Side x Side Professional Development

Side x Side’s Arts Institute develops comprehensive professional development programs for elementary school teachers. Through continuous professional development opportunities, Side x Side empowers teachers and cultivates a meaningful understanding of the impact of arts integration and its application in the classroom.

Side x Side’s professional development programs are designed with both art and classroom teachers to include relevant pedagogy, content and standards. This collaboration demonstrates how well-designed arts projects can form the basis of an interdisciplinary instructional approach that incorporates contemporary learning standards into all academic subject areas.

Side x Side’s professional development strives to:

• Provide classroom teachers instruction in and exposure to various art forms applicable to their teaching and curriculum design in order to meet the needs of all students.
• Help redefine how students access, engage with, and demonstrate their knowledge of the curriculum.
• Support relationships that help foster sustainable community-based education practices through the placement of teaching artists and content experts in K-12 classrooms.

For more information contact: info@sidexside.com.

Photo Gallery of the hybrid Summer Arts Institute 2021, August 18-19:

Check out photos and a video from our adapted one-day virtual 2020 September Arts Institute.

Photo Gallery of the Summer Arts Institute 2019, June 24-25:

Photo Gallery of the Summer Arts Institute 2016, June 22-23: