ARTeacher Fellowship Program Seeks Applicants

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ARTeacher Fellows at the Walton Arts Center in 2013

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Center for Children and Youth at the University of Arkansas is excited to announce the third year of the ARTeacher Fellowship program, a collaboration between the center, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Walton Arts Center.

The year-long project seeks 10 secondary teachers to apply for participation. To be considered, teachers should be in their third through seventh years of teaching social studies or English with an interest in arts integration and the implementation of the Common Core State Standards.

“What we know about education is that the teacher is the most important in-school factor in student achievement,” said Chris Goering, associate professor of English education and director of Center for Children and Youth. “The ARTeacher Fellowship brings together some of the brightest, most promising teachers in the area to focus on arts integration.”

The program will provide fellows with several opportunities for professional development, collaboration time among teachers, U of A faculty and staff, and arts organizations, and the arts integration knowledge and skills to take what they have learned back into their classrooms.

“My kids are producing art,” said Katy Moore, ARTeacher Fellow and English teacher at Har-Ber High School in Springdale. “They are engaging in art. They are desperate to come to class to find out what we’re going to talk about.”

The fellowship program begins with a three-day institute co-hosted by Crystal Bridges and the Walton Arts Center in August and continues throughout the 2014-2015 school year. Fellows will receive a $1,200 stipend or three hours of graduate course credit.

To apply, submit the application and a letter of support from your principal or assistant principal to Dr. Chris Goering at cgoering@uark.edu or 305 Peabody Hall, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark. 72701 by Friday, April 11. Applications can be also be faxed to 479-575-6676.