TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK
2021 BULLETIN
Dear Educators,

This week was especially set aside to celebrate YOU!! Teacher Appreciation Week is only one of the ways that DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative is able to recognize your hard work not just during the school day, but also during the late nights, weekends, and summer months. Please be sure to read our Teacher Appreciation Bulletin all week for an assortment of announcements and special offers such as DISCOUNTS and RAFFLES!! You can enter the raffle now by registering for AHFES programs and completing the Teacher Survey.

“Not all superheroes have capes, some have Teaching Degrees.”
~Author Unknown
Table of Contents:
  • AHFES Program News
  • Extended Registration/Assessment
  • Enter Raffle
  • DC Collaborative Announcements
  • Teacher Survey
  • Special Discounts and Raffles
  • O Museum in the Mansion
  • Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center
  • DC Collaborative Raffle
  • "Thank A Teacher" Campaign
  • Window Gallery Project
  • Ways to Give

Follow us @DCCollaborative on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to stay up to date on featured programs and professional development! Got questions? Contact Ashlee@DCCollaborative.org
AHFES Program News
Cycle 2 Registration for Spring Arts and Humanities For Every Student Program is extended until Monday May 10th!!!!

As a thank you for your participation in AHFES throughout the school year, we are extending registration until May 10th AND allowing you to register for programs in the month of June! Those who participate in Spring AHFES AND answer the Teacher Survey below will be automatically entered into a raffle for a $50 gift card in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week.

As usual, please complete the 5 minute reflection forms for programs requested in April. They are embedded on the program page and are provided below in English and Spanish for your convenience. Google calendar invites with the assessment due date will be sent as a friendly reminder. Please respond YES to receive notifications. You may also request DC Collaborative staff to come into your virtual classroom and guide your students to complete their student reflections. This should take about 15 minutes of your class time. Request here.

Designed with emoji-based and child-friendly language 
If you’d like to count (tally) your students’ responses, please make a copy of this doc and respond directly to this email with the counts. 

Contact BoBeen Chung at bobeen@dccollaborative.org for assessment questions.
DC Collaborative Announcements
GET MORE INVOLVED WITH DC COLLABORATIVE!
There are so many ways to connect with us an integral part of the Collaborative process. Some suggestions are:

1) Teacher Feedback: Please take our Teacher Focus Group Survey on assessments and communications. We would love to include your opinion in how we continue to structure our programs for the benefits of you and your students. Those who participate in the answer the Teacher Survey AND participate in Spring AHFES above will be automatically entered into a raffle for a $50 gift card in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week.

2) Submit Photos, Testimonies, and Blogs: We want to feature you and your students in our Story Bank blog and on our website. If you have pictures, video reactions, or if you are interested in submitting a blog post about your experience using the AHFES programming, please complete the Submission Form.

3) Become a Representative: The DC Collaborative has been the organizational hub of the Any Given Child (AGC) initiative, which is a nationwide network of like-minded communities striving to create full access to and equity in arts education programs. Represent DCPS and DCPCS educators on the Equity and Justice Committee, Steering Committee, or Assessment and Evaluation Committee. If interested, please email Ashlee McKinnon at Ashlee@dcccollaborative.org. 
 
As educators, your voice is ESSENTIAL in shaping and implementing this framework into your classroom, curriculum, and professional development.
Teacher Appreciation Week
Special Discount and Raffle Entries
The O Museum In The Mansion is a Historic 20th Century Civil Rights Site on 
The African American Heritage Trail. They would like to offer the following:

Show your teacher id when you tour O Museum in The Mansion (The Coolest Place in DC ~ Booking.com) and get one free glass of champagne or sparkling cider.

Put "Teachers Rock!" in the comments section of the form went you book. 

Offer valid: May 3, 2021 - May 31, 2021
Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center is committed to developing positive social development, academic success and creativity in the minds of youth today. Our mission is to teach youth the fundamentals of leadership and encourage them to use their gifts and strengths to promote success and balance in their lives. They are offering a 15% off discount during Teacher Appreciation Week, May 3-7 in their merchandise shop www.ltycshop.net. Enter the code DCTEACHERLOVE to redeem this offer.
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE???

