| Whether you are looking for a personalized innovative art workshop designed to meet the needs of your school system for a Professional Development Day or a post-graduate level course with an art connection, Paula delivers both. Post-graduate credits are through Salem State College. The following are courses offered this spring and summer.
Paula offers a variety of other post-graduate courses and custom-designed professional development days to meet the needs of individual schools. Please contact her directly for more information at paulabeaulieu@mac.com.
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This course was fantastic. I enjoyed it so much. I learned very valuable information that I can now share with my students. I thought Paula was a great teacher. She is well-organized and had fun projects. We all learned so much. I also loved the Fri./Sat. weekend course. I would take it again. |
Experiential Painting Workshop for Teachers, K-12
Location: Northeast Consortium for Staff Development, Topsfield
Time: Tues., May 4, 3:45-9pm; Friday May 21, 3:30-8:30pm, Sat. May 22, 8am-4:30pm; Friday June 4, 3:30-8:30pm, Sat. June 5, 8am-4:30pm; Tues., June 8, 3:45-9pm.
Contact: Northeast Consortium for Staff Development, 978-887-0929 or www.ncsd.mec.edu
This is a three-credit graduate level course provided by the Northeast Consortium for Staff Development in conjunction with Salem State College.
This updated course is designed to stimulate your creativity and provide you with an opportunity to explore and experiment with a variety of materials as you try out new ideas that will help you connect with that playful right-brained side of you. You’ll develop strategies for integrating creative art approaches into the classroom according to the Mass. Curriculum Frameworks, as you learn ways of expressing yourself through water-based oils, acrylics, watercolor, tempera paint, clay, pastels, print-making, and mixed media. You’ll have an opportunity to create 2-D and 3-D creations, as well, using a variety of traditional and non-traditional materials. Some of your work will be inspired by famous artists and some will be a catalyst for a little creative writing. All art materials will be provided by the instructor. A materials fee of $35 is payable to the instructor the first day of class.
Painting on Location III PK-12
Location: Northeast Consortium for Staff Development, Topsfield
Time: June 28-July 2, 2010
Contact: Northeast Consortium for Staff Development, 978-887-0929 or www.ncsd.mec.edu
This is a three-credit graduate level course provided by the Northeast Consortium for Staff Development in conjunction with Salem State College.
Learn new ways to perceive with an artist's eye or refresh those right-brained ways of seeing as part of this on-site watercolor painting course that correlates with the Massachusetts Frameworks for Visual Arts. Painting I and II are not prerequisites.
Spend time observing the natural world and man-made objects as you learn to see and create values of light and dark, work with positive and negative space, see how objects relate to one another, notice hard and soft edges, and how everything relates to the whole. Delve into composition, use of warm and cool colors and techniques to create texture, depth, and special effects in your watercolors. Bring back new ideas about this versatile medium to use in your classroom as well as a fresh sense of your own creativity.
We'll be painting on location, weather permitting, at new sites in Salem, Gloucester, Ipswich, and Essex. Each day we will meet at a different site. In the event of inclement weather, class will be held at the Northeast Consortium for Staff Development at their new location in Topsfield.
A list of art materials and supplies for "plein air" painting will be mailed to you prior to the start of the course. Come experience the joy of painting outdoors with this wonderful medium! Day 1, Meet at NECSD Office in Topsfield.
Fostering Innovation and Creativity Through the Science/Visual Arts Connection
Location: Northeast Consortium for Staff Development, Topsfield
Time: August 2-6, 2010, Monday through Friday, 8am-3:30pm
Contact: Northeast Consortium for Staff Development, 978-887-0929
This is a three-credit graduate level course provided by the Northeast Consortium for Staff Development in conjunction with Salem State College.
There is a growing concern among Americans that the US is falling behind in innovation. Many blame poor math and science education. Some feel that the government is not doing enough to support technological innovation and that American business is not investing enough in either and that our workers are lacking the skills to make them innovative.
For many schools the emphasis in education in the last decade has been on passing standardized tests, but at what expense to creativity, innovation, and “teachable moments” in the classroom? We need to grow a new generation of workers who can “think out of the box” in order to stay a leader in innovation in the world.
This course will focus on two important areas that can help teachers of Grades PK-5 foster innovation and creativity in their classrooms by combining some of the skills students learn in Science and the Visual Arts. Through the use of the Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Learning Standards and research on creativity and the visual arts process, participants will gain an awareness of the similarities of learning in the arts and sciences and how using both together can enhance and advance learning and innovation in the classroom. Utilizing a combination of lecture, discussion, and hands-on activities, participants will explore the Four Strands of the Science & Technology/Engineering Standards and the Visual Arts connections that can foster together more innovative thinking and problem solving. There is a materials fee of $20 due at the first meeting of the course.
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