Teacher Workshops
The Partners in Education
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
MRAC is dedicated to providing educational opportunities for community members of all ages, including classroom teachers, pre-service teachers, teacher candidates and teaching artists.
In addition to our formal programs we host special youth performances, arrange workshops and classroom visits, and provide one-on-one programs that allow students to experience the power of the arts first hand.
The KENNEDY CENTER PARTNERS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM
The MRAC partners with the Western New Mexico University School of Education, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Silver and Cobre Consolidated School Districts and El Grito Headstart in a coalition called the Grant County Partners in Education for the Arts, to provide high quality professional development in arts integration methods for classroom and student teachers, and teaching artists.
The Partners in Education program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is designed to assist arts and cultural organizations throughout the nation develop and/or expand educational partnerships with their local school systems. The purpose of the partnerships is the establishment or expansion of professional development programs in the arts for all teachers.
The program, established in 1991, is based on the belief that educating teachers is an essential component of any effort designed to increase the artistic literacy of young people. The Kennedy Center's extensive experience with its local professional development program for teachers provides the basis for this national program.
Partnership teams consist of a member of an arts organization and a senior level administrator of a neighboring school system. The team participates in an institute that provides models and planning strategies for establishing or expanding professional development programs in the arts for all teachers, follow-up consultation, and annual meetings to assist teams in their continued development.