Community-Word Project

TRADITIONAL EVALUATION TOOLS LIMIT ARTS-IN-ED ASSESSMENT

Albert Einstein: “Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.”

TEACHING ARTIST TRAINEES PRESENT THEIR COLLABORATIVE LESSON PLANS

Learning to collaborate is part of the secret sauce in Community-Word's training and teaching philosophy.

TEACHING ARTIST TRAINEES LEARN TO COLLABORATE

Teaching Artists learn the power of teamwork through Sequencing techniques and co-planning and co-teaching Lesson Plans.

TEACHING ARTIST TRAINEES EXPLORE BUILDING BLOCKS OF LESSON PLANS

Classroom Teachers are not the only ones concerned with standards as they prepare Lesson Plans.

COMMUNITY-WORD TRAINS 35 ARTISTS TO BECOME TEACHING ARTISTS

Artists who understand the source of their creative impulse make better Teaching Artists.

COMMUNITY-WORD CONVENES TEACHING ARTISTS FOR NEW SCHOOL YEAR

40 CWP Teaching Artists gathered to learn best practices for classroom strategies, Common Core standards, and igniting the creative spirit to teach through their art.

Craig Hayes, STAFF

TEACHING ARTIST TRAINEE INSPIRED BY POET BARBARA DANISH

A writer's visit to Leila Ortiz's childhood classroom, inspired her to become a Poet and Teaching Artist. CWP student, Ijay, composing poem at Poets House.

Craig Hayes, STAFF

MAKING THE VIDEO: BEHIND THE SCENES WITH TODD STREET PRODUCTIONS AND CWP

Todd Street Productions and CWP recently collaborated on a video about the organization's mission and impact in NYC public schools. Take a look at the Behind-the-Scenes action.

Craig Hayes, STAFF

TEACHING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

Today's classrooms teach for Social Injustice. CWP's Summer Institute met the challenge head on with an intense workshop focused on Not Teaching for Social Justice.