New for 2023!

Through a contract from the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Arts|Learning will connect up to 150 novice arts (music, theater, dance, visual arts, media arts) teachers who have started teaching from 2019 to 2022 with ten experienced arts-education mentors for this professional development opportunity.

This is a DESE-approved, free induction and mentoring program, and fulfills new teacher induction and mentoring program requirements as found in DESE’s 2015 Guidelines for Induction and Mentoring Programs. New arts educators from across Massachusetts will have the opportunity to advance their skills in curriculum and instruction and receive support for the specific challenges visual and performing arts teachers face, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

 

Welcome to Our Ten Outstanding Mentors!

LAST NAME

FIRST NAME

ARTS DISCIPLINE

WORK LOC

REGION

Bethell

Charlyn

MUSIC/MOVEMENT

Andover

NE/GB

Constantine

Chris

MEDIA ARTS

Wakefield

NE/GB

Drago

Amy

ART

Wakefield

NE/GB

Famely

Kathryn

ART

Falmouth

SE

Ferrari

Jennifer

ART

Bedford

C/W

Leary 

Timmary

ART/MEDIA ARTS

Worcester

C/GB

Schwartz

Erica

DANCE

BU

GB

Taborda

Jaimiee

ART/TECHNOLOGY

Oxford

C/W

Wurman

Eytan

MUSIC

Boston

GB/SE

Zaffini

Dr. Erin

MUSIC/MOVEMENT

Boston

GB/NE

 

NEW ARTS TEACHERS MENTORING PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Greater Boston Cohort: In-Person meetings held at SEEM Collaborative, 92 Montvale Ave, Stoneham.

DATE

TIME

MEETING TYPE

CATEGORY

TUES 1/17

4:00 – 7:30 p.m.

In Person

Orientation

TUES 2/7

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Virtual

Session 1

TUES 3/7

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Virtual

Session 2

TUES 3/21

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Virtual

Session 3

TUES 4/4

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Virtual

Session 4

WED 5/17

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Virtual—All together

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

TUES 6/6

4:00 – 7:30 p.m.

In Person

Capstone Showcase

 

Central/Western Cohort:

In-Person meetings for Central held at Central MA Collaborative, 20 Rockdale Street, Worcester. In-Person meetings for Western held at Collaborative for Educational Services at 97 Hawley Street, Northampton.

Your virtual meetings will be held as one cohort.

DATE

TIME

MEETING TYPE

CATEGORY

TUES 1/24 for Central

TUES 1/31 for Western

4:30 – 8:00 p.m.

4:00 – 7:30 p.m.

In Person

Orientation

TUES 2/14

4:00 – 6:0 p.m.

Virtual

Session 1

TUES 3/14

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Virtual

Session 2

TUES 3/28

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Virtual

Session 3

TUES 4/11

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Virtual

Session 4

WED 5/17

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Virtual—All together

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

TUES 6/13 for Central

TUES 6/20 for Western

4:30 – 8:00 p.m.

4:00 – 7:30 p.m.

In Person

Capstone Showcase

 

If there is a snow cancellation, the orientation will be moved to a virtual meeting, the date/time based on participant needs.