This year the Oakland Unified School District Summer Arts Institute, “Teacher as Artist”,  is in its sixth year. It will convene June 21-24, 2011 at ASCEND School in the Fruitvale section of Oakland. The institute serves K-12 teachers and focuses on providing them with the opportunity to experience the arts personally to develop new hands-on skills, as well as make connections between the arts and their teaching practice. OUSD classroom teachers can attend for free and non-OUSD are welcome to attend for $550. Workshops include: Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Dance, Video Animation, Quiltmaking & Textiles, Superheroes, Arts and Social Justice, and Movement and Theater for Middle and High School Teachers. Be sure to register at ousdarts.org.

Location: ASCEND School, the Fruitvale, Oakland, CA  [map]
For more information on Summer Institutes, please contact Carolyn S. Carr.

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Each year Summer Institutes expand and enrich our teaching and learning. The Institutes are presented by the Arts Learning Anchor Schools, the Teacher Action Research Institute, and many of our arts provider partners, and range in topic, location and cost. To join the mailing list for future Summer Institute and other professional development opportunities, sign up for the Alliance eNewsletter.

Check out the Arts Integration Specialist Program and our calendar for current and upcoming professional development opportunities.