K-8th Grade Programs Dance in the Classroom Residencies

HSDC offers unique and innovative residencies that allow teachers and schools to incorporate dance into their classrooms and curricula. Previous residencies have included dance integrated with language arts and science as well as introductions to creative movement, choreography and dance techniques. Residencies include curriculum planning and documentation, artist-led classroom sessions and professional development workshops for faculty. Residencies may also incorporate HS2 in-school performances or field trips to a performance during our Spring Series at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park. Components of the Program • Planning HSDC Education staff will meet with your arts team to develop the goals and strategies for our partnership. • Professional Development: • A 2-hour workshop for your school faculty, artist partners, administrators, and parents (up to 30 participants). This workshop strengthen the connections between arts and academics in classrooms, developing sequential curricula and/or integrating the arts into school. • Teaching Artist Residency — Classroom and Planning Sessions: • 10 classroom sessions total, 45-60 minutes each, with 10 sessions in one classroom or 5 sessions in two classrooms; • 4 hours of planning sessions with teachers; one 2-hour follow-up meeting at the conclusion of the residency with the artist, teacher, HSDC staff and school administration team. Cost: $3,000 Options for additional services: After completing the Dance in the Classroom program, schools can:

•	Add planning sessions, $100/hr
•	Add class sessions with teaching artist, $100/hr
•	Add a professional development workshop for $500.00*
•	Add a HS2 performance at your school: $1,200 one show; $1,800 two shows in one day*

For more information, contact education@hubbardstreetdance.com.

*Additional travel cost for schools located outside Chicago city limits
**Discounts available for schools working in 10 classrooms or more.

Movement as Partnership (MAP) and Focus Schools Initiative (FSI) are in-school residency programs that serve Chicago-area Public Elementary schools. HSDC is working to apply research-based understandings of successful practices to the development of a partnership and dance education model that will be replicable across Chicago-area public schools, in addition to a variety of other educational settings. Teacher researchers involved in our programs are working to identify areas of inquiry, particularly with language arts and dance education; while working with us to establish and document effective methods of inquiry based planning and documentation within a busy urban school environment; utilize lessons learned to improve their own practice and to present findings to the entire faculty in order to affect larger change. Additionally, HSDC brings in both research and program consultants to work with the staff, teaching artists and partner educators to further the development of our partnership, curriculum and research/inquiry skills.

Movement as Partnership (MAP)
The MAP program is a long-term partnership model that will strengthen whole school understanding of partnership and dance education. Committing to an initial term of three-years, each partnership serves three to five classrooms, reaching approximately 100 students/school and 8 - 10 teachers, arts specialists and administrators/school. To assist schools in meeting federal and state standards, HSDC provides arts instruction that is standards-based, sequential, and sustainable as part of the core curriculum and is directly connected to state and national fine arts standards.  The MAP program works with 11 CPS elementary schools and 5 Oak Park Elementary Schools. Oak Park MAP Program is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

More information about Movement as Partnership (MAP).

The Focus Schools Initiative (FSI) The Focus School Initiative allows select K-8 schools in low-income neighborhoods to craft multi-year, school-wide dance programs, taking the partnership from a short-term residency model to one where HSDC is considered part of each school’s faculty. FSI reaches approximately 900 students and the entire faculty at two schools. This innovative extended partnership program, unique to HSDC, is a national model for dance education and arts organization and school partnership. HSDC supports this work through extended, weekly professional development for the classroom teachers, monthly professional development for HSDC teaching artists and bi-monthly school planning meetings, as well as annual program evaluations and research.

HSDC’s after-school programs reflect the strengths of our in-school partnerships by aligning with our core philosophy of process-based curriculum. This program utilizes our laban-based curriculum to allow students to create original works with the assistance of HSDC’s professional artists. Each school will create an original student performance, supported by 20 sessions of dance curriculum, along with an HS2 in-school performance and tickets to a performance at the Harris Theatre for Music and Dance in the spring. Schools may apply to participate in the after-school program each year.

After School Program applications for 2007-08 due September 26th, 2007.
Click here to download application.

MAP (Movement As Partnership)

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