Professional Development for Teachers
Earn professional development points (PDPs) and advance your classroom teaching throughout the year at PEM with workshops, artist demonstrations and other opportunities especially for teachers. Topics include object-based teaching, interdisciplinary learning, “Write at the Museum!" and creative expression. These sessions and customized professional development sessions are available to groups of 12 or more teachers in the museum or at your school. For more information or to sign-up for monthly updates, contact Emily Scheinberg at emily_scheinberg@pem.org or 978-542-1546.
Save the Date
Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 4-7 pm: Feathers, felt and fascinators. Join Juliette Fritsch, PEM’s chief of education and interpretation and an experienced milliner, for a workshop focused on the creative experience of hat making. Explore millinery materials, discover sinamay and construct a fancy fascinator of your own. High-quality bases, veiling, feathers, ribbon and other trims provided. Take your new ready-to-wear fashion item home in a hat box. Arrive early to see – or revisit – the exhibition Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones (on view through February 3, 2013). $25 early bird price (through January 1), $50 thereafter. Space is limited.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013: Behind the Scenes: Art Conservation. Free. Stay tuned for more information.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013: Teacher Open House featuring In Conversation: Modern African American Art. Free. Stay tuned for more information.
Tuesday, July 23-Thursday, July 25, 2013: PEM Teacher Institute. See below for more information.
To RSVP for a teacher workshop or find out more information, contact Emily Scheinberg at emily_scheinberg@pem.org or 978-542-1546.
Ongoing Professional Development Opportunities for Educators
Interdisciplinary Learning in the Museum and Classroom
Explore interdisciplinary learning against the backdrop of PEM’s exhibitions and collection. Inspired by works of art that link the visual arts to a variety of other disciplines, teachers take part in lively discussions, make connections to classroom teaching and practice developing interdisciplinary lesson plans with other participants.
Write at the Museum! Making Objects Come Alive to Promote Literacy Skills
How can objects tell a story? Look at objects in the museum’s collection as inspiration for writing and discover how object-based learning can be applied to classroom teaching. Learn how to view objects with students and how students can develop a variety of written responses to works of art.
Discover the Art of Object-based Teaching!
Objects and artwork come to life through the use of open-ended questioning strategies. Explore the educational potential of objects in PEM’s collection and learn how using objects in your classroom can engage students in inquiry and collaborative learning while building observation and communication skills.
PEM Teacher Institute – Summer Program
July 23-25, 2013
Learn museum teaching strategies to use in your classroom while exploring how PEM's renowned collection and exhibitions inspire and deepen student learning and promote 21st-century skills. Through guided tours, curator lectures, group discussion, art making and independent work time, participants develop new expertise and design individual lesson plans for their classrooms. Teachers earn 25 hours PDP credit, including follow-up assignments and implementation of their lesson or unit. $50 participant fee.
The Peabody Essex Museum is certified by the Massachusetts Department of Education to offer PDPs.
