NYSAAE offer a number of vehicles for the delivery of professional development to the Arts Education and Arts-in-Education community.

Upcoming Professional Development Offerings

CommonGround 2010
March 24-26, 2010 I Albany, NY
Please click here for more details.

NYSAAE Regional Conference
Creativity and Other Boundless Resources for Recession-Era Education
A day-long conference for educators and teaching artists
Tuesday October 27, 2009 I Syracuse, NY

Spotlight Session
Arts for All: Differentiated Instruction and the Arts
A workshop focusing on the practices and theories of arts education as it applies to working with elementary and secondary students with special needs.
Complete Details - Arts for All

Spotlight Session
Lights! Camera! Documentation!
Using Video to Document Your Arts-in-Education Program
A workshop focusing on using video to aid in the documentation process.
Complete Details - Video Documentation

Regional Conferences

NYSAAE's Regional Arts Education conferences, planned by in cooperation with local arts councils, school districts and BOCES, provide opportunities for Arts-in-Education players to learn and share the latest information about available resources, effective teaching techniques, and education policies. Those who attend the conferences leave with a virtual toolkit of ideas that help establish, maintain or expand arts education programming for elementary, middle and high school students.
Two of these regional conference are typically held each year, one in the Spring and one in the Fall, in different regions of the state.

Spotlight Sessions

NYSAAE is proud to present program offering in the new Spotlight Session format. These workshop involve a single speaker exploring a topic in detail over four to five hours. Session topics are typically repeated a differnt locations throughout the state to allow easy access.

Professional Development On-Demand

NYSAAE can bring professional development program to your organization or school. Contact us to discuss bringing in one of our certified presenters to deliver a session to meet your needs. Some frequently addressed topics include:

• Differentiated Instruction in the Arts
• Gaining Support for Your Arts Program
• Classroom Managment Strategies for Arts Instructors

Pricing is worked out on a case by case basis to meet your needs. Contact Sharon@ 518-486-4328 to begin the discussion.

The Teaching Artist 101 Professional Development Series is for teaching artists and arts specialists with fewer than five years in the Arts In Education and arts education fields.

TA 101 is a sequential, consistent, and cohesive course that will enable participants to:

• develop a philosophy and methodology of work based upon research, sound educational theory and practice, and high artistic standards;
• practice what they have learned under the supportive eyes of experienced mentors; and
• develop strategies for both integrating the arts and teaching the arts with the often surprising challenges that working in schools presents.

To find out more about Teaching Artist 101 - click here.