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Arts Integration Training for Classroom Teachers 

The Kenndy Center defines Arts Integration as an approach to teaching in which students construct and demonstrate understanding through an art form. Students engage in a creative process which connects an art form and another subject area and meets evolving objectives in both. 

It recognizes arts in schools as three variations: 

  1. Arts as Curriculum: arts subjects (often music, visual art, dance, theatre, or media arts) are taught in school guided by national, state, or local standards by an arts specialist. Often referred to as “arts learning” or “art for art’s sake” 
  2. Arts-Enhanced Curriculum: the arts are used as a device or strategy to support other curriculum areas, but no objectives in the art form are explicit. This can be used as a “hook” to engage students in learning content.  
  3. Arts-Integrated Curriculum: Students meet dual learning objectives when they engage in the creative process to explore connections between an art form and another subject area to gain greater understanding in both.  

Wharton Center is proud to continue the tradition of offering training in Arts Integration for current and future classroom teachers.  

Facilitated by Garrett Brown 

Garrett is a national teaching artist who specializes in cartooning, illustration, and sequential art (comic books). He earned a BFA in Studio Art from the University of Missouri Kansas City, where he resides with his family. He earned a master’s degree in Elementary Education from the University of Missouri St. Louis. 

While Garrett has over a decade of highly qualified experience as an Art Specialist, it is his years as a classroom teacher that give him an appreciation and perspective for designing projects that both students and teachers find engaging and worthwhile. 

August 27 (Focus on foundational lessons for reading art) 

September 24 (Focus on literature/fiction/reading) 

October 22 (Focus on facilitating and managing meaningful conversations) 

November 19 (Focus on Science/Social Studies/Nonfiction) 

December 17 (Focus on planning and truly making  this an approach to teaching) 

Sessions are from 9am-2pm and take place at Wharton Center. Lunch will be provided at all sessions. 

Open to teachers grade K-5 

Cost: $200, SCHCHs are available.  

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