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Teachers come together in small groups at the Getty to advance thinking about their own goals and strategies for classroom teaching. Our programs support the national and California state content standards for grades K–12. The following are some of the programs offered on a regular basis.
For information about upcoming programs, please contact teacherprograms@getty.edu.
Teachers' Open Workshops
At the Getty Center
In these one-day workshops held on Saturdays, K–12 teachers are immersed in one aspect of the Getty Museum's permanent collection while learning specific ways to incorporate works of art into their classroom teaching. The program includes a lecture presented by a curator or guest speaker and small group sessions about strategies for discussing and responding to works of art through writing and art making. Each workshop is accompanied by a set of lessons, which are made available on this Web site.
The next Open Workshop, "Portraits & Faces," will take place on September 27, 2008, from 9:30–3:00 p.m. To register, please call (310) 440-7300.
Lessons from past workshops include:
Gods, Heroes and Monsters: Mythology in European Art
Looking at Portraits
Looking at French Decorative Arts
Looking at Illuminated Manuscripts
Asian Influences on European Art
Scenes from the Headlines
Landscapes, Classical to Modern
Wednesday Teacher Workshops
At the Getty Villa
These free, two-hour workshops are aimed at providing teachers with the tools they need to create successful self-guided lesson plans and gallery activities. Participants will learn techniques for teaching with original objects from antiquity, and connect school curricula to works of art in the Villa's thematic galleries.
Get details about the program (RTF - 59 KB).
Six grade-specific workshops will be offered in the 2008–09 school year. Registration opens September 8, 2008; please call (310) 440-7300.
Art & Language Arts
At the Getty Center
This free one-year program introduces K–5 teachers to meaningful and engaging strategies for developing students' skills in language and visual arts. Working in grade-level teams, teachers develop lesson plans built around works of art in the Getty Museum's collection. Participants are eligible for LAUSD salary points or USC Continuing Education Units.
Get more details about the Art & Language Arts program (PDF - 372KB).
Learn more about the objectives of the program and see students and teachers in action in this short video.
 Video: Teaching Teachers, Reaching Students
Applications for the 2009-2010 school year will be available in March 2009 and will be due on May 1, 2009.
A selection of lessons written by teachers in the program is posted on this Web site.
Villa Summer Institute
At the Getty Villa
This intensive, four-day workshop is offered to K–12 teachers every year. Participants investigate how objects in the Getty Museum's collection connect to history, culture, geography, architecture, and archaeology. The schedule includes presentations by curators and scholars, activities in the galleries that connect to Visual Art and History—Social Science standards, and opportunities for professional exchange.
The next Villa Summer Institute will take place in July 2009. Registration information will be available in Spring 2009. Or, sign up for Getty Teacher Update, our e-newsletter for teachers, where we will announce registration information when it is available.
Secondary Teachers' Institute
At the Getty Center
This annual three-and-a-half day program introduces secondary-level teachers of literature, social sciences, and other humanities-based disciplines to art and artists from the Getty Museum's collection.
The next Secondary Teachers' Institute will take place in July 2009. Registration information will be available in Spring 2009. Or, sign up for Getty Teacher Update, our e-newsletter for teachers, where we will announce registration information when it is available.
Language through Art: ESL Curricula
At the Getty Center or ESL classrooms
Through this program, Getty Education Staff lead workshops at either the Getty Center or in classrooms of ESL teachers from selected adult schools in the Los Angeles area. Participants will receive materials and guidance on how to use the Getty's ESL curricula in their classrooms. The curricula for beginning and intermediate ESL students provide lessons that help ESL teachers use works of art to enrich their English language acquisition curriculum.
The curricula for both beginning and intermediate ESL students are available on this Web site:
Beginning Language through Art: An ESL Enrichment Curriculum
Language through Art: An ESL Enrichment Curriculum
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