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SCAC offers new early arts learning workshop series

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The SCAC is partnering with Wolf Trap Institute for an exceptional opportunity to make performing arts come alive to young learners.

Sign up now for three, one-hour guided experiences in MUSIC, DRAMA, and DANCE. Participants will work with a Wolf Trap Master Teaching Artist to break down an art form into its fundamental elements and apply those elements to strategies for learning in all domains: virtual, hybrid, and in-person early childhood spaces.

These are FREE and open to all, but early childhood educators and teaching artists might benefit most. Register for each workshop individually:

Day 1 | May 30 | Music with Sue Trainor Day 2 | May 31 | Dance with Valerie Branch Day 3 | June 1 | Drama with Christina Farrell

Register

Day 1 | https://bit.ly/3BxGK55 Day 2 | https://bit.ly/4338kmr Day 3 | https://bit.ly/3M53iyU

All hour-long workshops start at 4 p.m.

Connect with this event on Facebook here.

Jason Rapp

Teaching artistry and social-emotional learning

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Does teaching artistry align with social-emotional learning?

Round 5 of the Arts Grow SC “Being a Teaching Artist” webinar series answers the question. (Spoiler alert!) This session helps teaching artists communicate how their work impacts this subject. Join the webinar to walk through applying the competencies of social-emotional learning to your planned lessons... and even using them to market your teaching artistry.
  • Webinar 5: Teaching Artistry and Social-Emotional Learning Tuesday, May 2, 2023: 4-5:30 p.m.
Facilitator and teaching artist Jef Lambdin designed this webinar for fellow teaching artists on the South Carolina Arts Directory and those interested in becoming teaching artists, but all are welcome. Click here to register now via Zoom. | Connect with this event on Facebook here.
The "Being a Teaching Artist" series is a free resource from the South Carolina Arts Commission and Arts Grow SC.

Jason Rapp

Inspire tomorrow’s readers through drama

Spark program seeks teaching artists

The South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities is seeking experienced theatre teaching artists comfortable with elementary-aged students for summer and fall residencies.

Burning sparkler on a dark or black background. Curriculum and materials are provided, with room for some personalization by each artist. The Spark program focuses on book centered drama classes with the mission of Inspiring Tomorrow's Readers through Drama.
  • Summer residencies are Monday-Friday for 1-5 weeks depending on site and availability. Travel per diems are offered to cover mileage, food, and lodging for distant sites. Half-day or full-day are both possible.
  • School-year residencies are for two days per week with a commitment of 15-20 weeks at a single site, with travel per diems for distant locations—including for overnight lodging to stay for the two days of teaching.
These opportunities come with generous compensation, paid training, and observation opportunities. Sites may be in the following counties: Abbeville, Calhoun, Darlington, Dillon, Edgefield, Fairfield, Florence, Laurens, Lee, Marion, Marlboro, Newberry, Richland, Saluda, and Williamsburg. Send resume and cover letter to Melanie Trimble, Spark grant director, SC Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities: melanietrimble@scgsah.org. Sample elementary lesson plans or workshop outlines only strengthen your application. Teaching certification is not required, health and SLED screenings typical for school based work will be expected upon hiring.
Spark is supported by Arts Grow SC, which is funded by the South Carolina Arts Commission and the South Carolina Department of Education through American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) funds.

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Assessing arts-integrated lessons: a webinar

Tools so teaching artists don't lose sleep

So, you've done what it takes to establish yourself as a teaching artist.

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  • You got the nuts and bolts of it.
  • You drilled down on the 2017 South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards in Teaching Artistry.
  • You marketed yourself.
  • You landed a residency or other engagement.
How do you know it's all working?  Authentically assessing an integrated lesson can be a challenge to teaching artists. How do you know when your students know, or can do, what you taught them? Don't lose sleep. Round 4 of the #ArtsGrowSC webinar series “Being a Teaching Artist” can help. During this afternoon webinar, we will examine the very best assessment resources for you as a teaching artist: from rubrics to checklists to ideas and more in order to implement authentic arts integration assessments with ease. Facilitator and teaching artist Jef Lambdin returns to walk you through it.
  • Webinar 4: Assessing Arts-Integrated Lessons Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022: 4-5:30 p.m.
Further topics include how to persist through roadblocks and how to make sure your message is consistent, a critical brand element. Click here to register now via Zoom. | Connect with this event on Facebook.
The "Being a Teaching Artist" series is a free resource from the South Carolina Arts Commission and Arts Grow SC.

Jason Rapp

Marketing your teaching artist business

Building a business by marketing your teaching artistry

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If you are or want to be a teaching artist, how do you get the word out and get residencies at schools?

Round 3 of the new #ArtsGrowSC webinar series “Being a Teaching Artist” can help. During this afternoon webinar, you'll learn to craft your message to get noticed by the right people. Facilitator and teaching artist Jef Lambdin will examine how to communicate your talents, identify target audiences, set achievable business goals and more.
  • Webinar 3: Marketing Your Teaching Artistry Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022: 4-5:30 p.m.
Further topics include how to persist through roadblocks and how to make sure your message is consistent, a critical brand element. Click here to register now via Zoom. | Connect with this event on Facebook here.
The "Being a Teaching Artist" series is a free resource from the South Carolina Arts Commission and Arts Grow SC.

Jason Rapp

Teaching artists: Know the standards

Building a business by sharing your craft

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If you are or want to be a teaching artist, you’ve got to know the S.C. Educational Standards.

