Education Professionals
Arts4All Florida provides a variety of professional learning workshops and webinars to help arts education professionals increase their knowledge of inclusive strategies and accommodations.
Workshops
Arts4All Florida offers workshops to school districts to help make their arts programs more accessible to those of differing abilities.
Workshops include:
- Engaging Practices in the Arts– This training presents information on developing lessons using Universal Design for Learning guidelines and Differentiated Instruction that is specific to the arts, incorporating accommodations, and assessing the performance of students with disabilities in the arts. This workshop also provides opportunities for arts educators to make and take adapted art tools back to their classrooms. This session is appropriate for teaching artists, classroom teachers, and paraprofessionals. (5-6 hours)
- Basic Accommodations in the Visual Arts – This training is perfect for new classroom arts teachers or those looking to brush up on basic accommodations for engaging students with disabilities in the visual arts. A variety of types of disabilities will be included. Participants will leave with practical tips and tools they can use in the next day in their classroom as well as a list of resources.
- Basic Accommodations in the Performing Arts – This training is perfect for new classroom arts teachers or those looking to brush up on basic accommodations for including students with disabilities in the performing arts. General tips as well as sections broken out for music, theatre, and dance will be included as well as a variety of types of disabilities. Participants will leave with practical tips and tools they can use in the next day in their classroom as well as a list of resources.
Workshops can also be designed to meet the specific needs of your district. For more information, please contact Jennifer Sabo, Executive Director.
Webinars
Arts4All Florida conducts webinars and conference calls throughout the year. Guest speakers include experts from the field providing best practices for accommodations. Click here for a list of our upcoming webinars or to watch archived webinars.
Arts4All Florida Lesson Plans
Career Arts Curriculum
- Paper Circuits 2D Street
- Paper Circuits Illuminated Letter
- Paper Circuits Kandinsky
- Art of Geometry (3D printing)
- From Beetles to Beatles (iPad music)
- Recreating Florida Civil War Battle Sites with CoSpaces (virtual reality)
- Incorporating Technology with the Story, Bear Wants More (iPad music)
- Elementary 3-D Printing – Nameplates by Linda Hernandez
Other Resources
- American Printing House for the Blind: Building Your Fine Arts Toolkit Students and adults who are blind and visually impaired should not be denied the enjoyment and firsthand experience of creating art. This website has a plethora of accessible tools and materials available that accommodate open-ended self-expression.
- Hand-Under-Hand Technique A new practice guide from the National Center on Deaf-Blindness, identifies the essential components of this practice to respectfully communicate as well as guide and support a child’s tactile learning.
- What will the music education of the future look like? This is a podcast with Dr. Clint Randles.
- The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: This is a collection of valuable resources about accessibility, arts, and education available for teachers, students, parents, artists, and arts administrators.
- Start with the Arts Guide
- How to Make Music Activities Accessible for Deaf Children and Young People: This is a wonderful guide for making music activities and lessons accessible to students with hearing impairments.