ICYMI - Approaches to Lesson Planning, Artist Educators Panel Discussion & Networking Event

May 13, 2021 @ 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EST
ONLINE VIA ZOOM & DISCORD
FREE FOR MEMBERS & NON-MEMBERS*

Dear Members & Artists Educators Community,

On Thursday, May 13th, PAONE held its second artist educator-specific event, Approaches to Lesson Planning. The event featured a panel discussion where board members Breanne Ritchie, Cameron Grant, Reynold Thomas, Tim Walker shared insights into how they structure workshops to meet the needs of their intended learners. Attendees were then invited to connect and continue the conversation in topic-based voice channels on Discord. 

The panel discussion centred around the questions: 

  1.  What is your preparation process for a workshop? What are things you consider when developing a lesson plan? 

  2. How do you establish a safe space for your learners to play, explore and take risks in a workshop? 

  3. What are some effective or efficient ways to wrap up a workshop? What are your strategies to invite learners to keep learning outside your workshop environment? 

In Discord, attendees had focused, open flow discussions around lesson planning with considerations to: 

  • Youth Learners vs Adult Learners

  • Virtual vs In-Person Learning

  • Strategies to Engage learners

  • Pre-recorded vs. Live workshops

Thank you for attending and engaging with us in this conversation!

A special thank you and welcome to the PAONE community for all non-members and first-time attendees who joined us on Wednesday! If you'd like to become a member - giving you access to more events, professional development, networking, resource sharing, offers & discounts from other members, and more - go to our website and choose the membership that's right for you. Remember that we genuinely want to connect with you and support you in your arts education work, so a subsidized annual membership can cost as little as $25! Please write to us at paonearts@gmail.com or reach out to any of the Board members for more information.

A bit of Discord...

Discord is a free online meeting platform that allows you to easily create a virtual community to suit the needs of your group. Discord gives you the ability to organize conversations through topic-based text channels and move Seamlessly through voice/video channels specifically designed so you can pop in and out of conversations as you please. Discord is a valuable platform for team meetings, virtual networking events, running multi-group programming or virtual rehearsals.

Resource Share

  • Pear Deck - A google slide add-on that allows you to make slides interactive (polls, type in answers, etc.) great if you have a "talky" bit of teaching to get some interaction and engagement.

  • Padlet - helpful in sharing creations between sessions!

  • Gather- virtual space, an alternate platform to Zoom, great for older students and adults

Lesson Plan Resources

Click here for valuable tips, templates and resources on lesson planning shared by the panellists!

If you are not yet a member of PAONE, visit our website to join our network! Questions? Email paonearts@gmail.com!