Arts Infusion:
Enhancing the Capacity of Educators to
Engage their Students in the Process of Learning

For Elementary and Middle School Educators 

Arts Infusion is a five-part, arts-integrated and arts learning professional development workshop designed to assist teachers to refine their ability to use the arts to teach multiple subjects, as well as deepen their understanding of the arts in general. Topics include Exploration of Narrative, Performer Effectiveness, and Analysis of Text, Music, and Visual Images.

This year’s Arts Infusion Professional Development will focus on integrating 21^st century skills into the achievement goals of educators in the greater DC Metropolitan area with a focus on English Language, Arts and Social Studies curricula.  These skills include, but are not limited to, innovation, self-direction, team work, creativity, problem solving, design, use of imagery, and productive imagination.  Instructors will come from ASCD, Washington National Opera, American University, the Smithsonian, and other educational organizations.

Graduate credit through The Catholic University of America is available for an additional fee.

Note: Participation in the Opera Look-In program is not required to attend this professional development series.

Dates: (Dinner provided each night)

Dates for fall 2010 will be posted this summer.

Due to the emphasis and necessary time teachers must devote during January and February towards preparing their students for standardized tests in March, we will reschedule Arts Infusion at a later date in order to accommodate our educators' requests for a postponement.

Location: Washington National Opera Studio
6925 Willow Street, NW, 3^rd Floor
Washington, D.C. 20012 

Fee: $150

(Includes resource materials; group discount available for three or more teachers attending from the same school.)

Registration: Please contact the Washington National Opera Education Department at 202.448.3465 or email at education@dc-opera.org for a registration form and more information.