Art Educator Professional Development
Join us for a full day of inspiration and hands-on learning at CCAD's Professional Development for K-12 Art Educators. This program is designed to give art teachers fresh tools, ideas, and perspectives to bring back to their classrooms.
This year’s Professional Development Day will take place on March 6th, 9:45 a.m.–4 p.m., offering an energizing opportunity to grow both personally and professionally.
What You'll Gain
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Take part in immersive, hands-on sessions designed to strengthen your professional learning journey and equip you with sustainable skills you can immediately apply in your own classrooms.
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Lunch and materials are provided, so you can focus on what matters most - learning, sharing, and creating alongside fellow educators.
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Participants earn 6 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for the full day. CCAD is a CEU-approved provider, dedicated to supporting educators’ professional development and ongoing growth in the arts.
What You'll Learn
Led by local artists and educators, you’ll gain new ideas and approaches that make your art education programs more practical, imaginative, and inclusive. You’ll explore strategies that help students think creatively, strengthen their learning process and problem-solving skills, and create art that reflects their own artistic voices. Whether you teach elementary students or high schoolers, you’ll leave with actionable methods that encourage curiosity, confidence, and creativity in every classroom.
What You’ll Take Away
Learn how to make art learning processes more accessible for all students and explore inclusive approaches that celebrate different ways of making, seeing, and understanding art. Our goal is to equip you with frameworks and teaching methods that invite every learner into the creative process.
You’ll take home new lesson ideas, adaptable projects, and classroom frameworks that support creative growth and lifelong learning. Each workshop encourages you to create art alongside peers and connect with a vibrant community of educators who care deeply about the arts.
Where You’ll Create
The day takes place on CCAD’s vibrant campus, where creativity is always in motion. Taught by industry professionals in our fully equipped studios, each workshop provides an unforgettable opportunity to create art in a supportive, inspiring environment. With all materials provided, you’ll explore new processes and approaches that enrich your learning experience and help you reimagine what’s possible in your classroom.
You’ll also receive digital resources and follow-up materials to help you implement what you learned once you’re back in the classroom.
