Educator Events & Workshops

Thursday, May 6, 2021
4-6 p.m.

This behind-the-scenes workshop will provide Toledo area educators with tools and teaching strategies for using Visual Literacy and the Learning to Look thinking routine to support study of the biological sciences. The session will include a visit to the exhibition Rare and Wondrous: Birds in Art and Culture 1620-1820, Q & A session with exhibition curator and avid birder Paula Reich, and demonstrations of activities that can be used to teach close looking skills.

This session is designed to support collaboration between visual art and science educators. Participating teachers will receive a certificate of attendance, Visual Literacy Activity Card deck or classroom poster, and Teacher Resource packet.

Registration required. Cost includes one guest at no additional charge.

Attendees will receive 2 contact hours. 

Thursday, April 22, 2021
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

This session will feature strategies for introducing children ages 3-5 to the work of sculpture artist Alexander Calder. Tips and tricks will be provided for using works of art to introduce tier 2 vocabulary and demonstrate an open-ended studio activity that is designed to reinforce learning. Participating teachers will receive a certificate of attendance, teacher resource packet with lesson plans, and a classroom book.

ABC’s of Art is a series of 1.5-contact hour professional development workshops which provide Toledo area early childhood educators with tools and teaching strategies to help preschool students pre-literacy development through art.

Registration required.

Attendees will receive 1.5 contact hours. 

Thursday, May 20, 2021
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

This workshop will provide early childhood educators with tools and teaching strategies for introducing Preschool children to the new exhibition Rare and Wondrous: Birds in Art and Culture 1620-1820. This session will introduce tier 2 vocabulary and demonstrate an open-ended studio activity that is designed to reinforce learning. Participating teachers will receive a certificate of attendance, teacher resource packet with lesson plans, and a book for their classroom.

ABC’s of Art is a series of 1.5-contact hour professional development workshops which provide Toledo area early childhood educators with tools and teaching strategies to help preschool students pre-literacy development through art.

Registration required.

Attendees will receive 1.5 contact hours.