| Overview: Planning Your Creative Writing Residency
To help you plan your program, you will first work with a Make a Connection Thru Art program manager. At the initial in-person meeting, he or she will introduce the program, help you to become prepared, guide you through the program, and answer all of your questions. Communication via telephone, email and further in-person meetings will be scheduled as needed.
To insure a smooth transition to the residency and a comprehensive experience for your students, we offer a number of resources for program planning and preparation, including: teacher orientation, teacher/Creative Writing resident pre-planning meetings, Creative Writing curriculum, and permission forms.
Creative Writing Residency Planning Checklist
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Teacher Orientation: A brief introductory session takes place with school staff. During this session, a Make a Connection Thru Art program staff member outlines the program features, answer questions, and discuss scheduling requirements for your school. |
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Planning Meeting with the Resident Artist: Participating teachers and the artist who will facilitate the Make a Connection Thru art residency meet briefly to plan the residency. In this meeting the artist will discuss the proposed agenda for the residency with you. During this time you can share specific information about your class as well as any special needs of your students. |
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Permission Forms: Information letters and permission forms are provided by the Make a Connection Thru Art program staff for distribution to parents and guardians. All permission forms must be returned before the start of these activities. The Make a Connection Thru Art program staff will collect these permission forms. |
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Assessment: A short Pre and Post survey will be administered by the Make a Connection program staff prior to the start of and at the end of the residency. |
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Scheduling: Participating teachers confirm a time to schedule the residency in the classroom, a date for the museum field trip and in-school celebration. These sessions should not conflict with studentsâ other school activities, and should be planned in a way that ensures that participating teachers will be in the classroom at all times to handle classroom management should the need arise. |
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