Help your students discover and embrace their authentic selves
Authenticity in the Creative Classroom
Creativity teachers have a unique opportunity to help students transcend limiting expectations and explore and develop their authentic selves. This course will teach you to harness the power of creative expression to help children become creative problem solvers, develop self-regard, and feel empowered to take action in the world. No matter what creative discipline you teach, this course is for you.
Join our four-day, remote intensive workshop designed for curious educators.
Earn 1 A+ credits
Earn 16 CLTE hours
- Length One In-Person Weekend
- Dates Feb 11 & 12
- Price $150
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Discover a compassionate, student-centered, culturally responsive approach to creative instruction.
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Participate in a hands-on interactive learning experience designed to support your unique classroom and your unique students.
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Learn from seasoned professionals and currently practicing educators.
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Gain immediate access to a vibrant educational community.
You’ll walk away from this workshop with:
KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of how to weave authenticity based social-emotional learning into your existing curriculum.
Comfort
Comfort of having a network of like-minded educators you can tap into for insight and support along your teaching journey.
Appreciation
Appreciation for the unique cultures, identities, and experience each of us brings to the classroom: and the key role our identities play in how we think, teach, and learn.
Understanding
Understanding of the magic that happens when a child feels truly seen.
Confidence
Confidence to show your authentic self to your students so they feel encouraged (and not afraid) to do the same.
What our educators say about our programming:
“Be prepared to get deep! Be prepared to make some new friends! Be prepared to have fun and be yourself. I absolutely loved this course and found it to be so very refreshing.”
“I felt seen and valued for what I can bring to others. I felt that the work that I was engaging in was meaningful and necessary.”
“I learned that the power of creativity and authenticity is so necessary, and often undervalued in the traditional education conversations. We are often so focused on data and drilling content that we cannot fully focus on fostering more inclusive, creative, and authentic learning environments for our students. Taking this course confirmed to me that…an authentic setting is what is best for my students.”
“This class is not like any traditional PD class. Lots of time is set aside for each individual to express themselves, speaking, commenting, giving out handy tips/links/advice, and in general focusing on the human aspects of fulfilling our need to be both recognized and expressive in front of a group of similarly-minded professional peers.”
“This workshop is fantastic for any educator or person working with children, veteran or not.”
“I was surprised by how many resources I was able to bring back into the classroom”
“My brain is buzzing with ideas. Feeling so energized!”
“Everyone was welcoming, knowledgeable and shared very meaningful examples and experiences”
Who will benefit?
New Teachers
Develop teaching skills and complete required certifications needed today and for future career advancement
Experienced teachers
Be inspired and reminded why I love teaching, variety of activities to bring to the classroom that will engage and inspire my students and me
administrators
Find ways to build trust, engaging both parents and community to support our goals
It gives you that room to track your progress, see evidence that you’re making progress, to create a goal you can actually be successful at and not set yourself up to fail.
It’s based on the belief that Social Emotional Learning and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy are more than just add-ons.
Research shows that these practices can only be truly effective if they’re incorporated holistically into all aspects of teaching and learning. You’ll be acquainted with tactical ways to weave authenticity based social-emotional learning into your already-existing curriculum.
It’s welcoming and safe.
Facilitators take great care to create an environment where participants are able to feel both safe and brave. A carefully crafted Warm Welcome each day, for example, sets the tone for engaging in deep emotional work in an environment where participants are able to be their authentic selves.
It’s rooted in research.
Each activity has been carefully and thoughtfully developed by experts at the Children’s Arts Guild to help bridge sets of experiences between you and your students.
It’s hands-on.
We’re talking papers, crayons, popsicle sticks, and other fun manipulatives to get you thinking, creating, and perhaps stepping outside your comfort zone a bit.
It will bring you closer to your students.
You’ll immerse yourself in activities that engage various parts of the brain, connect to your own experiences as a child, and bring you closer to understanding and relating to your students. When your students feel seen, their authentic selves will begin to shine through.
It’s a great way to meet like-minded educators.
You’ll teach each other, learn from each other, and make meaningful connections that will extend beyond the workshop.
Authenticity is correlated with many aspects of psychological well-being, including vitality, self-esteem, and coping skills. When we help children connect to their authentic selves, we set them up to…
- Experience a strong sense of self-worth and purpose
- Engage in satisfying relationships
- Follow through in pursuing goals
- Respond to difficulties with effective coping strategies (vs. self-destructive habits)
- Master challenges with confidence