December 2021
SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS NEWSLETTER
Dear Educators,

As the semester closes to a close and the new year is upon us, the DC Collaborative wants to thank you for making 2021 such a memorable and exciting year. We appreciate the time, planning, efforts, and enthusiasm you have demonstrated for our synchronous and asynchronous education programs. We appreciate the photos and blogs you have submitted that demonstrate your students' learning during these experience. And most importantly, we appreciate you. This final School Partnership Newsletter of 2021, holds a very special webinar announcement with Kristine Mays brought to you by Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens. We are also announcing that registration for Winter Education Programs has been extended until January 17, 2022 to give you more time to peruse the offerings in our program catalogue. Take care of your minds and spirits during this holiday season and we look forward to partnering with you further in 2022.

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DC Collaborative Announcements
Stay Involved with DC Collaborative
YOUR VOICE MATTERS &
WE WANT TO HEAR IT!!

Have you been wanting to become more involved with the work of The DC Collaborative? Do you have opinions and suggestions that would improve our model to help serve you and your students better? Below you will find some ways to connect with us an integral part of the Collaborative process:

1) Complete our School Partner Interest Form! This will give us better insight into where you would like to plug into the work the DC Collaborative is doing and you feel you can best serve not only our students but the larger community of practice. Simply complete the Interest Form at your convenience.

2) Submit Photos, Testimonies, and Blogs: The excitement and level of engagement you observe in your students before, during, and after the arts and humanities programming must be heartwarming. 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. We would be most grateful to see evidence of the transformative power of arts and humanities education.
 
As educators, your voice is ESSENTIAL in shaping and implementing this framework into your classroom, curriculum, and professional development.
Education Programs News
Winter Education Programs Registration until Jan. 17, 2022!!

DC Collaborative wants to thank you for your participation in our Fall cycle Education programs. To date, 38 DCPS and DCPCS school have requested over 500 education programs and have reached approximately 9,600 students with FREE Arts and Humanities education programming!

Were you one of the lucky ones to experience such an amazing learning opportunity? If not, you can register for Winter Education Programs until Friday, December 10th!! There are VIRTUAL and IN PERSON programming offered from over 50 cultural institutions.

AHFES (Arts and Humanities for Every Student) programs
are VIRTUAL/IN PERSON and SYNCHRONOUS

DLRD (Distance Learning Resource Database) programs
are VIRTUAL and ASYNCHRONOUS

PD (Professional Development) programs
Education Program Assessments

If you and your students received a program during the Fall Education Program cycle, we kindly ask that you submit all of the required assessments by Friday, December 17th COB. Please reach out to Lauren Walker, Education Programs Assistant at lauren@dccollaborative.org if you have any questions regarding assessments.
FEATURED OPPORTUNITIES

Your class is invited to join us for a live, virtual conversation with artist Kristine Mays! In this 40-minute webinar, Kristine Mays will talk about her life-sized wire sculptures of dancing figures in the exhibition Rich Soil, what it’s like to be a professional artist, and will answer student questions, submitted via the chat. All grades are welcome.

Program details:
• Wednesday, January 12, 10-10:40 a.m.
• Virtual webinar, via Zoom (link will be sent to registered teachers)
• FREE for DCPS and DC public charter schools
• RSVP by Friday, January 7

Teachers can submit questions for students through the webinar’s chat function. Cameras and audio will be turned off for all participants, so no students will be visible. Only the program presenters will have cameras and microphones on. This program will be recorded.

Information about Kristine Mays, her artwork, and how to prepare for the program, as well as a Zoom link will be sent in advance to those who register.
Teacher Professional Development Opportunities
Ford's Theatre: The Mountaintop Teacher Preview Workshop

In this interactive workshop, educators will learn about Ford’s production of Katori Hall's The Mountaintop. On April 3, 1968, an exhausted Dr. King retires to his room at the Lorraine Motel while a storm rages outside. When a mysterious stranger arrives with some surprising news, King is forced to confront his destiny and legacy. Educators will discuss the themes of the play, experience a lesson plan to prepare their students to see the show, and attend a performance after the workshop.

Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
Grade Level: 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Educators
Inspired Child: Naptime U

Naptime U.™ is our professional development program for early childhood teachers. Our workshops, most of which take place during children’s naptime, are taught by master teaching artists and provide teachers with the skills and tools they need to be able to effectively integrate the arts into the classroom. Inspired Child is certified as a professional development provider by DC’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), and teachers who participate in Naptime U.™

Content Area: Arts (Dance/ Drama/ Music/ Visual Arts), English Language Arts, Math
Grade Level: Early Childhood (0-5), PreK, K Educators
Karen O. Brown: BookMaking for Every Student and Every Subject! (Professional Development)

From Pre-K3 to 12 and Professional Development for staff, bookmaking brings hands-on learning to all. Explore the simple Accordion Book to more complex structures, students learn easy techniques to create handmade books in the subject of your choice. Pick a topic you are working on and take learning to the next level with Teaching Artist Karen O. Brown. Karen inspires creativity and builds confidence in all students (and teachers!) as the classroom curriculum is explored in new ways.

Content Area: English Language Arts, Math, Science, Global Studies/ World Languages, Social Studies
Grade Level: Educators of all Grade Levels
The DRANREF Foundation The Abacus Project - PD for Educators

The Abacus Project invites teachers to explore Asian culture with their students through the world’s oldest calculator called a soroban. Students compare and contrast designs, then build their own using colorful beads and craft sticks. This activity helps develop concentration and promotes critical thinking. The curriculum blends the artistic process with problem solving capability which makes for an engaging experience for everyone.

Content Area: Global Studies/ World Languages, Math
Grade Level: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, Educators
Student Opportunities
Faction of Fools Theater Company, Inc: Bean and Widge Go to the Park

Watch "Bean & Widge Go to the Park!" from Faction of Fools Theatre Company and Adventure Theatre MTC

Join Faction of Fools in collaboration with Adventure Theatre MTC for this heartfelt and silly digital production that introduces climate change to kiddos (and adults) with a spirit of accessibility and hope. Bean is well meaning but chaotic. Widge is small but chock-full of gumption. They’ve come to Glen Echo Park to work on a school science assignment, but before they can even read it, they lose their homework and discover it has been ripped into pieces! Bean and Widge must search the park for the missing pieces, and along the way they meet new friends (fuzzy and human alike!), learn how they can make a difference in the fight against climate change, and become best friends. Fun for the whole family, but recommended for the elementary level.
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: Artful Movement

Virtual Field Trip
Available October 14–December 14, 2021
Available for Grades Pre-K–6
How do the acts of participating in conversations about art and engaging in movement promote social and emotional learning skills? Students will pair breath, stillness, and movement exercises to recreate a story inspired by a work of art, to explore the senses, and to discover mind-body connections. Through close-looking activities, students will describe, analyze, and connect with a work of art. Students may conclude the program with words to indicate their moods and affirmation statements to express their resilience and power. This program was developed in partnership with the mindfulness education non-profit Create Calm. Request a program by completing the reservation form: 
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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.