Arts Integration for Early Childhood Educators (the what and the why?) with Alexandra Turner, M.Ed.

Thursday, October 17, 5:30-7:30pm

Location:
Virtual session on Zoom

Cost: Free

While this workshop is free, advance registration is required.

Register via our class portal HERE.

In this session, early childhood educators will take a deep dive into the world of integrating the arts into social-emotional learning opportunities for young learners. Participants will discuss the how and why of arts integration, and begin curriculum building during the session. Bring your favorite book(s) for social-emotional learning topics, and we’ll go from there!

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will gain experience with concepts of arts integration
• Participants will share and compile a community-sourced list of books that promote social emotional learning
• Participants will begin building curricula that use arts integration to promote social emotional learning concepts for their young learners.

Instructor:
Alexandra Turner, M.Ed. (she/her) is a teaching artist, professional development instructor, program director, and pre-doctoral fellow and Project RESILIENCY Scholar in Special Education: Social Emotional Behavioral Health and Inclusive Education, at the University of Vermont. Alexandra works with all ages in a variety of settings including public and private schools, preschools, galleries and community programs. In addition to residencies and workshops for students and community members, Alexandra works with statewide organizations to develop and lead professional development workshops for teachers, Teaching Artists, after-school and early-childhood professionals. Alexandra was an early childhood classroom teacher for over 5 years in Burlington, Vermont. She brings over ten years of experience in teaching artistry in the early childhood setting, as well as across the lifespan. Alexandra holds a BA in Studio Arts and an M.Ed. in Arts in Education.