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Do you ever struggle with students social-emotional well-being? Do you want to help them but you keep missing the mark?
Here’s the thing – students can’t develop their social-emotional skills with worksheets, they need hands-on experiences and the ARTs can do just that!
Learn more in this free workshop where you’ll learn The 3 Secrets to Integrating the Arts with Social-Emotional Learning – even online!
Online Courses:
SEAL Teacher Training – Become the Teacher Your Students NEED! – This 100% online course is designed for any teacher who wants to make a difference in his or her classroom by focusing on Social-Emotional Artistic Learning. This course reaches you where you are and takes deep through the four major art forms (visual art, music, dance and theater) and how they integrate naturally with Casel’s social-emotional competencies of self-awareness, self-management, social-awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision making. For more information, go to the SEAL Teacher Training page. Non-credit and 3 Graduate Credit options are available!
Arts Integrated Lesson Planning – Go from that feeling of overwhelm and confusion to clarity and success as Elizabeth takes you step by step through the process of creating an arts integrated lesson plan. This video course is 100% online and self-paced. Included are 19 lessons in 7 units, PDF guides, templates and everything you need to create masterful, integrated lesson plans that include aligned standards and assessments in an art form and your content areas. A PD certificate is granted to you at the end for your records. Go to Arts Integrated Lesson Planning for more information.
Inspired by Listening video course – In the course, Elizabeth will personally walk you through the entire book, Inspired by Listening, the only book that meaningfully integrates musical listening experiences with other content, especially the language arts. It’s like taking a personal workshop with the expert. Purchase the video course and you will also get a copy of the book! Go to Inspired by Listening video course for more information.
For more information about the online courses we offer email Workshops@TheInspiredClassroom.com.
Teacher Art Retreats:
Free Mini-Workshops:
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Workshops:
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Participants will need a copy of Inspired by Listening: Teaching Your Curriculum While Actively Listening to Music.



Participants will need a copy of Inspired by Listening: Teaching Your Curriculum While Actively Listening to Music.






Explore what makes a teacher inspiring in this workshop built for a staff of teachers from a common school. Through arts-based activities, teachers will get off to a great start for their new school year, or revitalize their teaching at any of those crucial points throughout the year when you need to remember the importance of what you do with kids every day. (2 1/2 hour workshop)


In this workshop, you will be introduced to four tried and true arts integration strategies that can be utilized anytime throughout the year promoting collaboration, independence and reflection. These are especially great for grades 4 through 8. (2 1/2 hour workshop)


In this workshop, we will experience how listening to, composing and performing music can build a sense of community in your classroom regardless of your comfort level with music. Ideas for content integration will be discussed. (3 hour workshop)


Studio Days are days teachers can facilitate for their students to experience the creative process through the creation of something original coupled with purposeful reflection. Focusing on this process allows students to discover more about themselves as learners. This session will take you through the process of organizing a Studio Day for your students and give you many content and arts-based lessons to implement. Participants will need a copy of Studio Days in the Classroom. (2 1/2 hour workshop)
Does your staff or team need something specific? We can create a workshop session that fits your needs in arts integration. Name an art form or content area, tell us what challenges you face each day, and we will work to fulfill the needs of your group including STEAM and SEAL. Please contact Elizabeth at Workshops@TheInspiredClassroom.com.
Classes and Courses:




If you are interested in other aspects of art integration including STEAM and SEAL, please contact Elizabeth. We can work to design a class or course that will fit the needs of your school or district.
For more information email Workshops@TheInspiredClassroom.com.
Webinars:
Elizabeth presents at online conferences yearly on a range of arts integrated topics. These are a few examples. If you are interested in booking a live webinar, please contact Elizabeth at Workshops@TheInspiredClassroom.com.


Getting Started with SEAL (Social-Emotional Artistic Learning)
Teachers now, more than ever, need to embed social-emotional learning into their classroom and their curriculum. In this workshop, we will look at 3 key ways teachers can bring arts integrated methods into their teaching that will help to develop their students’ SEL, create calm in their classroom and help teachers feel more effective in their teaching.


Getting Started with Arts Integration
Arts integration is a great way to reach all students while doing something you enjoy too! Learn more about what true arts integration is and how you can get started infusing the arts into your teaching whether or not you are an “artist.” Includes ideas, resources and activities.


Integrating Music with Literacy to Help Struggling Readers
Tapping into our students love of listening to music can help them become better readers. Learn how music and literacy are innately very similar and how you can take advantage of these similarities to help struggling readers become motivated learners.
Other Offerings:
Our webinar topics also include: “Putting the A in steAm,” “SEL and the ARTS,” “Studio Days in the Classroom,” and “Music at the (common) Core.”
If you are interested in other aspects of art integration in the form of a webinar, please contact Elizabeth. We can work to design a webinar that will fit the needs of your group, school or district.
For more information email Workshops@TheInspiredClassroom.com.
Here are some comments from past workshop and class participants:
I am able to walk away with many ideas.