Tuesday, July 8 – Thursday, July 10
10 am – 3:30 pm
Expanding Literacies, Extending Classrooms
The Summer Teacher Institute offers New Haven Public School teachers an enriched understanding of how the visual arts can support reading, writing, observing, and critical thinking skills across the curriculum. In this institute, museum educators demonstrate how “visual text” can be used to enhance literacy instruction by using original works of art and multiple learning modalities to expand reading, writing, and communication skills.
Sessions include experiences with original paintings, sculpture, film, and works on paper to explore ways to make the museum an extension of the classroom. Teachers will learn strategies needed to lead dynamic gallery sessions and how to incorporate object-based learning and the visual arts into classroom instruction.
Space is limited to fifteen teachers, and acceptance will be on a rolling basis. Participants must be available all day for all three days.
Lunch and parking will be provided.
Participants will receive a stipend ($1,000) for participation in the institute and to develop two visits to the Yale Center for British Art during the 2025–2026 school year.
For further information, please email ycba.education@yale.edu or call 203.432.2858.
This project is generously supported by the William Randolph Hearst Education Endowment.
Please register by Friday, June 13, 4 pm ET.