When teaching artists Kitty O’Connor and Mia Rotondo sat down to reflect on and share about their collaborative practice, they quickly realized that there were SO many stories of joyful collaboration woven throughout their semesters at school residencies, professional development, and planning with SO many other colleagues and community organizations- that just one story wouldn’t do! So please enjoy this ongoing reflection series on Collaboration and Arts Integration.

This semester, Teaching Artist LaVonna Varnado-Brown worked with a study skills class that had teachers that were both committed and excited about their KID smART creative arts residency. We used a combination of creative dramatic exercises and social emotional learning techniques in each co teaching session.

Explore how eighth graders at Hynes Lakeview used art to honor Emmett Till and deepen their understanding of Civil Rights history.