Planning for a New School Year

Arts for Learning Gets Ready!

August in Georgia means the start of a new school year. Arts for Learning (A4L) Lessons, the integrated arts and literacy program offered by Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center, begins a second year of programming with the start of the 2011-2012 school year.

A4L programs offered this year will include Visual Arts (Everyday Heroes), Music (Planting a Community) and Dance (Words in Motion). Check back soon to see an announcement of the schools that are bringing Arts for Learning Lessons to their school this year.

Rebecca organizing materials for collage activity.

Quality programming depends on the best efforts of a professional staff and dedicated volunteers.  Arts for Learning Lessons Program Director Barbara O'Brien is grateful for the advanced preparations completed by Heather and the Young Audiences team along with volunteers Becky and Rebecca to ensure a succesful learning experience for A4L students and teachers.

Arts for Learning (A4L) Lessons is a national professional development program developed by Young Audiences, Inc. in collaboration with the University of Washington. It is designed to train teachers in strategies for arts and literacy integrated instruction. The program is research driven with outcomes that measure teacher effectiveness, student engagement, and student achievement in reading and writing.