Round 2 of the new #ArtsGrowSC webinar series “Being a Teaching Artist” can help. During two afternoon webinar sessions, explore the purpose, function, and use of the 2017 South Carolina College and Career-Ready Standards in teaching artistry.
  • Tuesday, April 26, 2022: 4-6 p.m.
  • Wednesday, April 27, 2022: 4-6 p.m.
Practicing teaching artist Jef Lambdin and these guest presenters will share how to use the standards in lesson planning for arts and arts-integrated lessons and residencies:
  • Roger Simpson Educational Associate for the Visual and Performing Arts S.C. Department of Education, Office of Assessment and Standards
  • Kayla Jennings Dance teacher Saluda River Academy of the Arts (West Columbia)
Click here to register now via Zoom. This is a free resource from the South Carolina Arts Commission and Arts Grow SC.

Jason Rapp

#SCartists: Teach at GCCA this summer

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Thursday, March 24, 2022

If you are an experienced visual arts instructor with a creative idea and a desire to share, we want you to be part of our summer schedule!

GCCA is currently seeking proposals for Summer Session I from June 6-July 8 and Summer Session II from July 18-Aug. 19, 2022. We welcome proposals for five-week classes and one-, two-, and three-day workshops. We strive to offer classes in a variety of mediums and techniques and have a special need this summer for instruction in printmaking and jewelry as we anticipate that our new classroom spaces dedicated to those mediums will be up and running very soon! Some examples of what we’re looking for include:
  • Introductory level printmaking classes and workshops like monotype/monoprint press printing, collagraph printing, relief printing from linoleum, and drypoint intaglio printing using acrylic plates
  • Jewelry workshops, including polymer clay and resin jewelry making, fabricating dimensional metal jewelry, wiring wrapping for beginners, beginner metalsmithing, introduction to enameling, and soldering instruction
We also have the need for:
  • Watercolor classes and workshops
  • Instruction in different drawing mediums
GCCA instructors include both working artists and professional educators who possess a willingness to communicate technique and process, strong technical skills, a friendly and welcoming approach, and the ability to teach classes that are open to a range of skill levels. We encourage proposals from our current instructors—and always love to connect with new ones! We hope to hear from you soon. For more information, contact Liz Rundorff Smith, our program director, at liz@artcentergreenville.org. SUBMIT A PROPOSAL HERE.  

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Community-based actor-teacher job opportunities now open

The Office of Outreach at the SC Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities is hiring several positions to work with Spark, a drama-based literacy program funded by Arts Grow SC.

If you have experience with groups of elementary aged students, an understanding of the performing arts, storytelling, and creative dramatics, there might have a fun full-time position for you! Theatre people, storytellers, librarians and educators who are self-starters, active and organized facilitators, good relationship builders, and playful are a good fit. These curriculum coordinator-level positions will be assigned to regions across South Carolina and will be based from home in local schools. The team of community actor-teachers will design and facilitate drama groups for literacy and reading motivation in elementary classrooms. Positions may be based in the following areas of the state:
  • Cheraw
  • Florence
  • Georgetown
  • Greenwood
  • Kingstree
  • Laurens
  • Marion
  • Newberry
Experience in the elementary classroom or theatre education setting is preferred. Some scheduled, in-state travel will be required for training. COVID protocols for schools and the S.C. Department of Education will be followed. Learn more about this positions at https://www.scgsah.org/spark-jobs.

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Want to be a teaching artist? SCAC can help.

Building a business by sharing your craft

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#SCartists: want to build a business AND share your craft with the next generation? You can. Build a business as a certified teaching artist!

Join seasoned and practicing teaching artist Jef Lambdin for a no-cost two-day webinar as he shares tips for success with you in “The Business of Being a Teaching Artist: Nuts and Bolts to Grow your Business.” Over the course of two  webinars, you’ll get professional development guidance on not only becoming a certified teaching artist but leveraging that to grow your own teaching artist business. Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 22-23 from 4-6 p.m. This is the first professional development session created by the South Carolina Arts Commission to develop novice and seasoned #SCartists as certified teaching artists, potentially giving them access to SCAC programs created or expanded by the new Arts Grow SC partnership. SCAC arts learning grantees who engage artists are required to use certified teaching artists approved for inclusion on the S.C. Arts Directory. Click here to register now via Zoom.  

Jason Rapp

Columbia holds free teaching artist workshop next week

From Amplify Columbia: Teaching artists, also known as artist educators or community artists, are professional artists who teach and integrate their art form, perspectives, and skills into a wide range of settings. Teaching artists work with schools, after school programs, community organizations, and social service agencies to encourage increased public participation in the arts for residents of all ages and cultural backgrounds. Join us Monday, Aug. 27 from 6-8:30 p.m. (Eau Claire Print Building, 3907 Ensor Ave, Columbia, SC 29203) for a free professional development workshop for teaching artists. Participants will be given structure, guidance, and tools to implement clear goals in their residencies and lessons and to improve their work. For both emerging and master teaching artists, this workshop is open to faculty of midlands universities, classroom teachers, artists, staff working with any area arts organization, museum docents and parks and recreation staff who work directly with young people. This session is free however preregistration is required. Register by emailing your name and a contact number to hello@amplifycolumbia.com.

About Amplify

Amplify is the capital city's new long-range cultural plan: a community conversation that identifies opportunities for broadening public participation in arts and cultural activities. The City of Columbia and One Columbia for Arts and History are collaborating to oversee the cultural planning process. Facilitated community conversations involving a  broad cross sector of our community will focus on four core areas:
  1. Economic prosperity for the Columbia region
  2. Cultural vitality
  3. Social and cultural equity
  4. Ways to embed arts and culture across the city’s Comprehensive Plan
AMPLIFY is the name given to the planning process and helps make visible its progress. As the name implies, the planning process will highlight existing arts, cultural and heritage resources of Columbia and recommend ways to strengthen these valuable assets in our community. The leader or Amplify's consulting team is Margie Johnson Reese, who served on the SCAC's panel that reviewed General Operating Support grant applications this past May. Go here for more information about Amplify.

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