Understanding the ILSP Electives Process

Understanding the ILSP Electives Process

Presented by Lynn Johnson, Director of Membership & ProgramsTeaching Artists Guild

www.teachingartistsguild.org

ILSP Electives: The Big Picture

Collective Impact

Schools/Community Connect

A Better Future for Everyone

How can we collectively transform public education through the arts

to create a better future for everyone?

Learn more about the work of the Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership at http://www.artiseducation.org/about-us/alliance-arts-learning-leadership

ILSP Electives

Learning beyond the Core Courses

Take courses from the community

Deep, meaningful engagement

Choose the courses that fit your needs/interests and stretch your learning

Arts Immersion Playground

Stretch your current understanding and skills

Hands-on/embodied instruction

Visual, performing, literary, media/digital

Taught by professional artist

6 hours, an immersive experience

Intentional with beginning, middle, and end

For a deeper exploration into

your relationship

with art-making

Equity and Social Justice

Critically evaluates and deepens your understanding

Self-reflective processes

Taught by qualified academic, professional, or organization

6 hours, an immersive experience

Intentional with beginning, middle, and end

For a deeper exploration into how

issues of race, gender, class affect

you & your teaching practice

Creative Inquiry

Stretch your current understanding of teaching/learning frameworks

Common Core/ELA/Science/Technology/Mathematics

Taught by qualified academic, professional, or organization

6 hours, an immersive experience

Intentional with beginning, middle, and end

For a deeper exploration into a

diversity of learning

frameworks

Finding Courses: TAG Website

Make sure to search under “ILSP Elective”

www.teachingartistsguild.org/events

Finding Courses: TAG Website

Share good ideas with other participants!

www.teachingartistsguild.org/events/community/add

Finding Courses: Art is Education Website

Make sure to search under “ILSP Elective”

www.artiseducation.org/calendar

Finding Courses: Art is Education Website

Share good ideas with other participants!

www.artiseducation.org/calendar/submit-your-event

Finding Courses: Other Sources

Your Favorite Theaters, Museums, Cultural Institutions

Adult Schools, Continuing Education Programs

Teachers for Social Justice

Craigslist

Thumbtack

Finding Courses: Social Media Links

Facebook: Art is Education, Teaching Artists Guild

Twitter #ILSP: @artised, @teachingartists

LinkedIn: Teaching Artists Guild (Group)

Sign up with TAG to receive regular emails

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Reflection & Reporting

One per course

Signature of the Instructor

6 hours = 1 CEU

Reflect on your experienceWhat you learned

How you changed

How did it deepen your ILSP experience?

How do I get my ILSP certificate?

3 Core Courses

30 Hours

Electives

ILSP Certificate

In addition…

• CEU’s through Mills College

• Graduate Units through Lesley University

• ILSP Apprentice Trainings

Keep in Touch

Teaching Artists GuildLynn JohnsonDirector of Membership & Programs

www.teachingartistsguild.org

ilsp@teachingartistsguild.org

membership@teachingartistsguild.org