TEACHER TRAINING
Global Education Center is recognized as a national model for professional development in multicultural arts integration. Join us for one of our teacher institutes as well as special teacher in-service opportunities offered throughout the year.
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The Global Education Center offers a Summer Multicultural Arts Institute for Teachers as well as several one-day professional development opportunities. These in-service trainings are for teachers that need, and want, to explore the cultural traditions and values of the different students they teach. By educating these teachers about their students and their families they are better able to create an environment of inclusion and respect within their individual classrooms and throughout the whole school environment.
We believe strongly that creating an inclusive and respectful school environment is one of the most effective tools for ending the bullying, the disrespect and the self-esteem problems evident in our schools today. The Global Education Center's multicultural arts integration professional development offers a creative and engaging solution by promoting cross-cultural understanding and respect and equipping teachers to better handle the diversity within their own classrooms while giving them the tools to integrate the arts of the world into the entire curriculum. Our summer institute as well as our one-day training workshops are professional development for teachers in multicultural arts integration for which they can earn in-service credits. 
Please note that our September 28 institute on Three Roots of The Americas has been postponed due to the health of our guest instructor and his inability to travel at this time. This institute will be rescheduled in the spring.
Presenters for November 2 Institute include Cherokee activist Albert Bender; Cindy Yahola, Muscogee "Creek" Nation and steward of WilCo Powwow; Stephan WhiteEagle, Southern Cheyenne; and Larry Yazzie, Meskwaki/Dine. Center Director Ellen Gilbert will give introductory presentation. |
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Three Roots of The Americas - September 28, 2022 9:00 am - 3:00 pm - This institute has been postponed until spring, 2023.
We will explore Indigenous, African, and European roots of The Americas through music, dance, and literary and culinary arts.
Indigenous Voices - November 2, 2022 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
We will explore Native American history and culture, then and now, as well as different aspects of the powwow. Opening presentation: Teaching about Indigenous Peoples with Respect; Native American History & Issues by Albert Bender; The Powwow: History, Etiquette and Protocols by Cindy Yahola; The Drum and the Song by Stephan WhiteEagle; The Dance by Larry Yazzie.
Festivals of Light - December 7, 2022 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
We will explore the commonalities and traditions of Kwanzaa, Chanukah, Advent/Christmas, Las Posadas, Diwali, Ramadan, & Yalda.
Black Arts in America - February 1, 2023 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
We will explore some of the many arts in America that are gifts from Mother Africa and her descendants.
Diversity of Asia - April 5, 2023 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
We will explore cultural traditions of a bit of the diversity of Asia as well as a bit of the Pacific Islands.
We will explore Indigenous, African, and European roots of The Americas through music, dance, and literary and culinary arts.
Indigenous Voices - November 2, 2022 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
We will explore Native American history and culture, then and now, as well as different aspects of the powwow. Opening presentation: Teaching about Indigenous Peoples with Respect; Native American History & Issues by Albert Bender; The Powwow: History, Etiquette and Protocols by Cindy Yahola; The Drum and the Song by Stephan WhiteEagle; The Dance by Larry Yazzie.
Festivals of Light - December 7, 2022 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
We will explore the commonalities and traditions of Kwanzaa, Chanukah, Advent/Christmas, Las Posadas, Diwali, Ramadan, & Yalda.
Black Arts in America - February 1, 2023 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
We will explore some of the many arts in America that are gifts from Mother Africa and her descendants.
Diversity of Asia - April 5, 2023 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
We will explore cultural traditions of a bit of the diversity of Asia as well as a bit of the Pacific Islands.
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Professional development for preK - 12 teachers is made possible with support from The Nissan Foundation, The Memorial Foundation, Metro Nashville Arts Commission, Tennessee Arts Commission and National Endowment for the Arts. The Early Childhood Education emphasis is support by the Robert K. and Anne H. Zelle Fund for Fine and Performing Arts of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.