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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

CETA Overview 2

What’s New this Year? 3

List of Courses by Region 4

Registration Suggestions 5

Course Descriptions 6

Tips and FAQs 15

2010-11 Changing Education Through the Arts

Registration Information

Changing Education Through the Arts (CETA) Professional Learning 2010-11

CETA Professional Learning Overview Teachers at Model CETA Schools may elect to participate in a range of professional learning opportunities, including:

A CETA course (3-4 sessions)

Demonstration teaching

Arts coaching

Sessions for arts specialists

CETA Strategic Planning Sessions for School Leaders

After school professional learning workshops/courses at the Kennedy Center

Independent Study Teachers may register for graduate credit or recertification points for their work in the CETA program. They may also apply for the CETA Certificate of Study, a Kennedy Center awards program that honors teachers who have participated in sustained and intensive professional learning through the CETA program and completed an assignment.

CETA School Registration Guidelines and Process

Like last year, each school’s CETA school coordinator will coordinate teacher registrations for courses, demonstration teaching, and arts coaching. You will receive directions from your CETA school coordinator shortly, describing your school’s registration process. Once the school-based registration process has been completed, each CETA school coordinator will submit the registration forms to the

Kennedy Center Registration Department no later than June 18, 2010. (Please note that registrations

should be submitted ASAP since courses will fill quickly.) Once registrations are processed, the Kennedy Center will contact CETA teachers with a letter either 1) confirming registration, or 2) stating that the course is full and teachers must select a second choice.

Important Notes

All courses have a limited number of available spaces and will fill quickly. Registrations are accepted on a first come, first served basis.

Teachers must register in teams of 3 or more for courses, demonstration teaching, or arts coaches by contacting their school’s CETA school coordinator.

Please consider your choice carefully before registering for a course and avoid switching courses unless it is absolutely necessary. If you must change your course, your request will be processed after all registrations and will depend on whether space is available.

Each school may register up to two teams of teachers (a team consists of 3-4 teachers) to participate in demonstration teaching and/or arts coaching. If a school submits more than two requests, acceptance will depend upon funding availability.

Demonstration

Teaching

Registration

Options

MODEL

School

Requirements

What’s New This Year?

As in previous years, teachers will be able to register for a

course and/or arts coaching. New this year, teachers who

are registered for a course can also register for four sessions

of demonstration teaching. Demonstration teaching is a

professional learning experience where teachers have the

opportunity to observe a course leader leading arts

integration strategies in the classroom with their students.

TEACHERS MAY REGISTER FOR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS: one course, OR

one course plus demonstration teaching, OR

one course plus arts coaching, OR

arts coaching (not available to first year CETA

teachers), or

an Independent Study (not available to first year

CETA teachers)

Teachers may NOT register for two or more courses.

ALL MODEL SCHOOLS MUST HAVE DEMONSTRATION TEACHING OR COACHING: All CETA Model Schools must have at least one team of 3-4 teachers register for either demonstration teaching or arts coaching. If a Model CETA school does not request demonstration teaching or arts coaching for 2010-11, that school will be changed to Affiliate CETA School status.

CETA Courses by Region, 2010-11

Southern Region:

Visual Art & Writing, Part II, with Melanie Layne, Franconia Elementary School

Lines, Shapes, Patterns, with Eric Johnson and Melanie Layne, Fort Hunt Elementary

School

Northern Region:

Poetry & Music: Reading and Writing with Fluency and Experession, with Marcia

Daft, Kensington Parkwood Elementary School

Lines, Shapes, Patterns, with Melanie Layne & Eric Johhnson, Lafayette Elementary

School

Bringing Literature to Life, with Lenore Blank Kelner, Potomac Elementary School

Western Region:

Visual Art & Writing, Part I, with Melanie Layne, Hunters Woods Elementary School

Bringing Literature to Life, with Lenore Blank Kelner, Mosby Woods Elementary

School

Engage English Language Learners Through Drama, with Lenore Blank Kelner, Lake

Anne Elementary School

Tableau, Part I, with Sean Layne, Centreville Elementary School

Central Region:

