The Arts-Based Collaborative at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (ABC at UTC) https://www.utc.edu/health-education-and-professional-studies/arts-based-collaborative supports professional development and student learning in arts integration by connecting our ABC at UTC teaching artists with schools across the Greater Chattanooga region. We provide arts-integrated workshops and classroom residencies that connect artistic processes with standards-based learning needs in STEM, literacy, and SEL that include clear learning targets and embedded assessments. ABC at UTC is also an affiliate of the Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning through the Arts and our content experts can align classroom residencies with a wide array of curricular initiatives.
Contact Laurie Allen at ABCarts@utc.edu
Sample Programs Offered
Program Type: Arts Integration
Program Description:
- In-school Residencies
- One-time Workshops
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Program Type: Arts Curriculum, Arts Integration
Program Description:
Inspired by the UTC mascot, the Mocs, we know we can make a transformative impact when we fly and create together as a connected community of educators. ABC Mocs supports professional development needs in arts education and arts integration for teachers in grades PreK-5. The collaborative builds off over 30 years of experience facilitating arts-based professional development including programs such as Arts360. Whether it’s one workshop or a multi-year model, let us customize professional learning that supports your needs in the arts, literacy, STEM, and/or social emotional learning. Get a taste of one of our arts integrated units below.
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Program Type: Arts Integration
Program Description:
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga – Wolf Trap is the first university-named Affiliate Program of the nationally renown Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning through the Arts. UTC-Wolf Trap serves grades Pre-K- 1st by partnering a Wolf Trap Teaching Artist with a classroom teacher to co-facilitate arts integrated instruction targeting literacy and social emotional learning needs. Each Wolf Trap Classroom Residency consists of 16-sessions that include modeling arts integrated strategies with students and mentoring the classroom teacher on integrating arts-based strategies on their own. All UTC-Wolf Trap residencies are rooted in the performing arts.
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Program Type: Arts Curriculum, Arts Integration
Program Description:
The Arts Learning Lab (ALL) Classroom Residencies consist of a 5-session arts-based unit aligned with student and teacher driven goals in grades 2-5. During an ALL Classroom Residency, the teacher plays an active role as they experience arts-based strategies modeled with their students that becomes a part of their teaching toolbox after the residency ends. Get a taste of a strategy below and video recorded resource developed for teachers under the artist samples. This artist sample was created as we migrated all programming online due to COVID-19. ALL Classroom Residencies are available in the visual and performing arts.
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