H.E.ARTS
Helping Engage the Arts
EDUCATORS
Professional Development
Our professional development workshops prepare educators to understand and appreciate all students, create safe, orderly and supportive learning environments and hold high expectations for their academic achievement. Our workshops deepen educators’ content knowledge, provides them with research-based instructional strategies to assist students in meeting rigorous academic standards, and prepares them to use various types of classroom assessments appropriately. Provides educators with knowledge and skills needed to teach culturally and linguistically diverse students. For more information please contact us.
Teambuilding
This workshop encourages and improves employee relationships. It is essential in any work environment for the employees to be respectful of each other and on one accord. Working effectively as a team and understanding the importance of each member is crucial to an effective work environment. Within this workshop employees and employers will learn how to express their concerns as well as new ideas or suggestions they may have for the overall improvement of the workplace environment. For more information please contact us.
In-School Suspension
This workshop is particularly geared towards using In-School Suspension in a wise and productive manner. This workshop will allow instructors to send each student who is in ISS for three or more days to send this student through character enrichment, character development, as well as attempting to understand the underlying reason behind student behavior and how to transform that behavior. This is a very hands on workshop and will take devotion and teamwork from the persons over the ISS programs your school. But it will be well worth it! For more information please contact us.
STUDENT SHOWCASE
Incorporating the "ARTS" in education helps students to create a positive self-image; a climate of mutual respect; it engages students
in cooperative learning and just generates a better attitude for
learning over-all. Over the years, life has proven that; “. . . if we continue to do the
same thing, we will get the same results”. Let’s try something
different . . .
Let’s try Poetry
Let’s try Music
Let’s try Storytelling
Let’s try Movement
Let’s try Creative Writing
Let’s try Visual Arts …………. for the sake of ALL Students.
Let’s not just “showcase student’s work”!
Let’s showcase the STUDENT!
AB GAY, CEO
ARTS INTEGRATION
These workshops empower teachers to use the principals and elements of the Arts for effective instruction in their classroom while providing them with strategies for implementation and ideas for curriculum connections. It also motivates students to learn, increases classroom attendance, crates community and makes learning fun not only for the student but for the teacher. This workshop also focuses on the use of multiple intelligences and engaging the whole student. For more information please contact us.
Project Based Learning
Our Project Based Learning workshops are focused on authentic learning activities that engage student interest and motivation. These activities are based on everyday problem solving skills students can use in and outside of the classroom. Project Based Learning teaches students 21 st century skills as well as content. These skills include communication and presentation skills, organization and time management skills, research and inquiry skills, self-assessment and reflection skills, and group participation and leadership skills. Finally, Project Based Learning allows students to reflect upon their own ideas and opinions, exercise voice and choice, and make decisions that affect project outcomes and the learning process in general. For more information please contact us.
Specialty Workshops
As educators we are aware that there are several different subject areas that need attention depending on the needs of your particular population. This is why all of our programs are tailored to your specific needs. We also have the option of creating specific workshops to meet any additional needs your team of educators, students, and staff may need i.e. community and parent involvement workshops, project management, diversity training, and conflict resolution. For more information please contact us.