Tiny Toy Tales, with Sean Layne, Bailey’s Elementary School

Scientific Thought in Motion, with Randy Barron, Woodburn Elementary School

The Pen, The Painting, and the Pose, with Melanie Layne & Sean Layne, Kenmore

Middle School

Lines, Shapes, Patterns, with Melanie Layne & Eric Johnson, Drew Model School

Tableau, Part I, with Sean Layne, John Adams Elementary School

Curriculum-based Readers Theatre, with Rosalind Flynn, Canterbury Woods

Elementary School

Visual Art & Writing, Part II, w ith Melanie Layne, Abingdon Elementary School

Eastern Region:

Curriculum-based Readers Theatre, with Rosalind Flynn, Benjamin D. Foulois

Creative Arts Academy

CETA Course Registration Suggestions

Registration Deadline:

June 18!

New CETA Teachers Choose an arts integration strategy that you are willing to concentrate

on for at least two years. Register for the course with a team of teachers from your school. Register for demonstration teaching for the correlating course you are

taking (optional). After your first year, register for Part II of that course (if offered)

and/or register for arts coaching with that course leader.

Returning CETA Teachers Consider building upon the course you took last year by registering for

Part II of the course (if offered) and/or arts coaching with the course leader.

If you are taking a new course, consider registering for demonstration teaching with the course leader.

Lines, Shapes, and Patterns: Integrating Math, Movement, and Visual Art with Melanie Layne and Eric Johnson

For Teachers of Grades K-1 and Math Specialists

Patterns, shapes, and lines, concepts central to kindergarten and 1st grade mathematical understanding, are also building

blocks of visual art and dance. This course explores how students can construct and demonstrate their understanding of

patterns and geometry through the art forms of visual art and creative movement. Join Eric Johnson, Seattle dance

educator, and Melanie Layne, arts integration consultant, as they lead participants in how to deepen students’

understanding of patterns and geometry. Workshop participants will employ patterns of directional movement to

identify, create, and extend repeating mathematical patterns with large and small group choreography; represent

movement patterns with Unifix Cubes, letters, shapes, and colors; create works of art that integrate geometric

understandings with the basic elements of art while refining their fine motor skills, and identify varied types of lines

and shapes in works of art from varied cultures.

Option: Add Demonstration Teaching with Eric and Melanie, see demonstration teaching registration packet.

Fort Hunt Elementary School

8832 Linton Lane Alexandria, VA 22308

Thursday, October 28, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, December 9, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, January 13, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Thursday, February 24, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

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Drew Model School 3500 S. 23rd Street

Arlington, VA 22206

Tuesday, October 26, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 7, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 8, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Lafayette Elementary School 5701 Broad Branch Road NW

Washington, D.C. 20015

Wednesday, October 27, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 8, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 26, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, February 23, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

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The Kennedy Center (limited availability) 2700 F Street NW


Monday, October 25, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, December 6, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, January 10, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 8, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

CETA Course Descriptions

Tiny Toy Tales: Make, Take, and Tell with Sean Layne

For Teachers of Pre K-2

This course is for teachers who have taken the Tiny Toy Tales course in the past AND for those who want to be

introduced to the strategy. You won’t have to spend time deciding on a book, creating a script, and gathering the

props…it’s all been done for you…three times! Each of the three sessions will consist of observing a new Tiny Toy

Tale being told, receiving the materials, and having time to assemble and practice telling the story. The three stories

will be: Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha, The Gingerbread Man, and Baby Rattlesnake by

Lynn Moroney. Time will also be dedicated to considering how to adapt the story for your individual classroom’s

needs. Selected stories will have a specific curricular focus and promise to enchant and educate! Join Sean Layne,

drama educator, for this fascinating and useful course. Books and props for the three stories are provided.

