What does art have to do with educational outcomes?
Everything.
School Specialty Sax has been enriching teacher’s professional lives with Professional Development workshops for over 20 years.
These workshops are developed from the annual Sax Lesson Plans. Our lesson plans are based on the National Visual Arts Standards and are cross categorical. Our Lesson Plans also focus on Special Needs, STEAM and Social Emotional Learning. Safety in the Art Room is always top of mind.
We have a collection of over 200 Lesson Plans online. Each year we select our favorites to offer for Professional Development workshops.
In addition to our annual offering we can customize a workshop based on the needs of a district.
Presenters are former art educators and/or professional artists.
A small sampling of our Live in-person courses
We offer dozens of live in-person courses that have been developed over time by career professionals just like you. This list is just a small sample of the many options we provide. When you’re interested in learning more please contact us [link to inside toggle] and one of our Account Managers will be in touch.
Monet’s Japanese Bridge
Uses Monet’s Japanese Bridge paintings to dig deeper into the composition of landscape painting focusing on background, middle and foreground.
Kandinsky Recycled
Creates a monoprint using different colored planes and geometric shapes using recycled materials.
Community of Artists
Through a simple 3D construction and various paper techniques a classroom artists community of houses will be created.
Cross Contour Geological Tiles
Create 3D landforms on soft hand-built clay tiles. Optional glaze application on site.
Geometric Assemblage
A 3D assemblage based on the elements and principles of design.
Sunlight, Shimmer and Shadow
Explore places/images with personal meaning that demonstrate the properties of highlight, shadow and reflection.
Book of Mini Mandalas
Combining art and math participants will create an individual or collaborative piece
Layered Coral Reef
Multiple sheets of plastic create the layers and depth of a coral reef. Focus includes understanding process of background, middle and foreground.
Tiffany Inspired Starburst Book
Create a simple origami folding book with artist inspired embossed cover.
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If you’re interested in learning more about our live in-person courses for 21st Century Safe Schools, just fill out this form and we’ll have a professional development specialist contact you.
From The Schoolyard Blog:
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- Art Lesson Plan: Through the Microscope
Creating art with traditional tools can be challenging for students with special needs. This lesson plan incorporates the use of adapted art tools that are larger, easier to grip, and have adjustable features for students with special needs. Through the Microscope is a lesson plan for students […]
- Color Field Representational Landscapes: Art Lesson Plan
Students use colored pencils to create a semi-traditional landscape with layers of color to border on abstraction without losing the details of the realistic landscape. The Color Field Representational Lesson Plan incorporates colored pencils with the playful, yet intentional, use of color […]