"Every workshop I come to here, I use in my classroom!” - a Teacher
Professional Development Opportunities for Your Group
Would you like to schedule a professional development program for your group at The Carle or at your site? Click here for a listing of on- and off-site professional development opportunities for your group.
Scheduled On-Site Professional Development
Designed for classroom teachers, librarians, art teachers, and others interested in engaging students in the visual arts and the art of the book, the Museum’s professional development programs emphasize teaching through the arts and encourage critical and creative thinking.
Fees for the following workshops include Museum Admission and a 10% discount in the Museum Shop (Members 25%) on the day of the program. Registration is required. For more information, email programs@carlemuseum.org.
Professional Development Workshop
Bookmaking and Beyond
May 28, 2013
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
$50 (Member Price $45)
(4 PDPs) Offer your students multi-sensory opportunities to connect visual and verbal literacy. This workshop explores how bookmaking can be a vehicle for imagining creative and innovative ways to communicate ideas. Through work with professional and everyday materials participants are introduced to the origins of bookmaking and fundamental bookmaking vocabulary, techniques, and structural adaptations for a variety of ages. Combine this workshop with Homemade Cards and Books on Wednesday for two days of fabulous bookmaking ideas.
Instructor: Diana MacKenzie
Registration is required. Please click here for more information.
Professional Development Workshop
Handmade Cards and Books
May 29, 2013
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
$50 (Members $45)
(4 PDPs) Learn how to create handmade cards and unique books to give to friends and family. We’ll cover our favorite bookmaking techniques for teachers, librarians and parents to adapt to your classroom, library or home. You’ll go home with a collection of small handmade books and the techniques to create them again and again. Come early to take advantage of free admission to the Museum and a 10% discount in the Museum Book Shop (25% for Members). Combine this workshop with Bookmaking and Beyond on Tuesday for two days of fabulous bookmaking ideas.
Instructor: Diana MacKenzie
Registration is required. Please click here for more information.
Professional Development Workshop
An Introduction to Visual Thinking Strategies
July 11, 2013
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
$50 (Members $45)
(4 PDPs) Learn about Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), the principles of which guide the educational programming at the Museum. Designed as a way of teaching viewers to find meaning and pleasure in works of art, these strategies are based on the work of cognitive psychologist Abigail Housen and veteran museum educator, Philip Yenawine. Participants will be introduced to Housen’s theory of aesthetic development, discuss and analyze the strategies, experiment with the method in small groups, and discuss ways in which these strategies can enhance teaching and reinforce the state standards in Language Arts.
Instructor: Rosemary Agoglia
Registration is required. Please click here for more information.
Professional Development Workshop
Using Picture Books with Older Students
July 12, 2013
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
$50 (Members $45)
(4 PDPs) From Math to Language Arts and Social Studies picture books can be used to help differentiate instruction and make learning more fun and interactive. This workshop will provide strategies for integrating picture books in upper elementary curricula. We will explore using picture books to introduce new subject matter, simplify literary elements, and help students with their writing process.
Instructor: Susan Wells
Registration is required. Please click here for more information.
Professional Development Workshop
The Whole Book Approach in Action
July 19, 2013
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Full Day: $70 (Members $60) Half Day: $40 (Members $35)
(Full Day: 6 PDPs, Half Day: 3 PDPs)
Morning Session: The Whole Book Approach
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Discover the difference between reading with children and reading to children. This session will include a chance for participants to observe a storytime at The Carle to see the Whole Book Approach in action. Afterwards, the group will discuss their observations and explore how to evaluate the picture book as an art form with the goal of using this critical engagement with the picture book as a platform for interactive reading experiences.
Instructor: Emily Prabhaker
Afternoon Session: Exploring Book Design
1:30 – 4:30 pm
Through bookmaking and other artistic activities, participants will experience how creative exploration can engage and inspire students to appreciate a book from cover to cover and further support their understanding of the key elements of picture book design and creation. Prior attendance at any Whole Book Approach workshop required.
Instructor: Meghan Burch
Please bring a brown bag lunch to maximize workshop time. A nearby country market and onsite vending machines with healthy snacks are also options.
Registration is required. Please click here for more information.
Simmons College at The Carle
Simmons College and The Carle are delighted to announce the expansion of our partnership offering graduate programs in children's literature at The Carle. For more information on our MFA and MA programs click here.
Information Sessions
Attend an upcoming information session at the Museum to learn about the programs, how to apply, and to meet representatives from Simmons and the Museum.
April 9, 3:30 - 5:00 pm
May 19, 12:00 - 1:30 pm
June 3, 12:00 - 1:30 pm - rescheduled for 6/5/13
June 5, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
July 14, 12:00 - 1:30 pm
August 4, 12:00 - 1:30 pm
To register, click here.
For more information please contact Megan Lambert, Instructor at The Center for the Study of Children's Literature, Simmons College at megan.lambert@simmons.edu.
To visit the Simmons College Web site about the program, click here.