Participants in a professional learning community setting explore the artistry of teaching and deepen their teacher leadership skills.

TCAP Professional Development Program Series: Academic Literacy: This program is designed for Visual and Performing Arts teachers and is aligned with the K-12 VAPA standards of Artistic Perception and Aesthetic Valuing.  It focuses on supporting visual and performing arts teachers in developing academic literacy strategies for their students.

TCAP Professional Development Program Series: Standards and Assessment Series: Designed for Visual and Performing Arts teachers, and aligned with the K-12 VAPA standards of Artistic Perception, Creative Expression, Historical and Cultural Context, Aesthetic Valuing, and Connections, Relationships, and Applications, this program focuses on arts assessment, its link to standards, and its role in informing student learning and instruction.

TCAP Professional Development Program Series: Framework: Designed for Visual and Performing Arts and classroom teachers, and aligned with the standards as above, this series provides an introduction to the intent, content, and format of the California Visual and Performing Arts Framework and Content Standards.

TCAP Pathways to Understanding the Arts Disciplines: MUSIC: This program is designed for classroom teachers, and develops their music content knowledge, skills, techniques, processes, and vocabulary linked to the K-8 Music Content Standards.

TCAP Pathways to Understanding the Arts Disciplines: VISUAL ARTS: This program is designed for classroom teachers, and develops their content knowledge, skills, techniques, processes, and vocabulary linked to the K-8 Visual Arts Content Standards.

TCAP Pathways to Understanding the Arts Disciplines: THEATRE:
This program is designed for classroom teachers, and develops their content knowledge, skills, techniques, processes, and vocabulary linked to the K-8 Theatre Content Standards.

TCAP Pathways to Understanding the Arts Disciplines: DANCE: This program is designed for classroom teachers, and develops their content knowledge, skills, techniques, processes, and vocabulary linked to the K-8 Dance Content Standards.

Other TCAP Professional Development, Leadership Development and Technical Assistance Services: TCAP also provides a variety of customized professional development programs, technical assistance and program assessment and improvement services, and leadership development in support of arts education.  Contact your regional TCAP professional development center for more information.

When and Where: TCAP programs may be offered in the summer or distributed throughout the school year, across the TCAP network. These programs may take the form of school-year workshops, series or intensive institutes, depending on regional or specific district needs.

What to Expect: Though the format and specific content can vary, each TCAP program has common elements: Participating teachers are engaged in hands-on discipline work modeling exemplary classroom practice, content pedagogy, management, and are engaged throughout the process in professional reflection and examination of student work.  Teachers learn to go beyond the “concert” or the “art project” to creating a standards-based classroom unit with assessments to support VAPA education.