About RAISE
RAISE is a five-year, multi-state project designed to address the current, urgent needs of young learners through forging a new model of development and partnership for teaching artists and school support teams, who work together on in-depth, customized, trauma-informed and culturally responsive-sustaining arts in education residencies. The project is funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
Project Goals
- Supporting teaching artists in strengthening their practice
- Lifting up the role of and support the needs of school support staff
- Creating new and innovative partnership model
- Disseminating library of digital resources for arts-integrated, trauma-informed instructional practices
Primary Project Activities
- Teaching Artist training, coaching, and action research
- Learning networks for Teaching Artists and school support staff
- Professional learning for school staffs
- Customized school-based arts education residencies
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
- Intensive online multi-year PD for hundreds of Teaching Artists / staff across the country
- 210 participants to date; projecting 500 by Year 5 Topics: Intro to Social-Emotional Learning; Healing-Centered Engagement; Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Pedagogy
- Customized PD and coaching for local residency teams: Teaching Artists, teachers, school social workers, program staff
- Fostering partnership and collaboration at the school level
- Sharing strategies and best practices across the national network
LOCAL RESIDENCY WORK
- Each participating affiliate organization works with two school partners
- Students receive approximately 12-15 arts-integrated lessons per year, infused with strategies learned from the online training
- Teachers and school social workers receive training in arts integration
- Families enjoy a culminating community event at school each year to celebrate the arts
- Teams engage in inter-visitations and national convenings to deepen the learning
Questions?
If you have questions about RAISE, please contact Melissa Gawlowski Pratt, Director of Strategic Partnerships & Network Relations, at melissa@ya.org.