Well maybe not quite a millionaire. But we are giving away a $50 gift card at the end of Teacher Appreciation Week!!! To automatically be entered, you need to have registered for Spring AHFES AND answer the Teacher Survey above. Entries are closed on Sunday, May 9th and the winner will be chosen on Monday, May 10th. Good luck!!
"Thank A Teacher" Campaign
DC Collaborative Staff and Board members have all been positively affected by the teachers who shaped their education. Each day we will be spotlighting testimonies from our Staff and Board members on our Instagram page @DCCollaborative and on our Facebook page. Take a look below to read their sentiments.
Lissa Rosenthal-Yoffe, Executive Director wants to Thank Mr. Williams, visual art teacher grades 9-12 (1982-1985) at Randolph HS in Randolph, New Jersey.

Mr. Williams always pushed me to dig deeper, learn more and ultimately gain self-confidence. He incorporated SEL, the most significant part of my high school education, before I even knew or understood the term. For this, I am ever grateful to him. He knew my insecurities with my identity and my body dysmorphic disorder, my face in particular, which resulted in a three-year battle of me refusing to create a realist self portrait. I did everything else, abstract, expressionistic, etc. I even did a portrait of me as a color. He threatened to fail me senior year, keeping me from graduation, if I did not deliver. In the end, I thought I won as I produced a glorious, highly-stylized, Nagel inspired self-portrait (I wish I still had), and he conceded defeat. I received an A and my HS diploma. I never made that self-portrait, until later. In college, I went on to study sculpture and art history and my work became more conceptual and minimalist as it is today from my Nothing But Blue Skies series to my dedication to squares. I attribute my discipline and deliberation to Mr. Williams. Decades later, I went on to create an ongoing photo series, Evening Study, consisting of self-portraits which I think I'll rename Mr. Williams and Me. I have Mr. Williams to thank for my commitment to arts advocacy and education. In that high school art room where I would escape and seek refuge, Mr. Williams was transforming me and all of his students, providing us with a greater understanding of self and others. As arts educators and advocates we know how important arts and humanities education is for our students, always and especially during these times. Thank you to all educators for your vital and necessary work!
Window Gallery Project
#TeachingIsAWorkofArt
During Teacher Appreciation Week
-- and all Summer long --
Turn your Windows into Beautiful Works of Art!

The DC Collaborative is continuing our campaign from 2020 with the #TeachingIsaWorkofArt Window Gallery Project to show teachers our appreciation for their dedication during these trying times. 

How to Participate:
  • Using what you have at home, create Window Art to celebrate teachers!
 We would love to see this go viral, (in a good way)! Be 
  • Post on Social media (tag @DCCollaborative) and use at least one of the following hashtags:
  • #TeachingIsAWorkOfArt 
  • #KeepMakingArt 
  • #TYTeachers 
  • #TeacherAppreciationWeek
  • Note: Email Tracey@DCCollaborative.org a picture of your window art if you prefer the Collaborative to share on its social media instead of posting throughout your channels
  • The DC Collaborative will promote your posts on social media and feature your posts in a virtual gallery!
  • Are you a poet and/or performing artist? The window is your stage! Design window art including poetry and/or record yourself performing!
 
Get Creative! Share! Share! Share! Your Window is Your Stage!
Be sure to use the #Hashtags or send us a photo of your window and we will post it.
Ways to Give
Donate to the DC Collaborative online or remit payment by check to:

DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative

The DC Collaborative is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. All gifts are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

  • Are you a government employee? Give through the CFC Catalogue of Caring. We're CFC#66894
  • Does your company have a matching gift program? Would you like to make a gift of stock or a planned gift? Let us know
The DC Collaborative is a recipient of an FY21 General Operating Support Service Grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
The DC Collaborative is proud to receive a grant for its Collective Impact work supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The DC Collaborative is the backbone support organization that leads members of the Any Given Child DC program, part of The John F. Kennedy  Center for the Performing Arts.