Educators Resources
MAM offers programs and resources to introduce educators and teachers to the Museum's collection and special exhibitions and to offer techniques for integrating the study of art into the classroom. The programs and resources are designed to help teachers from all subject areas to find connections with the collections. The Museum is a registered provider of NJ State Professional Development Credits, and teacher programs are designed to support curriculum goals.
Professional Development Workshops
The Montclair Art Museum collaborates with schools, districts, and other educators to design Professional Development Workshops that are tailored to meet their specific needs. Various themes relating to the Museum’s collection and special exhibitions are available, including Art and Creative Writing, Object-Based Learning, American Art and History, Native American Art and Culture, and strategies for connecting the museum experience to classroom learning. Hands-on writing or studio components are also available. Workshops may take place at the Museum or at the participating organization. Fees and Professional Development hours depend upon the number of participants and supply needs. Call (973) 259-5157, or email amcbride@montclairartmusuem.org for additional information.
TEACHER PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS
FREE For High School & College Educators
Call 973-259-5136 to RSVP; or email tours@montclairartmuseum.org
Earn 2 hours of Professional Development credit for each session. Join us
for a special evening for teachers of grades Pre-K through college. Come
view the exhibitions, enjoy light refreshments and learn how the Museum can
be a valuable resource for your class.
Spring Educators Evening Thursday, March 18, 2010, 4-6 p.m.
Annual Conversations on Education and the Arts
Each fall the Montclair Art Museum and the Montclair Community Pre-K co-sponsor a lecture that invites prominent minds and talents in the field of education to our community to discuss the arts in our schools, as well as early childhood education and the role of creativity in learning. This lecture is always a popular event and allows regional educators to spend an informative and lively evening with their peers. Professional Development Hours available.
Past Lecturers have included:
Howard Gardner
Leon Botstein
Lillian Katz
Maxine Greene
Eric Carle
Lella Gandini
Sponsored by MAM & the Montclair Community Pre-K with generous support from Jane and Harvey Susswein.
Curriculum Packets
These packets are designed to help you connect the Montclair Art Museum’s exhibitions and tour themes with your classroom curricula and the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards.Museum visits and related activities developed for this packet address numerous subject areas that are often cross-disciplinary and therefore can combine two or more frameworks. We can also help you organize your Museum visit and pre- or post-visit activities to correspond with your grade in Arts & Humanities, Language Arts/Literacy, History and Social Science, Science & Technology, Mathematics, and World Languages. Following are some relevant classroom topics.
- Abstraction
- American History Connection Worksheet
- American Landscape
- Identity and Intention
- Native American – Living Traditions (Elementary)
- Native American – Patterns, Symbols, and Stories (High School)
- People and Places
- Weather, Season Time and Place
