Activities
Undo isolation by participating in some of the activities of Luna’s Professional Learning Community for dance educators. Unlike our workshops, PLC activities allow your important work to shine and be supported by peers and colleagues. Each year begins with a LAUNCH then throughout 2011-12 Luna will host something for the dance educator each Tuesday. Current calendar has details.
Launch your school year with friends and colleagues! On September 17th, from 2:30-5:00 Luna will host an “open house” of sorts for dance teaching artists, SI and ASI veterans and other educators who care about dance to come together and toast the new year. Held at Luna, RSVP to Alisa (arasera@lunadanceinstitute.org). (FREE)
Our resource library will be open every Tuesday from 4-6pm. Those who have taken workshops with Luna may have check-out privileges as well as use the library for their own planning time. (FREE)
Free consultations are offered the last Tuesday of each month. Professionals can stop by or make an appointment for a telephone consult with Luna PL faculty. Staff is on hand from 4-6 pm to listen, advise, refer, excite and incite. (FREE)
Tuesday Topics allow dance teaching professionals to explore specific issues of practice. This year, topics include Secondary Dance Teaching (10/11), Adaptive Physical Education (11/8), Documenting student learning in dance (1/17), Meaningful Dance Performances (2/7) and a tba topic during National Dance Week. (SLIDING SCALE DONATIONS APPRECIATED)
Issues of Practice seminars are the place where the ‘pedal meets the metal’ as dance curriculum meets real live students through the delivery system of instructional methodology. Issues of Practice is the place that dance teachers can discuss strategies for engaging students, managing groups of diverse learners, and improving the efficacy of ‘in-the-moment’ decisions, as well as communicating learning goals to administrators, colleagues, students and parents. (SLIDING SCALE DONATIONS ACCEPTED)
Lesson Study sessions offer participants an opportunity to deepen the investigation into dance curricula (both content and structures) and move the field of dance education forward. Participating dance teachers bring their lessons or ideas to a group of peers who can add, augment, question, expand on the ideas emerging within. All leave with a deeper ownership of dance knowledge and ideas to put into practice in their dance setting. (SLIDING SCALE DONATIONS ACCEPTED)
San Francisco Bay Area Dance Education Forums are held every other year. The 2011 forum (our 3rd) was well attended by professionals appreciative of the opportunity to check-in with colleagues who care about their field. The next Forum will be held in Spring 2013 and we wish to invite administrators, funders, parents and others from the community who seek to understand more about dance education and what we practitioners need to bring the transformative power of dance to life! RSVP: arasera@lunadanceinstitute.org. (FREE)
All programs are located at our Emeryville location. For directions click here. Please see resources for FREE consultations and library hour details.
