Arts for Learning Maryland - Professional Development Institute - Early Learning Through the Arts HP

FREE Professional Development Institute for Early Childhood Educators and Child Care Providers

Earn up to 9 Core of Knowledge Hours!
Through engaging performing arts activities facilitated by Wolf-Trap trained teaching artists, participants will learn simple strategies for integrating the arts into their classrooms and daily routines.

EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2023 Blacktastic! A Children's Festival of Maryland History + Culture

BLACKTASTIC IS BACK ON FEBRUARY 23!

Plan your Black History Month celebrations and register now! Join Arts for Learning teaching artists on a fun, interactive, and eye-opening journey as we explore the lives of historic Black Marylanders.

Featuring special performances from Morgan State's Magnificent Marching Machine and the Milford Mill Academy Band!

BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION

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BECOME AN EARLY LEARNING TEACHING ARTIST!

Arts for Learning Maryland is looking for Teaching Artists with a focus in dance, music, theatre, storytelling and/or puppetry to join our Early Learning Teaching Artist Roster!

Apply by February 3, 2023

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Young Audiences of Maryland has changed its name. We are now Arts for Learning Maryland. Watch our brief video and read more about our brand evolution and the journey that brought us here.

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Blacktastic: Children’s Festival of Maryland Black History & Culture returns this February

This Black History Month, tens of thousands of Maryland students will celebrate the joy of Black history and culture through the arts at Blacktastic: A Children’s Festival of Maryland Black History & Culture—a day-long, arts-integrated, performance-packed virtual experience produced by…

A graphic with a quote from a teaching artist and her picture in a classroom seated with children. The quote reads, "Something about being a teaching artist really pulled me in–I think it was how different it was from performing with Milkshake, which doesn’t provide the intimacy that working as a teaching artist does. I am there in a circle with maybe 10 - 20 little ones, exploring books and ideas in arts-related ways. I make up songs and create strategies that fit what we are talking about. We play. We learn. And everyone gets something from our time together–the teacher, the children, and me."

Meet a few Early Learning Teaching Artists!

Student Artwork on Display at the BMA: Visual Metaphors of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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INSPIRING

Students

When teaching artists step inside Maryland classrooms, they open doors to joy, creativity, and discovery.

ENGAGING

Classrooms

Here, students connect to academic content through dance, music, storytelling, visual arts, and drama.

TRANSFORMING

Education

And through the arts, educators and school districts unlock the greatness within each child, advancing achievement and supporting authentic social emotional growth.

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