Option: Add Demonstration Teaching (see demonstration teaching registration packet) Option: Extend your learning into the classroom by working with Sean as your Arts Coach. (Sean is

available to coach on this topic only to teachers who enroll in this course.)

Bailey’s Elementary School

6111 Knollwood Drive Falls Church, Virginia

Thursday, October 28, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, December 8, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 3, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Engage English Language Learners (ESOL) through Drama with Lenore Blank Kelner

For Teachers of Grades K-5

Beginning English language learners face a daunting task. They are asked to quickly learn to speak, read, and write a

new language. Although the experience can be exciting, it can also be intimidating and stressful. Integrating drama

into ESOL instruction is a perfect way to engage, support, and motivate new English language learners. Through

drama, students learn to transform receptive language (language they understand) into expressive language (language

they can use). In this course led by drama educator Lenore Blank Kelner, explore short drama activities and simple

story dramatization strategies that promote language development and reading comprehension. Become familiar with

strategies that engage students in retelling stories in their own words, demonstrating comprehension of a text,

inferring meaning, and expanding their vocabulary. These techniques also work well with native English language

speakers and students in language immersion programs. You’ll receive a copy of Lenore’s book, A Dramatic

Approach to Reading Comprehension, to take home with you.

Option: Add Demonstration Teaching (see demonstration teaching registration packet) Option: Extend your learning into the classroom by working with Lenore as your Arts Coach. (Lenore is


Lake Anne Elementary School 11510 North Shore Road

Reston, VA 20190

Monday, November 22, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Monday, December 13, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Monday, February 7, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Monday, March 7, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Bringing Literature to Life!

with Lenore Blank Kelner For Teachers of Grades K-6

This course focuses on the drama strategy, story dramatization. Dramatizing a scene or story from a book actively

engages students with a text. Students develop the ability to retell the story in the correct sequence, paraphrase the

story in their own words, infer appropriate dialogue for characters, and demonstrate their understanding of the

author’s intent and theme. When they complete their dramatization, students are eager to interact directly with the

text through reading and writing. In this four-part course led by author, educator, and theater teaching artist Lenore

Blank Kelner, teachers experience a step-by-step approach for dramatizing stories in their classrooms. A copy of

Lenore’s book, A Dramatic Approach to Reading Comprehension, is provided for all participants.

Option: Add Demonstration Teaching with Lenore (see demonstration teaching registration packet) Option: Extend your learning into the classroom by working with Lenore as your Arts Coach. (Lenore is


Mosby Woods Elementary School 9819 Five Oaks Road

Fairfax, VA 22031

Monday, September 27, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Monday, October 25, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Monday, January 10, 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Monday, February 28, 1:30-4:30 p.m.

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Potomac Elementary School 10311 River Road

Potomac, MD 20854

Tuesday, September 14, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 13, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, November 9, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 7, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

The Pen, The Painting, and The Pose: Arts-Integrated Strategies Across the Curriculum

with Melanie Layne and Sean Layne For Language Arts and Social Studies Teachers of Grades 2-8

Prerequisite: Tableau, Part I with Sean Layne AND Visual Art and Writing, Part I with Melanie Layne

This four-part course provides the opportunity to experience and examine how the strategies learned in the Visual Art

and Writing, Part I course with Melanie Layne and the Tableau, Part I course with Sean Layne can be combined.

Integrating these two bodies of work allows students to construct and demonstrate their understandings of reading

and social studies through visual art, poetry, and tableau. Join Sean and Melanie Layne to explore how to create

lessons that integrate one-minute challenges, text card tableau, freeze tag tableau, visual art, and writing for various

purposes before, during, and after the reading of a text so that students are engaged as they learn through visual,

kinesthetic, and poetic modalities.

Option: Add Demonstration Teaching with Melanie and Sean Layne (see demonstration teaching registration packet)

Option: If you are interested in coaching, please contact Amy Duma to discuss the different options.

Kenmore Middle School 200 S. Carlin Springs Road

Arlington, VA 22204

Tuesday, October 12, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 16, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, January 18, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Visual Art and Writing, Part II with Melanie Layne

For Teachers of Grades 2-8 Meaningful writing comes from meaningful experiences. And analyzing art can be just that—a meaningful experience that helps students think critically both as artists and writers. In this course led by Melanie Layne, National Board Certified Teacher and certified Reading Specialist, learn to lead a process for visual art analysis which helps students gain background knowledge, develop deep understandings, and share their understandings through poetry. You’ll have the option of joining Melanie for a Saturday field trip to a museum to test and hone your skills.

Option: Add Demonstration Teaching (see demonstration teaching registration packet) Option: Extend your learning into the classroom by working with Melanie as your Arts Coach. (Melanie

is available as an Arts Coach on this topic only to teachers who enroll in this course.)

Abingdon Elementary School

3035 South Abingdon Street Arlington, VA 22206

Wednesday, October 20, 1:30-4:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 8, 1:30-4:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 12, 1:30-4:00 p.m.

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Franconia Elementary School 6043 Franconia Road Alexandria, VA 22310

Thursday, October 14, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Thursday, December 16, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, February 10, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Visual Art and Writing, Part I with Melanie Layne

For Teachers of Grades 2-8

This course examines a process that teaches students to look, think, feel, inquire, talk, connect, and write. Beginning

with a work of art, participants discover how to deeply analyze what they see. This analysis becomes a springboard

for writing. Descriptive, carefully chosen words and various poetry tools work together to create vivid images that

express thoughts and feelings, while synthesizing the work of art. Armed with this process of how to read art and

respond through poetry, this strategy can be integrated throughout the curriculum to build background knowledge,

teach content, generate points of inquiry for research, and to assess understandings in social studies, science,

literature, and even math! Join Melanie Layne, National Board Certified Teacher and certified Reading Specialist, as

she shares the work that has excited, engaged, and motivated learners of all ages. You’ll have the option of joining

Melanie for a Saturday field trip to a museum to test and hone your skills.

Option: Add Demonstration Teaching with Melanie (see demonstration teaching registration packet) Option: Extend your learning into the classroom by working with Melanie as your Arts Coach. (Melanie

is available as an Arts Coach on this topic only to teachers who enroll in this course.)

Hunters Woods Elementary School

2401 Colts Neck Road Reston, VA 23042

Wednesday, October 13, 4:30-7:40 p.m.

Wednesday, November 3, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 15, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, January 19, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Tableau, Part I: A Toolbox of Strategies

with Sean Layne For Teachers of Grades 2-8

Led by Sean Layne, drama educator, this course begins your journey with tableau, a creative, controlled, low-risk drama technique. Tableau helps students apply and expand their knowledge and understanding in subjects across the curriculum by asking them to take on the roles of people or objects as they create living pictures. In session 1, learn how to establish the cooperative learning environment needed for arts-integrated work. Sessions 2 through 4 focus on three tableau techniques--One-Minute Challenges, Freeze Tag, and Text Card. Explore these strategies and learn how to apply them across the curriculum.

Option: Add Demonstration Teaching with Sean (see demonstration teaching registration packet) Option: Extend your learning into the classroom by working with Sean as your Arts Coach. (Sean is

available as an Arts Coach on this topic only to teachers who enroll in this course.)

Centreville Elementary School 4330 Green Trails Boulevard

Centreville, VA 20121

Thursday, October 7, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 4, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, January 13, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Thursday, February 17, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

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John Adams Elementary School 5651 Rayburn Avenue Alexandria, VA 22311

Tuesday, October 5, 3:30-6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, November 3, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 7, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 15, 3:30-6:30 p.m.

