For All Educators and Schools
Ready to infuse your classroom or school with the transformative power of the arts?
Embark on your journey with Arts-full Pathways. Think of it as a "choose-your-own-adventure" approach for arts education. You can select the level of engagement with our resources and tools that works for your arts-full learning community.
• Download and explore the Turnaround Arts Learning Framework: Arts-full Practices for Belonging
• Consider the goals you have for your classroom or school and which resources will work best for you
• Attend our professional development webinars
• Attend in-person workshops at the Kennedy Center’s Arts Education Conference in June
• Get started with our newest arts integration resource, Poem Forest. The project offers a captivating way to integrate environmental science and poetry
• Coming soon! Arts-full Assessment Tool
• Coming soon! Strategic Arts Plan for Belonging (SAPB)
• Coming soon! Opportunity to apply for a musical theater kit
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Poem Forest
This exciting arts integration project invites you to bring the Turnaround Arts Learning Framework to life in your school! By guiding students to explore the fascinating intersection of science, ecology, and poetry, you will unlock their creativity and deepen their understanding of the natural world.
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Learning Framework
By collaborating with communities where students and adults Experience the Arts, Make Art, and Connect through the Arts in joyful and culturally responsive ways, we champion belonging-supportive environments that respect every student’s identity, capacity to succeed, and their individual agency. The accompanying Arts-full Assessment Tool will be available before the 2025-2026 school year.
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For In-Network Educators and Schools
As valued members of the Turnaround Arts network, we are delighted to provide in-network educators and schools with continued access to a wealth of resources designed to support your ongoing work in arts education. Explore resources, tools, and opportunities to deepen your impact and foster a thriving learning environment for your students.
Here’s an example of how one resource can offer many paths:
At an introductory level, the Poem Forest toolkit can be used to teach a special one-day poetry session in a classroom. To go a little deeper, this could be led by a teacher or with a virtual or in-person visit by a poetry teaching artist.
For more advanced learning, Poem Forest can be taught across a full grade level with teachers collaborating to design a module using the toolkit. The students would engage in multiple writing workshops. With the help of a local arborist or range, students could learn about the trees in their neighborhood and map out their native plants.
For community-wide impact, students could revise their poems and work with teachers to create a school anthology. They could celebrate the publication of their anthology with a poetry reading. Classes could collaborate with local tree organizations to plant a tree on campus and have a dedication ceremony and reading that parents, local council members, and other community members could attend.
Upcoming Events
Turnaround Arts Virtual Launch Party
You're invited to celebrate a new era of Turnaround Arts! Join our Virtual Launch Party for exciting updates and inspiring connections. Discover ways to engage with us, explore our new program offerings, and learn about the transformative Turnaround Arts Learning Framework: Arts-full Practices for Belonging. Plus, don't miss a keynote address by Susan Magsamen, co-author of Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us.
January 28, 2025
6:00–6:45 pm EST
