Help your students become creative, conceptual thinkers prepared for the world beyond the classroom!

The Lincoln Center Institute International Educator Workshops are in-depth experiences in teaching and learning through imagination and the arts. These workshops, offered to pre-K through grade 12 teachers, school or arts administrators, teaching artists, curriculum developers, and college and university professors, are offered annually at national and international host sites.

With an Introductory Workshop, you will acquire the skills to help your students become creative, conceptual thinkers prepared for the world beyond the classroom. Come back for Advanced Workshops and you'll hone your understanding of Imaginative Learning, continuing to find new excitement in your teaching.

Coming soon! 2012 Summer Brochure.
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What You Will Do:

• Attend dance, music, or theater performances and/or visit museums or public art sites
• Support your study and research of these works of art with art making and exploration of artistic choices
• Hear guest educators, share their insights, participate in talks with working artists and experts, and discuss provocative thinking on the arts, imagination, and education
• Learn LCI’s unique approach to planning a curriculum unit that fosters higher-order thinking skills and imaginative learning, then explore how to integrate these into your work
• Share professional experiences among workshop colleagues in small-group discussions

How You Will Benefit:

• Acquire an inquiry-based learning and teaching approach that you can use in your classroom
• Be able to apply for in-service and graduate credit
• Understand how a framework of imaginative learning utilizes works of art as a gateway to higher-order thinking and serves to increase student engagement
• Discover how LCI’s approach supports learning through art-making, questioning, reflection, and contextual research
• Gain an understanding of the Capacities for Imaginative Learning and their Rubrics as both a planning and an assessment tool
• Learn to craft age/grade-appropriate experiential lessons that allow for differentiated and individual learning experiences
• Build strategies that advocate for the inclusion of the arts and imagination, creativity, and innovation in your school or organization