Art Education For Educators
ArtEsteem trains educators in art curricula, as well as in support of academic subjects, showing teachers how to develop visually engaging lessons and methods to enhance educational content and involve students in creative, hands-on ways that improve their comprehension, critical thinking, and achievement.
ArtEsteem develops customized workshops, learning plans, consulting services, and instructional materials to fit a school’s specific arts-education needs.Our experienced visual and performing artists can work alongside teachers in their classrooms to provide on-the-job training and facilitated practice during real class lessons. ArtEsteem also holds training workshops for teachers several times each year at the AHC center in Oakland. Continuing Education Units are available for some workshop sessions.
ArtEsteem trainings and collaborations provide hands-on opportunities for educators to gain significant professional knowledge in areas like:
- How to implement visual and performing arts curriculum through understanding tools, supplies, mediums, techniques, and methods
- How to integrate visual and performing arts curriculum with academic content areas such as language arts, social studies, math, and science
- How to integrate the State of California Visual & Performing Arts Standards into classroom curriculum
- How to use the Principles of Attitudinal Healing as tools for classroom management
Building Healthy Staff
Schools are workplaces too. School teachers, administrators, and other staff can engage in creating healthier adult environments through participating in AHC workshops and retreats. Customized sessions can help develop personal and interpersonal strengths through activities such as learning stress-management techniques, practicing diversity-tolerance tools, and team building/community building through mindful drumming.
Attitudinal Healing & Intrinsic Motivation
Attitudinal Healing is the process of learning to let go of painful, fearful attitudes about our life experiences while developing healthier feelings and behaviors. It is a set of non-traditional mental health practices that help develop the intrinsic motivation and personal abilities necessary to be compassionately self aware and mindful of self/others, make healthy choices, and manifest helpful and creative outcomes.
Stress Management
Attitudinal Healing Principles applied to alleviating
and managing the everyday stresses that individuals
experience in workplaces, organizations, schools,
families, and other environments. Sessions and practices
can be tailored for children/youth or for specific groups
of adults (e.g. parents, nurses, teachers, business co-workers).
Team Building/Community Building
Experiential learning to foster skills in communication,
cooperation, and compassion. Develop understandings
and practice methods of healthy self/other awareness,
positive self control, and the joys and benefits of working
together.
Mindful Drumming
Rhythm, sound, and vibration are used as a powerful
form of meditation that helps clear the mind and heal
the heart. Creating a rhythmic space in a drum circle,
bringing individuals together in a collective journey to
a higher level of life energy, also aids the art of community
building. Performances/demonstrations for events
and private lessons also available.
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