What does it mean to imagine, create and innovate? These three powerful concepts should be what drives education. More importantly they should drive professional development. I like to think of the relationship among these ideas as an ongoing cycle that feeds into another.
With inspiring professional development, teachers have time to be creative through arts-based, hands-on, teacher-centered activities. These experiences serve as a way to become inspired by the creative process so that educators can enter into their own journey of what they imagine can occur in their own classrooms.
Here’s a video I created to illustrate these points:
That’s why I created the Teacher Art Retreat. It’s a way for teachers to gain experiences in a safe and inspiring learning environment. That’s the kind of professional development that teachers crave. Maybe you do too! Check it out…
~EMP