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Whether your students are painting canvasses, taking center stage, composing melodies, choreographing movements, or experimenting with stop motion animation, the artistic process is a continuous journey of discovery.

To help educators across all arts disciplines bring state standards to life, KET Education is excited to launch its newest online professional development course: Everyday Art Foundations: Processes.

Designed for teachers of visual arts, theatre, music, dance, and media arts, or elementary teachers who include the arts in their classrooms, this free interactive, self-paced course moves beyond the idea that creativity is just a “mad dash toward a finished project.” Instead, it helps educators cultivate a dynamic, cyclical mindset around the core artistic processes: Creating, Presenting/ Performing/ Producing, Responding, and Connecting.

Everyday Art Foundations: Processes is designed around the Everyday Art Foundations collection on PBS LearningMedia. This collection includes short, student-friendly animations perfect for introducing and reviewing key concepts from the national and state visual and performing arts standards. Every video comes with teaching tips, vocabulary, and discussion questions to help you integrate it into your classroom. This professional development course goes a step further, guiding you through implementing the first four videos into a unit or project.

Earn professional development hours on your schedule through modules featuring short KET animations, practical guides, and interactive tools. Test-drive your ideas in real time! You’ll develop your own “sandbox project” to see step-by-step how creating, performing, responding, and connecting can work together in your classroom.

Ready to refresh your arts curriculum and spark creativity? Register for Everyday Arts Foundations: Processes today at the KET Shop and take your arts teaching practice to the next level!