeting | TBD | Cohort Meeting |
| Wednesday, February 15, 2023 | Zoom Meeting | TBD | Cohort Meeting |
| Wednesday, March 15, 2023 | Zoom Meeting | TBD | Cohort Meeting |
Week 5: Practicum Reflections & Strategizing Trajectories
| Friday, April 7, 2023 | Zoom Meeting | 9:30am-3pm | Core Course |