Graham Road Elementary School

3036 Graham Road Falls Church, VA 22042

Monday, October 25, 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Monday, November 15, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Monday, January 24, 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Monday, February 28, 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Tableau: A Refresher Course with Sean Layne

For Teachers of Grades 2-8 Prerequisite: Tableau Part I: A Toolbox of Strategies

You've taken the Part I course and have begun to see the potential of tableau for student learning. But, you are just getting your feet wet and you want to master the strategy! In this three-part refresher course led by drama educator Sean Layne, review the strategies you learned and take time to go a bit deeper, share ideas with other teachers, explore ways to document student work, and plan lessons that draw on all of the strategies.

Option: Demonstration Teaching (see demonstration teaching registration packet) Option: Extend your learning into the classroom by working with Sean as your Arts Coach. (Sean is


The Kennedy Center 2700 F Street NW


Thursday, October 21, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 18, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 26, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Poetry and Music: Reading and Writing with Fluency and Expression with Marcia Daft


This course brings to life the powerful relationships between music, the expressive language of poetry, and reading

and writing. Prosody refers to the patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry, and the patterns of stress and

intonation in language. Through a detailed study of the elements of prosody – rhythm, rhyme, alliteration, repetition,

and form – students learn to write poetry with cadence and flow. And by exploring the elements of vocal expression

– dynamics, tempo, inflection, repetition, and rest – students learn to read their writing with fluency and expression.

Join musician and teaching artist Marcia Daft for a course that will transform the way you think about teaching

poetry in your classroom. Use the techniques presented in this course and watch students’ writing skills transform.

(This course provides an interesting and effective follow-up for Tableau: A Toolbox of Strategies, Part I and

Dramatizing the Content: Curriculum-Based Readers Theater.)

Option: Add Demonstration Teaching with Marcia (see demonstration teaching registration packet) Option: Extend your learning into the classroom by working with Marcia as your Arts Coach. (Marcia is


Kensington Parkwood Elementary School

4710 Saul Road Kensington, MD 20895

Tuesday, October 19, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, November 30, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 25, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 1, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Dramatizing the Content: Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre with Rosalind Flynn


Readers Theatre is a rehearsed group presentation of a script that is read aloud rather than memorized with an emphasis

on spoken words, not on staged actions. Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre, or CBRT, is an instructional strategy that

combines traditional Readers Theatre with creative writing to increase students’ reading fluency, comprehension, and

retention of information in any content area—English language arts, foreign language, social studies, or even math and

science. With CBRT, students and teachers take the contents of a textbook, work of literature, or any collection of facts

and create scripts on these topics, allowing students to gain information outlined in learning standards in a way that is

fun and engaging. CBRT is also an arts-integrated instructional activity—participants dramatize content learning by

infusing basic performance elements with classroom subject matter. This course’s activities involve teachers in the

planning, writing, rehearsing, staging, and assessing of CBRT scripts that fulfill a dual purpose—they must inform as

well as entertain! Rosalind Flynn, author of Dramatizing the Content With Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre,

Grades 6-12 (The International Reading Association, 2007), leads this course. Participants will receive a copy of

Rosalind’s book as well as copies of the CBRT scripts generated during the course.

Option: Add Demonstration Teaching with Rosalind (see demonstration teaching registration packet) Option: Extend your learning into the classroom by working with Rosalind as your Arts Coach. (Rosalind is


Canterbury Woods Elementary School 4910 Willet Drive

Annandale, VA 22003

Tuesday, October 26, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 16, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 14, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, January 11, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

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Benjamin D. Foulois Creative Arts Academy 4601 Beauford Road Suitland, MD 20746

Wednesday, September 29, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, October 20, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 17, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 8, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Special Expertise: The Role of Arts Specialists in Arts Integration Schools

For Music, Visual Art, Dance, and Drama Teachers of Pre K-Grade 8 (Arts Specialists may also register for an additional course.)

In these two sessions, discuss the role of arts specialists in the CETA program and how the CETA program, as well as your school, can make better use of your arts expertise. Discuss your ideas and make plans to put them in action. Also share ideas about how you have connected your art form with other parts of the curriculum and with other art forms. Spend quality time with your fellow CETA arts specialists and examine ways to be a critical link in your school.



