The following Arts Institutes are approved by the SC Department of Education and facilitated through the ABC Project. If your school or district did not receive a Arts Curricular Innovation Grant, you may still be placed on a waiting list to attend the institutes. Teachers may apply to be placed on a waiting list by contacting Cheryl Taylor at the ABC Project by e-mail only at taylorc@winthrop.edu. Please send all contact information and the institute you are requesting in an e-mail. All prerequisites apply. No exceptions.

• SC Arts Leadership for Success Academy
• Curriculum Institute in the Arts
• Arts Assessment I Classroom Assessment
• Improvisation and Composition — SC Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities 

South Carolina Arts Leadership for Success Academy (SCALSA) $1,200 per teacher

This institute is designed for arts teachers who have taught fewer than three years and for critical needs teachers in the arts. SCALSA emphasizes the development of standards-based arts curricula, instruction, and assessment through

• Hands-on development of standards-based arts lessons,
• Strategies for ADEPT success,
• Long-range lesson planning,
• Arts classroom management strategies,
• Identification of teaching and learning styles,
• Arts education advocacy strategies, and
• Development of a multi-arts professional network.

Coordinator: Connie Boleman

Pre-SCALSA: March 20: Columbia area
SCALSA: June 6 – 11 at USC-Upstate in Spartanburg
Post-SCALSA: September 18: Columbia area

Curriculum Leadership Institute in the Arts (CLIA) $1,200 per teacher

This institute is designed for the experienced arts teacher and emphasizes the following:

• Development of complex standards-based lesson plans with embedded assessment,
• Models of best instructional practice,
• Tips for preparing and applying for National Board Certification,
• Development of leadership and presentation skills,
• Arts education advocacy techniques, and
• Development of a multi-arts professional network.

Coordinator: Kathe Stanley

CLIA courses will be offered during two separate sessions.
Pre-CLIA: March 27: Columbia area
CLIA: June 7 – 11 at the SC Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, Greenville
CLIA: June 14 – 18 at the SC Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, Greenville
Post-CLIA: TBA in the Columbia Area

Arts Assessment Institute Classroom Assessment (AAI– I) $1,600 per teacher (Prerequisite CLIA)

This institute is designed to develop professional educators who will participate in the following activities:

• Study the purposes and uses of assessment,
• Align assessments with local and state standards,
• Construct assessments to best determine knowledge in skills and processes related to the curriculum standards,
• Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of measurement and evaluation,
  Design and embed assessment strategies within instructional lessons and units,
• Apply the relationship of national and state standards, curriculum development,
• nstruction, and assessment, and
• Reflect on their assessment practices and the role of assessment in their professional and personal lives.

Coordinator: Michael Moore

Pre-Arts Assessment: TBA USC, Columbia
Arts Assessment: Student Evaluation: June 20 – 25 at the University of South Carolina, Columbia
Post-Arts Assessment: TBA USC, Columbia

Arts Teacher as Artist Institute–$1,200 per teacher
(Prerequisite SCALSA or CLIA)

This institute is designed to expand the artistic knowledge and skills of arts teachers for the enrichment of standards-based curricula, instruction, and assessment. Teachers will have the opportunity to strengthen their own art skills in classes taught by highly regarded teachers and professional artists in the field. Through this “art for art’s sake” approach, teachers will practice their art form and learn new techniques to apply to their studio instruction. Classes are designed to meet teachers’ needs based on survey responses and identified curricular needs. Content for each art form is described below.

Improvisation in the Jazz Idiom:
This course offers participants the opportunity to increase their knowledge of jazz improvisational concepts and practices while building individual skills on their instrument (wind, strings, percussion, and piano). The intended audience is instrumental and vocal music teachers.

Coordinator: Anne Tromsness:

Pre- Arts Teacher as Artist Institute: TBA
Arts Teacher as Artist: June 13 –18 at the SC Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, Greenville
Post- Arts Teacher as Artist Institute: TBA