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Click here for Teaching Artist Application in pdf
Click here for Teaching Artist Application in Word file
CALL FOR TEACHING ARTISTS
Allied Arts Education Project
Applications Due: June 10th
What is the Allied Arts Education Project about?
Allied Arts Education Project (AAEP) is an arts education organization within
Allied Arts of Whatcom County. Our goal is to provide arts education to local children and teachers, to assist schools in meeting the state standards for arts education, to strengthen community partnerships for building strong local arts education, and to advocate for the arts.
We work in a consortium of local organizations to develop strong arts partnerships that support arts education. Partnerships include the
Whatcom
Museum,
Western
Washington
University, the
American
Museum of Radio and Electricity, the Boys and Girls Club and the 4-H Youth Development program (WSU).
We are funded through a Washington State Arts Commission Arts Education Consortium grant and receive support from
Allied Arts of Whatcom County, local schools, PTAs and school districts, City of Bellingham Parks and Recreation, the Community food Co-Op, and other local organizations.
What does a Teaching Artist Do?
Our Teaching Artists teach arts workshops as guest teachers in local schools. They may also provide information to the teacher on how he or she can use the arts information in future classes.
Where and what do our Teaching Artists teach?
We currently offer visual art, dance, and theatre to kindergarten through sixth grade students in Whatcom County, Mt. Vernon and Everson districts. We welcome participation from other local school districts.
What kind of experience and training is necessary?
Many of our Teaching Artists have previous experience teaching arts in schools. However, if you have never taught in schools, we can help you get involved. We provide a three-hour training for Teaching Artists new to our program that offers ideas for effective teaching, lesson-planning, and classroom management techniques. A training for all artists updates information about state arts standards and assessments and builds skills in teaching with these standards in mind. Additional training is provided for the various media: collaboration training on the museum offerings, theatre and dance training on arts infusion ideas, and other opportunities. Additional training to teaching artists is provided annually.
What kind of teaching is done with Consortium partners?
Collaboration with the
Whatcom
Museum includes two-hour follow-up workshops to museum experiences (see Two-Hour Visual Arts Workshops). We are also partnering with the American Museum of Radio and Electricity (AMRE) by providing workshops based on science topics. The AMRE provides a theatrical presentation on science topics and our Teaching Artists present two- to four-hour follow-up workshops based on the science material. One-onone arts mentorships are available with the Whatcom 4-H program and afterschool programs are being coordinated with the Boys and Girls Club. A partnership with ReSources for Sustainable Communities blends their classroom workshops on Garbology 101, which teaches about resource use and waste, with Recycled Art Sculpture classes. Western Washington University provides the DanceMakers assembly, which we offer to schools receiving dance residencies. They have also assisted with our training and curriculum development and we provide their students with internship opportunities.
How are the arts workshops structured?
Teaching opportunities include:
One to three-hour workshops in various artforms to all interested schools and organizations.
Schoolwide large scale projects such as murals, sculptures and other art works involving whole school communities.
Museum Workshops
Two-hour visual arts workshops that follow-up after the students have completed
Whatcom
Museum tours of the following exhibits:
2nd grade: birds
Art workshop: drawing/birds
3rd grade: NW Coast Native Peoples
Art workshop: Native American art
4th grade: Art Design
Art workshop: design projects
6th grade: Creative Design: The Artist’s Eye –a 45-minute PowerPoint program
Art workshop: advanced design projects
Artists Residences in visual arts, dance or theatre. Theatre and dance residences may involve 10 to 50 hours of classroom teaching. These may be based on special projects, be cooperative projects with classroom teachers teaching academic topics through arts, or teach a specific arts medium.
Teacher Mentoring occurs through modeling as you teach as well as in structured meetings and through trainings given by Teaching Artists.
What is the pay scale for Teaching Artists?
Teaching Artists are paid $45 to $50 per hour for teaching time. Some meetings and trainings are paid at $25 per hour. Parent-Teacher Organizations hire our teachers from our online Artist Roster and the artist is paid $45 per hour for these workshops. For certain projects artists may also be paid to develop curriculum or provide teacher training.
How can you become an AAEP Teaching Artist?
Send your application to AAEP via mail:
PO Box 2584; drop-off at 1418
Cornwall; or request a digital application from aaep@alliedarts.org and return it via email. The general trainings will be held in early September. Workshops begin in late fall.
For more information:
Contact Chris Brewer, AAEP Project Manager after April 6th at 676-8548 ext 3 or chris@alliedarts.org.
Find more information about our program online at www.alliedarts.org/education.html
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