Monday, November 1, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday, January 31, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Scientific Thought in Motion with Randy Barron


Teachers can translate many basic concepts in science into meaningful, self-assessing movement activities that put

abstract ideas into tangible, visible form. In this four-part course, learn the elements of dance and how those elements

relate to scientific content. Join Randy Barron, dance teaching artist from New Mexico, and learn how to integrate

dance to teach about the water cycle, tectonic plates and volcanoes, the rock cycle, the solar system, the plant cycle,

habitats, and systems of the human body. Leave with easy-to-duplicate lesson plans that draw on students’

kinesthetic intelligence and increase their understanding of science principles. No prior experience in dance or

creative movement is necessary.

Option: Add Demonstration Teaching with Randy (see demonstration teaching registration packet)

Woodburn School for the Fine and

Communicative Arts 3401 Hemlock Drive

Falls Church, VA 22042

Thursday, October 14, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 18, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 13, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 17, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

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Wednesday, October 13, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 17, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, January 12, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Strategic Planning Sessions For School Leaders

Required for ALL CETA Schools

In this two-part course, participants join other teachers and administrators to work on revising and implementing

a strategic plan for their arts integration school. Each team consists of a district arts supervisor, principal, CETA

school coordinator, one arts specialist, one to two classroom teachers, and a parent representative. The teams

come together two times over the course of the school year to continue to develop their plan for their school’s focus

on arts integration. This year participants will also work on developing and using assessment tools to assess the

student learning that occurs through arts integration. Finally, participants have opportunities to strengthen

connections and ties to other arts integration schools in order to share best practices and innovative ideas.



Monday, October 18, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, January 25, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Frequently Asked Questions

COURSE TIPS:

Check grade levels that courses are appropriate for.

You will register in teams of 3 or more people per course.

Registrations will be processed on a first come, first served basis. Courses may fill before the deadline of June 18.

Please make sure you can commit to attending ALL course sessions and that the topic and grade level is appropriate before you register.

Please note times, dates, and

locations for all courses.

COURSE FAQs:

I’m joining CETA for the first time. What do I do? Select a course you would like to attend with a team from your school. Orientation information to the CETA program will be provided to you through email, at the CETA Kick-off in August, and through an Orientation session at your school. Can I register for any course offered at any CETA school? Yes, you do not have to take the course offered at your school. Check the grade levels to make sure it is appropriate. Can I register for more than one course? You can register for only one CETA course per year. In addition, you can register for the Strategic Planning Sessions and arts specialists can register for the Arts Specialists sessions. I am an arts specialist. What should I register for? It’s recommended that you register for a course with a classroom teacher. That way you can collaborate to plan and teach the activities. You can also register for the Arts Specialists sessions.

Once I register, can I change my mind and take a different course? Because of the high volume of registrations being processed, we ask that you please consider your selection carefully before signing up for a course and avoid switching courses unless it is absolutely necessary. If you must change your course, your request will be processed after all other registrations and will depend on whether space is available. To change your registration, please see your CETA school coordinator to submit a Registration Change Form. Once I register, can I cancel my registration? Yes, you can. Please complete the Registration Change Form. No processing fee will be charged. As new teachers are hired, can our school add teachers’ registrations after the deadline? Yes, additional teachers can be added to courses in the summer and fall. This is dependent on availability since some courses may be filled. I took a CETA course last year and I really want to keep learning about the same topic. How do I do that? Some courses have a Part II offered this year. Otherwise, you always have the option of working with the course leader as an Arts Coach. Staying with the same topic for a second (or even third) year is a great way to build your skills and understandings. Can I earn credit by taking a CETA course? Yes, requirements are different in each school district. CETA does offer graduate credit through George Mason University and Trinity University. In addition, recertification points (Virginia), Continuing Professional Development (Maryland), and Professional Learning Units (DCPS) are available based on approval by the school districts. You can also earn credit by meeting in study groups once a month during the school year.

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