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Teacher as Creative Practitioner-Scholar: Action Research – winter 2023 postponed
$575.00An advanced-level online course addressing the pedagogical underpinnings that support creative and conscious teaching – reflective practice, motivation, observation, documentation, assessment, advocacy, cognition, cultural-responsiveness/anti-bias work, and more. Use action research to investigate and align your teaching practice with your values. Through a seminar platform, collaborate and connect with your creative peers. Discover ways to rekindle the curiosity and artistry at the heart of your teaching. Coursework includes designing a semester-long inquiry project and investigating and making presentations on your specific areas of interest. Prerequisite DIDC-A or Summer Institute, or equivalent pedagogy course. Please email jperena@lunadanceinstitute.org with any questions, or to inquire about tuition assistance.January 21-April 1
10 Saturdays, 9am-12pm Pacific
via Zoomno class February 18
March 11 class at 1-4pm Pacific
Class presentations April 22, 9am-12pm PacificThis class is postponed until the 2023-24 school year. Please email jperena@lunadanceinstitute.org to express your interest or with any questions.
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Early Childhood Dance & Social Emotional Learning – February 11, 2023
$175.00How does dance intersect with children’s sense of self, and their connection with others? Discover dance activities that support young children’s exploration of self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, interactions and relationships. Taught through a culturally responsive lens, this interactive workshop centers around cultivating belonging, inclusion and community through creative dance play.Saturday, February 11, 2023
1-4pm Pacific
via Zoom
$175Free for OUSD and MCOE teachers. Email jperena@lunadanceinstitute.org to register.
Having trouble registering? Email Jochelle at jperena@lunadanceinstitute.org
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Early Childhood Dance & Science – March 4, 2023
$175.00How do the skills of basic scientific inquiry – observing, comparing and contrasting, and experimenting – relate to dance? How can young children explore the physical sciences (physics), life sciences (biology), and earth sciences through embodied movement? This interactive learning experience will investigate play-based dance activities that engage with children’s curiosity and sense of discovery, and support young learners as they ask questions and figure things out.
Saturday, March 4, 2023
1-4pm Pacific
via Zoom
Free for OUSD and MCOE teachers. Email jperena@lunadanceinstitute.org to register.
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Early Childhood Dance & Math – December 3, 2022
$175.00How does a child’s kinesphere and relationship to self and others relate to Geometry and Measurement? What does Number Sense and Pre-Algebra look like through the embodied movement of the young child? This interactive workshop explores play-based dance activities that support sorting, classifying, adding together/taking away, patterning and spatial awareness through the lens of culturally relevant teaching practice.
Saturday, December 3, 2022
1-4pm Pacific
via ZoomFree for OUSD and MCOE teachers. Email jperena@lunadanceinstitute.org to register.
Having trouble registering? Email Jochelle at jperena@lunadanceinstitute.org
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Dance & the Preschool Learning Foundations – Math – April 23, 2022
$90.00 – $150.00A creative and embodied day exploring the integration of dance and The Preschool Learning Foundations in math.
Saturday, April 23, 2022
via Zoom
$90 for one, $150 for both
come to either or both!
Free for OUSD teachers. Email jperena@lunadanceinstitute.org to register.
Integrating Dance & Math (Part One)
9:30-11:15am PacificHow does a child’s kinesphere and relationship to self and others relate to Geometry and Measurement? This interactive learning experience will explore the developmental neuro-patterns, and spatial awareness through dance.
Integrating Dance & Math (Part Two)
1-2:45pm PacificWhat does Number Sense and Pre-Algebra look like through the embodied movement of the young child? This interactive learning experience will explore play-based dance activities that support sorting, classifying, adding together/taking away, and patterning through the lens of culturally relevant teaching practice.
having trouble registering? Email Jochelle at jperena@lunadanceinstitute.org
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Dance & the Preschool Learning Foundations – Science – December 11, 2021
$150.00How do the skills of basic scientific inquiry – observing, comparing and contrasting, and experimenting – relate to dance? How can young children explore the physical sciences (physics), life sciences (biology), and earth sciences through embodied movement? This interactive learning experience will investigate play-based dance activities that engage with children’s curiosity and sense of discovery, and support young learners as they ask questions and figure things out.
Saturday, December 11, 2021
9:30am-12pm Pacific
via Zoom
Free for OUSD teachers. Email jperena@lunadanceinstitute.org to register.
This workshop is currently full. Please email jperena@lunadanceinstitute.org to be placed on the waitlist.
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Teacher as Creative Practitioner-Scholar – Creativity – spring 2022
$525.00This advanced-level online course in the Teacher as Creative Practitioner Scholar series explores Creativity: theories, research, practice. Discover the theoretical underpinnings of creativity and examine evidence-based research, including some of the difficulties in creativity investigation. Through the seminar format, facilitate one 30-minute session to take a deeper dive into a particular aspect of creativity. Reflect through writing and connective conversation with your teaching peers. Launch a personal inquiry project exploring creativity in your own teaching. Revitalize a sense of curiosity at the core of your artistic and teaching practice. Artist Educators from all disciplines welcome.There is no prerequisite for this course, however, those who took the first TaCPS course will apply Action Research methods to their inquiry. An optional intro to Action Research methods/review workshop is available to those who would like to use Action Research in their inquiry but have not taken TaCPS 1, or for TaCPS alumni who would like a review. Those interested in this optional workshop must first contact Jochelle, jperena@lunadanceinstitute.org.This is the 2nd course in a series that is being developed, and eventually there will be prerequisite Action Research course.CEUs available through Loyola Marymount UniversityPlease email jperena@lunadanceinstitute.org with any questions, or to inquire about tuition assistance.Spring 2022
Saturdays, 9:30am-12:30pm Pacific
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Teacher as Creative Practitioner-Scholar – Action Research methods & review – spring 2022
$75.00An introductory/review workshop to Action Research methods for those already registered in Teaching Artist as Creative Practitioner-Scholar – Creativity.Please email jperena@lunadanceinstitute.org to express interest before registering for this workshop.January 22
1:30-3pm Pacific
plus 1.5 hours midsemester, date & time tba
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Teacher as Creative Practitioner-Scholar – fall 2020
$500.00An advanced-level online course addressing the pedagogical underpinnings that support creative and conscious teaching – reflective practice, motivation, observation, documentation, assessment, advocacy, cognition, cultural-responsiveness/anti-bias work, and more. Use action research to investigate and align your teaching practice with your values. Through a seminar platform, collaborate and connect with your creative peers. Discover ways to rekindle the curiosity and artistry at the heart of your teaching – even when you’re teaching from a distance. Coursework includes designing a semester-long inquiry project and investigating and making presentations on your specific areas of interest. Prerequisite DIDC-A or Summer Institute. Please email jperena@lunadanceinstitute.org with any questions, or to inquire about tuition assistance.September 12-December 19
Saturdays, 1-4pm
via Zoom
