The ART of LEARNING

The ART of LEARNING

SUMMER 2004

Professional Development Workshops

Giving ARTISTS …the TOOLS to WORK in SCHOOLS
Giving EDUCATORS …the TOOLS to WORK with ARTISTS

Workshops for teachers, artists, community youth program providers

Hays - June 2-3
Memorial Union (on College Drive)
Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS

Wednesday, June 2^nd
(5:00 PM –10:00 PM)
Thursday, June 3^rd
(8:00 AM – 6:00 PM)

Garden City Aug. 4-6
Holiday Inn Express (2502 East Kansas Avenue)

Wednesday, August 4^th
(7:00 PM - 9:00 PM)
Thursday, August 5^th
8:30 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday, August 6^th
9:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Collaborative Workshops designed to improve . . .

...aptitudes for effective collaborations that benefit students,
...capacity for teaching and learning creatively,
...resourcefulness in providing arts opportunities for ALL students.

ALL PARTICIPANTS will gain:

processes for utilizing communication, culture, cognition, and creativity to help their students achieve literacy
resources and strategies for serving the needs of youth at risk and students withdisabilities
practical information on utilizing partnerships with artists and arts organizations to reach classroom learning goals

ARTISTS will gain:

insights regarding the educator's perspective
strategies for marketing themselves to schools
resources that will help connect with curriculum goals
valuable networking connections with educators
skills in communicating their creativity in the classroom

EDUCATORS will gain:

insights regarding the artist's perspective
strategies to build local support for artists in the classroom
resources for designing arts-integrated curriculum materials
ideas for interactive project planning with artists
skills in creating arts-integrated assessment tools

FACILITATION TEAM

Martin English Executive Director, Accessible Arts, Inc., M.F.A., actor, fight choreographer
Kit Bardwell Program Director, Accessible Arts, Inc., M.M., multi-disciplinary artist, triathlete
Connie Burket Director, Kansas Alliance for Arts Education, arts infusion educator, multi-disciplinary artist
Dee Hansen Baker University Associate Professor of Music, D.M.A., gardener, birdwatcher
Joyce Huser Kansas State Department of Education Fine Arts Consultant, National Board certified visual arts instructor, endurance trailrider
Michael Toombs Executive Director, Storytellers, Inc., interactive arts specialist, painter, drummer, sculptor
Sondra Horning K-6 Art Specialist, 1999-2000 Elementaqry Art Teacher of the Year; 1999 Educator of th Year for Arts and Disabilities

Registration form below can be printed and filled in manually. We are sorry, but a version that can be completed online is not available. The form is set up in 'tables'.

MAIL TO:

Accessible Arts, Inc.
1100 State Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66102

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: July 23, 2004

CONFIRMATION CARD with lodging info will be mailed upon receipt of registration.
PRE-CONFERENCE PACKETS will be mailed to all registrants by May 21.

PLEASE MAIL ALL TEAM MEMBERS' REGISTRATIONS IN A SINGLE ENVELOPE

Please register me for the professional development workshop in:

o HAYS, June 2-3, 2004

o GARDEN CITY, August 4-6, 2004

I am interested in one hour of graduate credit from Baker University (for Garden City) and will pay my fee of $50 upon arrival at the conference. o YESo No

I am interested in one hour of graduate credit from Fort Hays State University (Hays) and will pay my fee of $150 upon arrival at the conference. o YESo No

I PREFER THAT COMMUNICATIONS GO TO: o HOME address

o WORK address

Name ________________________________________________________________
School/organization_____________________________________________________
Work mailing address ___________________	Home mailing address ________________
City/zip _____________________________	City/zip __________________________
Work phone__________________________	Home phone ______________________
Work fax: _____________________________	Home fax: _________________________
Work email: ___________________________	Home email: ________________________
Special accessibility arrangements required (Identify needs on the line below.)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
o Enclosed is my registration fee of o $20 for Hays. o $75 for Garden City.
o I will attend as part of a local team numbering ___ people. Enclosed is my registration fee of $50 for Garden City. (no team rates for Hays).
o I will require vegetarian meals.

P I am: (Please mark all that apply!)	a classroom teacher an artist/arts specialist a school administrator
	a school counselor a community partner

Subject area(s) I teach: ________________________________________________________________________

Arts discipline(s) I work with most: _______________________________________

If you would like to have workshop agendas mailed or faxed to you, please contact Accessible Arts, Inc. 913/281-1133 or accarts@accessiblearts.org.