A key component of the University of Utah Tanner Dance Program is the Summer Professional Development Workshop. This week-long workshop allows participants to engage in in-depth and individually-focused arts integration in the classroom. Teachers will learn to create and integrate age-appropriate lesson plans for students based on the elements of dance and the Utah State Elementary K-6 Dance Core Standards. The focus for summer 2023 is the integration of math, language arts, science and soci

A key component of the University of Utah Tanner Dance Program is the Summer Professional Development Workshop. This week-long workshop allows participants to engage in in-depth and individually-focused arts integration in the classroom. Teachers will learn to create and integrate age-appropriate lesson plans for students based on the elements of dance and the Utah State Elementary K-6 Dance Core Standards. The focus for summer 2023 is the integration of math, language arts, science and social studies with dance and visual art for K-6th grade students. During this immersive workshop, Tanner Dance master teachers will help educators explore and build simple and complex movement investigations using the creative process and clear directions and cueing. Participants will learn classroom management skills to use while integrating movement and curriculum. Teachers will investigate how to use a drum and other music resources as accompaniment for teaching and choreography. Teachers who attend the workshop spend their mornings, 9:00AM to noon, devoted to developing practical technical training of the body and understanding the craft of dance by exploring the elements of time, space, energy and action. In the afternoon, 1:00PM to 4:00PM, teachers explore visual art experiences that demonstrate dance and visual art relationships, and create teaching tools. During the afternoon, Teachers also create lesson plans with colleagues for their own classrooms and practice teach. Teachers observe dance classes throughout the week that demonstrate the use of movement/dance in the classroom and positive and appropriate coaching. Throughout the workshop, participants and workshop master teachers engage in thoughtful conversations about methodologies of teaching integrated dance classes and the educational benefits it provides to students. Assignments: Teachers are required to write three lesson plans based on the elements of dance: space, time and energy. Each of these lessons must be integrated into other areas of the academic curriculum. Teachers are required to collaborate with peers to create lessons together. Teachers are required to teach one of their lesson plans to a class of peers. Teachers receive feedback on their teaching from the course instructors.