How can museums leverage their strengths to best meet the needs of teachers and build a community of innovative educators? Explore best practices, challenges, and lessons learned about teacher professional development. Hear three museums’ approaches which: mine their unique expertise across departments, seek and respond to teachers’ evolving needs, and design responsive and impactful programs that empower our treasured teachers. Gain insight into: global digital classrooms, project-based arts integration in STEM, and building agency within educator communities. Actively participate in discussions and brainstorming to share and renew your own approaches. Take away a collection of core ideas to help build and grow essential programs for your community.
Education, Audience Research & Evaluation track generously supported by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Speakers:
- Bonnie Showers
- Bryan Bonham
- Kathryn Metz, Beth Crownover