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Have your youngest students ever had the chance to work with a highly-trained master teaching artist in their own classroom? Have you ever wished you had the chance to gain professional development working side-by-side with a master teaching artist?

Thanks to the Offi ce of Early Learning and generous donors, Young Audiences and the Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts can now offer high-need Baltimore City preschool and kindergarten classrooms the opportunity to bring in a master teaching artist for an 8-week, 16-session residency at 80 to 90% off of the cost.

This opportunity helps principals with limited resources provide hands-on learning in the arts that supplements and enriches the curriculum.

Professional artists who are trained in early childhood education can serve as a great resource for early learning classrooms. Integrating the arts in education at an early stage in a child’s development is a particularly urgent task as it:

Motivates and engages children in learning, stimulates memory, facilitates understanding, enhances symbolic communication, promotes relationships, and provides an avenue for building competence.

Provides a natural source of learning. Child development specialists note that play is the business of young children; play is the way children promote and enhance their development. The arts are a natural vehicle for play.

Plays a central role in cognitive, motor, language, and social-emotional development.

YOUNG AUDIENCES / AR TS FOR LEARNING 410.837.7577 / INFO@YAMD.ORG

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The way we engage children in the first years of their lives has a profound impact on future learning and success.

Classroom residencies are highly-collaborative, creative associations between teaching artists and early childhood educators in preschool and kindergarten classrooms.

In each 16-session residency (more than 8 weeks), a Wolf Trap teaching artist partners with a classroom teacher to develop and implement performing arts-based lessons that engage children and enrich their learning environment. Residencies are designed to:

• demonstrate how to use performing arts experiences to get children more engaged

• improve learning in areas specified by the required curriculum

• ensure the performing arts become integrated into the teacher’s daily routine

Once the teaching artist leaves, the teacher has lesson plans, a toolbox of arts-integrated techniques, and hands-on experience!

WHAT YOUR SCHOOL RECEIVES:

Selected schools will be required to:

• Provide 10 to 20% of the total program cost of the 8-week, 16-session residency (approximately $300-$500 per classroom). The Office of Early Learning and the funding community will cover the additional 80 to 90%.

• Complete a classroom profile before the orientation meeting.

• Attend a pre-planning session and a post-residency end-of-year debrief hosted by the Office of Early Learning.

• Complete an online pre- and post-program survey.

WHAT YOUR SCHOOL GIVES:

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If your school is a Baltimore City Public School with a majority of low-income students, complete the easy one-page application and attach a one-page narrative. Return your completed application by:

HOW TO APPLY:

Call 410-837-7577 or email info@yamd.org for assistance.

QUESTIONS?

Email (preferred): monique@yamd.orgFax: 410-837-7579 Mail: Young Audiences/Arts for Learning Attention: Wolf Trap Access for All 2600 North Howard Street, Suite 1300 Baltimore, MD 21218

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ELIGIBILITY:

Your school is eligible if you are a Baltimore City Public School with a majority of low-income students.

TO APPLY: For your application to be considered, you must submit ALL the following items:1) School Application Form (Page 1) - one per school 2) Teacher Application Form (Page 2) - one per classroom3) One-Page Narrative (please attach) - one per school

A high-quality narrative will include the following components:1. The outcomes (for both students and teacher practice) that your classroom or school hopes to gain.2. Connection between participation in the Wolf Trap program and achievement of overall school or classroom goals.3. Citation of research or past experience to support expected outcomes or connection to classroom/school goals. 4. Meaningful student quotes or anecdotes demonstrating the importance of the arts for your students. 5. Explanation of school financial need, beyond restating the number of students receiving FARMs.

If possible, please include quotes, testimonials, or anecdotes from teachers and/or students.

If your school cannot contribute the 20% match required, please make sure to address what financial commitment you can make and why you are unable to commit the full 20%. Schools that can commit to pay 20% will be given priority.

Return to Young Audiences via email to monique@yamd.org (preferred), fax, or mail. All sections must be filled out or your application will not be considered. For questions, call Monique Cox at 410-837-7577 x102. Priority will be given to two teachers applying jointly from the same school. If applying with another teacher, each teacher must complete their own Teacher Application Form found on the next page.

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School Name: __________________________________________________School Phone Number: __________________ School Address: _______________________________________________________________________________________

My school can commit to pay: ___ 10% ($300-$350 per classroom) ___ 20% ($450-$500 per classroom) _________________ Other (please specify) ___ Nothing (please provide a statement of need in your one-page narrative)

TERMS OF AGREEMENT:

• Provide 10 to 20% of the total program cost (approximately $300-500 per classroom). The Office of Early Learning and the funding community will cover 80 to 90% or more of the program cost. (If you feel the approximate classroom fee is a barrier to your participation we still encourage you to apply, but please provide in your narrative a brief statement about this and what financial contribution is possible.)• Attend a planning session and an end-of-year debrief/evaluation session hosted by the Office of Early Learning.• Complete a classroom profile before the orientation meeting and an online pre- and post-program survey.

Lead Teacher, please complete the following (one per school):

Please have the school principal sign this form. This illustrates leadership support for bringing this opportunity to your students and a commitment to fulfill the requirements of receiving this assistance, including paying the 10-20% of the program cost. By accepting this funding, you are giving Young Audiences permission to come photograph or video your school’s program.

Principal Signature _______________________________________________________ Date__________________Printed Name of Principal _______________________________ Email ____________________________________Lead Teacher Signature ___________________________________________________ Date__________________Printed Name of Lead Teacher______________________________ Email __________________________________

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Each participating teacher must complete the following section.

School and Classroom Information Teacher Name:_______________________________________________ Grade Level: ______________________ Number of students in your classroom ________Cell Phone: _______________________ Preferred email: _______________________________________

On average students receive _____ days of visual arts instruction each: ___quarter ___semester ___year On average students receive _____ days of music instruction each: ___quarter ___semester ___yearOn average students receive _____ days of theatre or dance instruction each: ___quarter ___semester ___yearThe percentage of SY14-15 FARMs (Free and Reduced Meals) percentage (not this year!): ______%The number of cultural enrichment programs planned this year (i.e. field trips to museums or artist visits):______

Interested in: Literacy Residency STEM (math) based residency

Number of English Language Learners, and what are their primary languages?

Number of children with disabilities, and what are their accommodations?

Identify three curriculum learning objectives and/or developmental skills that the teacher will be addressing with the children during the residency period:

What technology is available in the classroom?

Daily ScheduleArrival time:________ Breakfast time:________ Lunch time:________ Nap time:________ Dismissal time:________

Best Days/Times of Day for teaching artist visit: _______________________________________Least Desirable Days/Times of Day for teaching artist visit: _______________________________________

Teacher’s Arts Education Professional Development ExperienceHas the teacher had a Wolf Trap residency before? Who was the teaching artist?

What is your comfort level with arts integration in the classroom? What do you want to learn?

Classroom Protocol and EnvironmentHow do children sit during meeting time?

What behavior management devices do you use?

What else should we know about your class?

Teacher Signature ______________________________ Printed Name _____________________ Date__________